Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives: Restaurants in Early Shakopee (Part 2)
Tuesday, April 14, 1-2 p.m. | Free | Shakopee Community Center Ṡakpe ti Senior Lounge, 1255 Fuller Street South
Some of the restaurants in early Shakopee are discussed, including Uptown Cafe, Wampach’s, Gerlach’s Cafe, Pablo’s Restaurant, Imperial Wok Restaurant, A&W Restaurant, Clem’s, and many more.
Please pre-register with Shakopee Parks and Recreation at the Shakopee Community Center or online through Shakopee Parks and Recreation.
For the Good of the Women: The Minnesota Correctional Facility in Early Shakopee
Tuesday, April 21, 2-3 p.m. | Free | Benedictine Windermere Way, 1709 Windermere Way (952-900-5214)
The woman who convinced a group of men to build a reformatory for women, the place as it looked then and now, a few stories about growing up near the reformatory, and the prisoners who lived there, and those who escaped, are discussed in this program.
No pre-registration required.
Downtown Shakopee Tour #1
Saturday, April 25, 10 a.m.-12 noon | Free | Meet in front of the Shakopee Public Library, on Lewis Street
Downtown Shakopee Tour #1 talks about various people and places in downtown Shakopee, including Ida Gertrude May Gjerdrum Buck (1883-1957), Paul Pablo Edward Schwaesdall (1949-2024), Maximus Max Guido Wermerskirchen (1931-1959), Charles Manaige (1846-1938), a Chinese man in Shakopee (1892), Sophia de Levie (1919-1943), John Shoto (1798-1899), Mahala Conklin Shumway (1835-1909), Mary Brown Griffin (1825-1882), and Jane Lamont Titus (1827-1899).
No pre-registration required.
A Place to Belong: Civil War Veterans in Early Shakopee
Tuesday, May 12, 1-2 p.m. | Free | Shakopee Community Center Ṡakpe ti Senior Lounge, 1255 Fuller Street South
During the Civil War, many men in Shakopee and the area joined in the war. Learn about the people, those who lived and those who died, and the stories about the veterans from Shakopee.
Please pre-register with Shakopee Parks and Recreation at the Shakopee Community Center or online through Shakopee Parks and Recreation.
Valley Cemetery Tour
Saturday, May 16, 10 a.m.-12 noon | Free | Valley Cemetery, 1500 4th Avenue East
Shakopee Heritage Society president David R. Schleper presents information on some of the people buried in Valley Cemetery. The event requires walking, so participants are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes and to bring a chair to sit in during the presentation.
No pre-registration required.
About the Presenter
David R. Schleper
David R. Schleper received his B.A. in deaf education and English at the University of Northern Colorado and his M.A. in deaf education at Gallaudet University. He also completed post-graduate studies on teaching writing at the University of New Hampshire.
Schleper has traveled throughout the United States to lead workshops at residential schools and mainstream programs. He has also presented in Australia, Canada, Guam, and Puerto Rico, United Arab Emirates, and the Virgin Islands.
Schleper has taught at all grade levels, from elementary to graduate school, at the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Hawai’i Center for the Deaf, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, Kapi’olani Community College, and Gallaudet University.
Schleper is an avid reader and the author of several articles on reading and writing with deaf students. He has written several manuals, and originated and developed the Shared Reading Project, a program to teach hearing families how to read with their deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
Since moving back to Shakopee a few years ago, David has spent his time researching the people in Shakopee, and enjoys learning about the variety of people who lived in this area. He is the president of the Shakopee Heritage Society.