Hiawatha and Minnehaha 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 of Hiawatha". Longfellow never visited Minnesota, but he set his poem among the Ojibwe and Dakota of the region. The poem's story line was based on traditional Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) tales, as recorded, sometimes incorrectly, by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. "The Song of Hiawatha" was widely read and had significant cultural influence
Hiawatha Service signaling changes, and the scheduled duration went back to 90 minutes end-to-end. Under Amtrak, which assumed control of most intercity passenger rail service in the United States on May 1, 1971, the "Hiawatha" name survived in two forms. The first was a Chicago–Milwaukee–Minneapolis service, known simply as the "Hiawatha". This would be renamed the "Twin Cities Hiawatha", then extended to 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