Longfellow, Minneapolis Longfellow, Minneapolis Longfellow is a defined community in Minneapolis, Minnesota which includes five smaller neighborhoods inside of it: Cooper, Hiawatha, Howe, Seward, and Longfellow. Grouped with South Minneapolis between the city's eastern border with the Mississippi River and the Metro Blue Line , Longfellow takes its name from Longfellow neighborhood which in turn is named after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The renowned American poet incorporated elements into his poem "The Song of Hiawatha" from Henry Schoolcraft's accounts of native Dakota lore in Minnesota which included Minnehaha Falls in Longfellow's southern tip. The early reference of Highway 55 as Hiawatha Avenue, along
Twin Cities Hiawatha cars in Chicago. The "Afternoon Hiawatha" ended on January 23, 1970. The "Morning Hiawatha" continued until the formation of Amtrak, making its last run on April 30, 1971. Amtrak retained a single Chicago-Minneapolis frequency with the Burlington Northern's "Empire Builder", which was re-routed over the Milwaukee Road's line through Milwaukee to St. Paul. Amtrak brought back the name "Twin Cities Hiawatha" as a Chicago-Minneapolis service on January 16, 1972. On June 12 that year Amtrak combined this service with the "North Coast Hiawatha"; three days a week the train continued to Seattle, otherwise it terminated at Minneapolis. In 1977 Amtrak