Williston Road Water Tower - Minnetonka, MN
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N 44° 55.238 W 093° 28.027
15T E 463133 N 4974239
This is a water tower serving Minnetonka, MN
Waymark Code: WM9ZME
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2010
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Minnetonka is a suburban city in Hennepin County, MN, USA, eight miles (13 km) west of Minneapolis. Its 2000 population of 51,480 makes it the fourteenth largest city in Minnesota. The word "Minnetonka" comes from the Dakota Indian mni tanka meaning "great water". The Dakota and Ojibway Indians were the first people to settle in the area. They believed the land around Lake Minnetonka was the legendary home of an extinct race. The first recorded exploration of the area by European settlers was in 1822, when a group from newly constructed Fort Snelling made its way up Minnehaha Creek to the lake. In 1851 the Dakotah sold the area including Minnetonka to the United States with the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux.
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