Hiawatha (1952 film) Hiawatha (1952 film) Hiawatha is a 1952 American film based on the 1855 epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, centering on Native Americans in pre-Columbian times. Directed by Kurt Neumann, with stars Vincent Edwards and Yvette Dugay, it became the final feature produced by the low-budget Monogram Pictures, a mainstay of Hollywood's Poverty Row. Hiawatha, a member of the Ojibway tribe, is on a peace mission to the Dakotah tribe. He meets and falls in love with Minnehaha. The romance is obstructed by a threatened war between the two tribes, instigated by a hot-headed Ojibway tribe
Hiawatha (train) Seattle and renamed the "North Coast Hiawatha". This service ended in 1979. The second was a Chicago–Milwaukee corridor known as the "Hiawatha Service" (as opposed to "Hiawatha"). Although Amtrak had retained Chicago–Milwaukee service during the transition, it did not name these trains until October 29, 1972. At this time both "Hiawatha" and "Hiawatha Service" could be found on the same timetable. Amtrak used a variety of names for this service between 1976–1989 before returning to the "Hiawatha Service" brand, which remains today and continues to use the Milwaukee Road's route between Chicago and Milwaukee. Hiawatha (train) The Hiawathas were a