Reaching the Laker Pioneer Newspaper
On January 03, 2026, the Minnetonka Minute was published in the Laker Pioneer newspaper as the week’s featured article. Author Max Kappel spent a number of hours at our Crystal Bay home, thumbing through files in the Minnetonka Minute’s archive and speaking to its author on some of what motivated him to create a platform that encapsulates Lake Minnetonka history.
Kappel’s Laker Pioneer article is as seen below & has been reposted here as a means of archiving it for future reference.
Laker Pioneer 01/03/2026, Volume 8, #42
Artifacts & memorabilia seen in cover photo: (left to right)
On floor - Rare large Excelsior Amusement Park pennant, 1887 Wittemann Bros lithograph souvenir booklet, small binder of postcards, Excelsior Chamber of Commerce commemorative Minnehaha painting & recovered hull plank nail, sheet music of By The Waters of the Minnetonka by Thurlow Leiurance (1913), Book Historical Backgrounds of Mound Minnesota by Melvin Gimmestad (1964/82), National Health Journal Minnetonka Edition (6/15/1899)
On couch - Standard size Excelsior Park Pennant, Binders of postcards.
