Hiawatha and Minnehaha and recited parts of Longfellow's poem as part of the program. Fjelde's Hiawatha and Minnehaha sculpture soon became a visitor attraction in the park, and postcards depicting it were widely available. As of 2011, the sculpture remains in its location along Minnehaha Creek and is one of Fjelde's best-known works. Hiawatha and Minnehaha Hiawatha and Minnehaha is a sculpture by Jacob Fjelde that has stood in Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis since the early twentieth century. Now a popular fixture of the park, its placement there was originally controversial. In 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published a book-length poem entitled "The Song
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