Laughter, Falling Water and Time
On May 5, 1905, John Haven, Austin B. Morse and E. J. Cranston set up and the State Bank of Maple Plain. The first bank building was built the same year. The bank assumed the assets and liabilities of the State Bank of Lyndale, Minnesota in 1927. A new facility was built on the east … Read more
We have tried to tell of the progress of West High, the Lake District, the City and the State of Minnesota, and to show the relationship among them… From the Annual Publication of the Senior Class of West High School Minneapolis, Volume Seventeen, 1925
Grand Ball at Night Drill Teams Compete During the Day Minneapolis, Minnesota June 23, 1931: Beneath red canopies such as begot London’s thoroughfares as the Crusaders departed, 10,000 plumed Knights of Templar paraded before their leaders today as part of the triennial conclave of the order. Each of the 1700 commanderies representing 47 states took … Read more
TODAY, with gasoline scarce along the Atlantic coast, certain U. S. naval officers remember with regret a mysterious inventor who turned up during the last war and said he was able TO MAKE GASOLINE OUT OF WATER. THE STORY SEEMS LIKE A MYTH. BUT IT IS RECORDED IN THE C. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS AND … Read more
This magnificent gold trimmed Public Library, serving as headquarters for Hennepin County and Minneapolis libraries, is located in the Gateway Development area, 300 Nicollet Avenue. The structure is made of granite, Italian marble and anodized aluminum. The library, geared for the comfort of its visitors, features smoking lounges and open shelves, invites browsing and casual … Read more
…Continuing on Marshall avenue to the bridge and over the bridge to Lake Street. Just above the bridge is a government dam, originally suggested to improve navigation above Minnehaha. It is being finished by degrees. and possibly it may be utilized in furnishing electricity for power and light to the residents at Fort Snelling. Looking … Read more
The old home that became the Glen Morris Inn on Christmas Lake was built in the late 1800’s for Manitoba Railroad civil engineer, Charles J. Morris. The original two story residence was described in Diamond’s Tourist newspaper as, “one of the most beautiful estates in the area.” Morris owned 1000 acres on Christmas Lake and … Read more
In April, 1936, Fortune magazine hired Austria-Hungary-born American writer and illustrator, Ludwig Bemelmans for an exhaustive article profiling the rather bleak fortunes of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I can almost hear our local boosters howling across the years. Fortune painted thoroughly unflattering, gloomy picture of the metropolis at the center of the most radical state … Read more
“The building stands on the south-west corner of Hennepin Avenue and 10th Street, one of the broadest avenues and one of the widest streets in the city. A bend to the northwest in the avenue, beginning at 10th Street, and a bend to the northeast in Tenth Street, beginning just before the avenue is reached, … Read more