The Elwood Hotel Then and Now

The Robin Hotel in 1980 and 2014 The Elwood Hotel was already 15 years old when Allan and Agnes MacDonald bought the place in 1932. the couple ran the hotel as a boarding house for 25 years. The rooms were rented to railroad men, older people and two families from Holland. There were ten rooms … Read more

Minneapolis Makes Good

Minneapolis: Home of Minnehaha; seat of a race of workers whose pride give VALUE RECEIVED. Favored civic offspring of the Father of Waters who’s perpetual annuity of $3,000,000 in hydro energy grinds her flour, lights her streets, propels her cars weaves her blankets, knits her garments and ramifies into her thousand industries. Head of the … Read more

Margaret Morris from Minneapolis

Margaret Morris, the great-niece to former US President Benjamin Harrison, was born in Minneapolis on November 7th 1898. She decided to pursue acting by her late teens and begun her professional career with the Shubert Stock Company. She entered films in 1920 and moved to Hollywood setting her sights on an acting career. She was … Read more