Saturday, October 11, 2014

Hazen + Grey Cloud Woman

Today, I took a leisurely ride with Matt to Grey Cloud Island, a cool little spot in the Mississippi River where the Dakota lived after leaving Kaposia (which, as I noted in a blog post a long time ago, is where they moved after leaving the Battle Creek area). Matt and I rode here in early August with my brother-in-law Tom, when it was quite toasty. Today was perfect - - about 55 and sunny.

On the island, we stopped briefly at Hazen Mooers Park and I took some photos. We were speculating about who he was. Apparently, Hazen was the fur trader husband of Grey Cloud Woman, for whom the island is named.

A City Pages blog post says that the island is haunted. I don't buy it. But I've never been there in the dark.

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