Minnehaha, Colorado

Minnehaha is an unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado,^[1]^[2]^[3] and a siding of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway. It is named for a character in The Song of Hiawatha.

History

It was once a community of rustic summer homes, and the home of the Pikes Peak Alpine Laboratory, a botanical research station founded by Frederic and Edith Clements.^[4]

References

↑ "Minnehaha Populated Place Profile". HTL, Inc. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
↑ "Minnehaha, United States". Information Technology Associates. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
↑ "Geographic Names Information System". United States Board on Geographic Names. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
↑ Wiatrowski, Claude (2002). Railroads of Colorado : your guide to Colorado's historic trains and railway sites. Voyageur Press.

Municipalities and communities of El Paso County, Colorado, United States

County seat: Colorado Springs

Cities	Colorado Springs Fountain Manitou Springs

Towns	Calhan Green Mountain Falls‡ Monument Palmer Lake Ramah

CDPs	Air Force Academy Black Forest Cascade-Chipita Park Cimarron Hills Ellicott Fort Carson Gleneagle Peyton Rock Creek Park Security-Widefield Stratmoor Woodmoor

Unincorporated communities	Alta Vista Cascade Chipita Park Crystola‡ Eastonville Elsmere Falcon Ivywild Midway Minnehaha Papeton Rush Shirley Truckton Yoder

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 38°50′58″N 104°57′34″W / 38.84944°N 104.95944°W / 38.84944; -104.95944

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