Talk:Eden Prairie, Minnesota

History section

 * I have a copy of the book Eden Prairie: The First 100 Years... so I'll probably try and expand the history section and maybe scan some of the really old pictures in it. - Corby 05:10, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.189.76.18 (talk • contribs) Revision as of 17:53, April 2, 2008
 * Is a citation really needed to list that Eden Prairie is colloquially referred to as "EP?" As an Eden Prairie resident, I can verify that this is true.


 * In one way, WP allows Consensus to dictate that we accept that Eden Prairians use EP. However I added a source just to further solidify it. .:davumaya:. 18:31, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

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Demographics
For some reason anonymous IPs AND registered users find it amusing to change the demographic section back to what they think are the "real" demographics (ie 90% instead of 76% white). As it standards the current Census source states 90% and that's where it stands. .:davumaya:. 18:33, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

People also seem to find it amusing to add a tens digit to the statistics relating to poverty, making it 12.8% of families and 13.5% of individuals under the poverty line rather than the proper 2.8% and 3.5%, respectively. .:gryps5:. —Preceding undated comment added 17:47, 3 August 2010 (UTC).

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Notable Natives
I added Kris Humphries to the list. His wiki page doesn't say where he is from, only that he went to high school in Hopkins. He transferred there, but grew up in Eden Prairie. I believe he and my friend still hold a national varsity swimming record from when he was in 8th grade. Minnesota cold (talk) 08:47, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Etymology attribution incorrect?
Article currently claims, under the Etymology heading: "The name "Eden Prairie" came from founder Robert Anderson, who was reminded by the locale of the Garden of Eden."

However, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_F._Ellet: Ellet's book "Summer Rambles in the West ... was inspired by a boating trip along the Minnesota River in 1852. The local town, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, got its name from Ellet and has dedicated a nature trail in her honor."[26]

The footnote leads to this 2007 Eden Prairie Sun-Current article (about the opening of that trail), which several times credits Ellet with naming EP, including this quote: "that is now called Eden Prairie because she declared it to be “the garden spot of the territory.” http://www.writersrisingup.org/efeinterpretivetrail/docs/Grand_Opening_2007.pdf 24.128.188.152 (talk) 04:44, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, I just found this on the city's own website, so I'm going to change it: "The City owes its name to Elizabeth Fries Ellet, an East Coast writer who visited the area and proclaimed it to be the garden spot of the territory." http://www.edenprairie.org/vCurrent/live/article.asp?r=1330 24.128.188.152 (talk) 04:55, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

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