Even before Dam Park was competed in the late 1930s, the placid water above the dam on Norway Brook made it a popular spot for swimmers. This makeshift diving platform was eventually replaced by a 17-foot metal platform by the WPA, but taken down more recently due to high insurance costs.
After the death of Tatanka Mani (Walking Buffalo, also known as Red Wing) in 1829, Lawrence Taliaferro, the United States Indian Agent at Fort Snelling, recognized Wacouta as Tatanka Mani's successor.
Minnesota's Ratification of the 19th Amendment, September 8, 1919. Committee Papers, 1919–1920; Records of the US House of Representatives, Record Group 233; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. Public domain.