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Once Upon a Lake: A History of Lake Minnetonka and Its People
Thelma Jones
First published in 1957
One of the familiar early histories of Lake Minnetonka, told largely through people, family memories and local stories. Jones, a Wayzata librarian, brought an intimate, conversational approach to the lake's past.
Read it for the people and the remembered life of the lake. Some scenes and dialogue were reconstructed, so its storytelling should be distinguished from a fully documented account of an event.