1 Main Glen Entrance
2 Abandoned Falls Marker
3 Master Map
4 Ecological Marker
5 Spring-fed Wetland
6 Old Godfrey Mill Site
7 Lower Glen Geology
8 Camp Fire Area
9 Springs Marker
10 St. Peter Limestone Marker
11 Mississippi Confluence
12 Stone Quarry
13 Lower Glen Entrance

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At this point you are near the original mouth of Minnehaha Creek where it formerly emptied into the Mississippi River at a level equal to the top of the falls. Close observation will reveal many of the physical features of geological history. One can observe the hard platville limestone formations at the upper level of the glen, underlain by softer sandstone which is eroded by the waters, eventually undercutting the limestone which breaks off, falls down and causes the waterfall to slowly move upstream. You will notice many large boulders of granite and basalt throughout the glen which were carried to our area by glaciation.

Minnehaha Glen Development
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board - 1969

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1-Main Entrance Minnehaha Lower Glen
Geology of Minnesota
Gunnar Wennerberg
John Harrington Stevens House
Col. John H. Stevens
George Washington Bi-Centennial Tree
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Minnehaha Depot
Big Water / Stairway of Water
The Lock and Dam No. 1 Story

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