Hiawatha (train) Hiawatha (train) The Hiawathas were a fleet of named passenger trains operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as the Milwaukee Road) between Chicago and various destinations in the Midwest and Western United States. The most notable of these trains was the original "Twin Cities Hiawatha", which served the Twin Cities in Minnesota. The train was named for the epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The first "Hiawatha" trains ran in 1935. By 1948, five routes carried the "Hiawatha" name: The "Twin Cities Hiawatha" was the original "Hiawatha", beginning service between
Song of the Albigensian Crusade Eugène Martin-Chabot published another multi-volume edition and French translation under the title "Chanson de la croisade albigeoise" (1931–1961). Gougaud (1992) published a new single-volume French translation. An English translation was published by Shirley (1996). Song of the Albigensian Crusade The Song of the Albigensian Crusade (French: "Chanson de la croisade albigeoise", Occitan: "Canso de la crozada") is an Old Occitan epic poem narrating events of the Albigensian Crusade from March 1208 to June 1219. Modelled on the Old French "chanson de geste", it was composed in two distinct parts: William of Tudela wrote the first towards 1213, and an anonymous