Laughter, Falling Water and Time
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
To Minnehaha Park and Fort Snelling You can reach Minnehaha Park by taking Lake Street to Minnehaha Boulevard, which leads directly to the park and then on to the fort. The route is straightforward and easy to follow. The road between the park and the fort can be sandy in some sections, but experienced riders … Read more
This week of dual import for the northwest’s veterans of war is at its climax today with the formal ceremonies in dedication of the great modern government hospital at Fort Snelling where will lie for healing scores of those youths who, with a laugh and sometimes a prayer, enlisted just one decade ago. Ten thousand … Read more
THE SIBLEY HOUSE MENDOTA, MINNESOTA Built in 1835 by Henry Sibley The house still stands near the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers near Fort Snelling. The library in this historic home was used as the temporary capitol of Minnesota Territory by Governor Alexander Ramsey in 1849. The Sibley House is owned and maintained … Read more
Fort Snelling, the U. S. Government Reservation of 2,300 acres, was the first fort of the Northwest. The plaque reads: To Honor the Memory of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, 1st Lt., U. S. A., who on Sept. 23rd, 1805, acquired for the government by Treaty with the Sioux Nation the site of Fort Snelling. This tablet … Read more
Sailing regattas on Bde Maka Ska in the heart of the Minneapolis residential district bring racing enthusiasts from yacht clubs throughout the United States, Argentina and Canada to the Aquatennial, a great summer festival celebrating Minnesota’s vacational areas. One of 22 lakes within the city, the park around Bde Maka Ska contains 523 acres, 489 … Read more
Thirteen, 304-foot rib arches carry State Highway 55 across the Minnesota River valley between the Fort Snelling in Hennepin County and Mendota Heights in Dakota County. When the Fort Snelling-Mendota Bridge was completed in 1926, Minnesota engineers, Walter Hall Wheeler and C.A.P. Turner took bragging rights for the the longest continuous, concrete arch bridge in … Read more
Bicycling. — Broad, hard streets, good pavements in the business center, a continually increasing mileage of bicycle paths, together with the absence of great elevations and steep gradients, make Minneapolis the ideal place for the bicyclist. To these advantages should be added the fact that the city is charming and in the country around are … Read more