Editing Wayzata, Minnesota (section)

===Cottage period===
As national tourism to Lake Minnetonka faded in the 1890s, a new era for Wayzata began. Many urban dwellers began to construct summer [[cottages]] along Lake Minnetonka's shores as the Twin Cities grew. While many of these new cottages were modest, some were monumental. Wayzata became home to a large collection of grand [[villa|country estates]] along the Ferndale Shore. Notable families who built country estates there include the Bells, Boveys, Crosbys, Peaveys, Pillsburys, and Washburns.

Despite the influx of new summer residences, Wayzata barely grew during this period. That changed in 1905, when the village council voted for a Reconciliation Ordinance to repair relations with Hill and his railway (now known as the “[[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern]]”). He responded by building a new train [[Wayzata station|depot]] near downtown Wayzata. At the depot's grand opening celebration in 1906, he declared it the “handsomest” on the entire Great Northern line.

[[File:City of Wayzata - Wayzata Depot.jpg|thumb|right|[[Wayzata station|Great Northern depot]], built 1906]]

Wayzata was also connected to a new form of water transportation in 1906. The [[Twin City Rapid Transit Company]] launched six new “Express Boats” on Lake Minnetonka that served as an extension of the Twin City [[streetcar]] system. The service was discontinued in 1926 after several years of declining ridership. Some of the Express Boats were [[scuttling|scuttled]] (purposely sunk) in the lake that year. One, the [[Museum of Lake Minnetonka|''Minnehaha'']], was raised from the depths in 1980, restored, and returned to passenger service in 1996.

As the cottage era continued, downtown Wayzata rebounded with residences and small commercial centers at each end of Lake Street. [[Motorboating]] was all the rage by 1920, and Wayzata was at the center of the trend with two nationally famous boat makers, Ramaley and Wise, based there. In 1929 the Ramaley Boat Company merged with Wise Boat Works and Walker Boat Works to form Minnetonka Boat Works. Minnetonka Boat Works eventually became well-known manufacturers and distributors of Tonka-Craft and [[Chris-Craft Boats|Chris-Craft]] power boats.