Camp Lowry

Camp Lowry on the Parade opposite the national guard armory will the scene today of the mobilization of the entire Minnesota National Guard. Three regiments of infantry and three batteries of artillery will be brought together in camp in the heart of a great city for the first time in national guard maneuvers. For three … Read more

The Best Basilica

THE BASILICA OF ST. MARY One of the cities’ beautiful churches. Near the steps of this architectural wonder is a statue dedicated to Father Louis Hennepin, an early missionary, explorer and historian, on the 250th anniversary of his sighting of the Falls of St. Anthony beside whose fecund waters clustered the pioneers of the City … Read more

You are always Welcome in Minneapolis

Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak trees. -Longfellow   You are always welcome in Minneapolis. It is a city famed as much for its hospitality as for its renowned beauty and its commercial greatness. This booklet gives you only the merest suggestion in pictures and paragraphs of its enchantment for … Read more

Something About Hilda Simms

Born in 1918, Hilda Moses grew up in Minneapolis. The eldest of 13 kids, she walked from her family home at 908 Emerson Avenue North to Sumner and Grant Elementary Schools. She was confirmed at the Basilica of Saint Mary and graduated from St. Margaret’s academy. She got her early dramatic experience at the University … Read more

Lyndale and the Basilica Then and Now

You can’t tell by looking at this old photo, but the place where Hennepin and Lyndale Avenues meet was almost as big a traffic snarl in 1943 as it is today. It may have been worse. Back then Minneapolis had close to 100,000 more residents and many more shopping working and living close to downtown. … Read more