Advertisement for fundraising campaign printed in March 23, 1967 edition of the Mankato Free Press. The campaign raised money that was used along with state and federal funds to purchase almost 800 acres of land to expand Minneopa State Park. Photograph by Karin J. Green, May 10, 2017.

WPA plaque near the Minneopa Falls at Minneopa State Park, April 8, 2017. Photograph by Karin J. Green.

View of Minneopa Falls on the Minneopa River in winter, ca. 1920.

Postcard of Minneopa Falls, Minnesota State Park, Mankato, Minnesota, ca. 1915.

Negotiating the purchase of Minneopa State Park, October 13, 1905. Photograph by J.P Hodge, Depot Agent, on platform of Minneopa Depot, South Bend, Minnesota. Seated left to right: State Attorney General E. T. Young; State Auditor Samuel G. Iverson; Governor John A. Johnson; General James H. Baker; Orange Little; John C. Wise Jr. of Mankato Review. Standing left to right: Thomas Hughes of local committee; F. G. Cuttle of Railway Construction; Robert L. Williams, in front of Cuttle; Chairman of County Commissioners William. W. Paddock; Dr. J. W. Andrews of local committee; Joseph E. Reynolds of Mankato Free Press; William. L. Johnson, superintendent of Railway Construction Company of Winston Brothers; Charles. N. Andrews of local committee.

Minneopa Falls, ca. 1865. Photograph by Whitney’s Gallery.

Minneopa Falls, Minnesota, ca. 1865.

Minneopa Falls, Minneopa State Park, October 21, 2010. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever.

Sounds of Minneopa State Park on a walking trail in the northern section of the park, April 8, 2017. Recorded by Karin J. Green.