Laughter, Falling Water and Time
One of the most overlooked parts of Balsam Lake history is that the lake people know today was heavily reshaped by dam construction during the logging era. While glaciers created the original basin thousands of years ago, nineteenth-century lumber operations raised the water level dramatically by building a dam at the lake’s outlet on Balsam … Read more
Minneapolis—Richfield, Post 435 AMERICAN LEGION 6501 S. Portland Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55423 One of the world’s largest legion posts is open 9 A.M. to 12:45 A.M. daily except Sunday. Serving the finest of foods and cocktails. Dinners 5 P.M. to 12 P.M. Luncheon 11:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. All Legionnaires Welcome. Richfield’s American Legion Post … Read more
To those business and professional men who are located downtown, location in the new Roanoke Building means the addition of an hour a day. That is the hour which is now lost by the morning’s half-hour journey through downtown traffic, by the return journey late in the afternoon, and by the time required in going … Read more
On April 26, 1956, The Minneapolis Star reported plans by members of the Morse Telegraph Club to send “What Hath Cod. Wrought.” over private wire circuits across America, echoing Samuel F. B. Morse’s historic first long-distance telegraph message sent 112 years earlier in 1844. To commemorate the event, 165 members gathered at Fran O’Connell’s Restaurant … Read more
Burton Hall is one of those campus landmarks with a flair for drama. Built in 1894 as the University of Minnesota’s first purpose-built library, it replaced Old Main, which burned to the ground in 1904. The Board of Regents wanted a building that could survive both time and fire, and they got it—though not without … Read more
The Green Acres Motel, once located at 2115 East 78th Street, offered comfortable and convenient lodging for modern mid-century travelers seeking a proper proximity to the Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport, Fort Snelling, the Veterans Hospital, and Metropolitan Stadium—then home to the Minnesota Twins and Vikings. Boasting amenities like telephones and televisions, and Hulu dancers in every … Read more
Fort Snelling is often associated with its induction center and military railroad training during World War II. It also had a lesser-known but significant role in training and assigning military police dogs. While it was not one of the official War Dog Training Centers operated by the Quartermaster Corps, reconnaissance and sentry dogs were indeed … Read more
Franklin Steele Square was named in honor of Franklin Steele, one of Minneapolis’s first European settlers and a civic leader who built the first bridge over the Mississippi River at Nicollet Island. He also served as the president of the first Board of Regents for the University of Minnesota. In 1882, Steele’s daughters—Mary C. Morris, … Read more
To Farmington Same as Run No. 25 as far as Wescott, where the road forks. You keep to the right. The telephone poles follow the road clear down to Farmington, which is a great help, as it makes it impossible to lose the road. Halfway between Wescott and Farmington you strike Rosemount. Between Wescott and … Read more