tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post518616392737393580..comments2024-03-28T06:21:34.602-06:00Comments on twin city sidewalks: Together We Can Rename Lake CalhounBill Lindekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373780012930618768noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-9711687314401734222014-10-21T09:01:22.772-06:002014-10-21T09:01:22.772-06:00Unfortunately, the name already was changed to no ...Unfortunately, the name already was changed to no effect. In 1890, the Park Board voted to change the name to "Lake Mendoza," (an Anglicized corruption of a Dakota name) to avoid honoring John C. Calhoun. It seems no one stopped calling it "Calhoun," though, and the old name was officially reinstated in the early 20th Century. <br /><br />The 1890s-1910s was a time when the generation that fought the Civil War was being romanticized as having fought the good fight; Grand Army of the Republic halls and monuments to the Union were being erected across the North. If that generation, with a much fresher hatred of John C. Calhoun and all he stood for, failed to change the name, I'm afraid there will be little success today. People are used to calling it Calhoun. <br /><br />Here's a Mpls. Tribune article from the time (note that this author was so embarrassed at the connection to John C. Calhoun that a fictional "Lt. Calhoun" is claimed as the original namesake; this is false): <br /><br />http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/126046668.html<br /><br />And here's a 1901 Map showing "Lake Mendoza (formerly Calhoun): https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/node/890495Alex Westonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16472763856050751528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-3996030632073429142014-03-05T08:54:54.860-06:002014-03-05T08:54:54.860-06:00Hey ! I love totalitarian thinking: Lets name Vol...Hey ! I love totalitarian thinking: Lets name Volgograd Stalingrad and St. Petersburg after Lenin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-3361535004512126602013-12-16T14:35:45.927-06:002013-12-16T14:35:45.927-06:00Two good reasons to leave the name as-is:
A) nam...Two good reasons to leave the name as-is:<br /><br />A) name change confusion.<br /><br />B) those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it.<br />Froggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843594625467349428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-40882220332491309872013-11-20T16:05:46.949-06:002013-11-20T16:05:46.949-06:00There was a Calhoun on the Gopher Women's bask...There was a Calhoun on the Gopher Women's basketball time around the time of Whalen and McCarvilleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-41367235363191349302013-11-19T23:05:10.021-06:002013-11-19T23:05:10.021-06:00Hi
Nice one! I like the outfit of the characters. ...Hi<br />Nice one! I like the outfit of the characters. Wish i could do the same thing too but im not that techie.i like the outfit of “from farmer to warden”.. really interestingenergy efficient constructionhttp://burke-design.biz/green-construction/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-51117360633405476782013-11-18T23:40:37.828-06:002013-11-18T23:40:37.828-06:00Thanks for the history, but I agree there should b...Thanks for the history, but I agree there should be more options in the pool. Any women Calhouns? Or better yet, have a naming process led by the original peoples of the land?Erick Bousteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08156937849719944390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-70604376704458990842013-11-18T22:24:33.240-06:002013-11-18T22:24:33.240-06:00I laughed so damn hard at the description of John ...I laughed so damn hard at the description of John B. Calhoun. No prizes for guessing who I voted. Bravo, Bill!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-87981372128548225212013-11-18T20:47:52.234-06:002013-11-18T20:47:52.234-06:00Ridiculous waste of effort based on inane retrospe...Ridiculous waste of effort based on inane retrospect. George Washington and 14 other signers of the Constitution owned slaves. Maybe we should throw that out also. - oh wait. The lake is named after United States Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, who sent the Army to survey the area that would become Fort Snelling in 1817. Calhoun had also authorized the construction of Fort Snelling, one of the earliest settlements in the state. The surveyors renamed the water body "Lake Calhoun" in his honor. How far do we take the witch hunt over slavery? Burn down Fort Snelling because it was part of Calhoun's legacy? Rename it Fort Bill? Burn all the history books that mention slavery? Wasnt' Hitler trying to do the same thing - erase the Jews? Average Guy -https://www.blogger.com/profile/11754722478675235864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-74047980214886930152013-11-18T14:30:49.286-06:002013-11-18T14:30:49.286-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.UMPresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06662932831268508870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-5348584627084828542013-11-18T14:28:59.657-06:002013-11-18T14:28:59.657-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.UMPresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06662932831268508870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-10252091596310460332013-11-18T13:01:11.267-06:002013-11-18T13:01:11.267-06:00I want yet more Calhouns to choose from! sorryI want yet more Calhouns to choose from! sorryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com