Coldwater Spring finally about to become public greenspace
August 30, 2009
Unknown to many, almost destroyed by Highway 55 and unavailable to the public for the better part of fifty years, Coldwater Spring was an important place in Minnesota history long before statehood. A source of sacred healing water for native peoples for hundreds of years, a site of an earlier frontier settlement, and Fort Snelling's source of drinking water until 1950, Coldwater Spring is now just a step away from becoming a public green-space. KFAI's Maria Almli reports.
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Interesting, but also
Interesting, but also innacurate. Coldwater was accessible by the road and walking paths along the bluff line until the Highway 55 fiasco was built. I walked there regularly from the area by Soldiier's Home from the 1960s until the Minneapolis Park Board made it impossible to park a vehicle. Highway 55 and the demolition of the road and some of the VA homes, plus teh closure of the Bureau of Mines and the Indoan occupation of the area finished access to the site for many years.
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