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
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
I have had my first experience on the wheel, and it certainly shall not be the last. It must be a very trying thing t begin wheeling in a dark and dingy hall with a man leading your nag around for you and holding you up while he tells you just what to do in … Read more
Interstate Park, St. Croix Falls, Wis., and Taylor Falls, Minn., 50 miles from Minneapolis and St. Paul. The rock ledges at the Dalles are ancient lava flows, of which seven may be identified, rising like giant steps above the river. The lava, or trap, is well jointed so that there are vertical precipices and isolated … Read more
To Robbinsdale You follow Washington avenue N to Twentieth avenue, and this to Crystal Lake avenue. Just outside the city limits, a road fork is encountered. The road to the left, which is much poorer, leads to the small settlement known as Kenmore Park. On the other side of the main road, right opposite Kenmore, … Read more
To Delano, Same as Run No. 7 as far as Wayzata. When leaving that town you keep to the right of the railroad tracks. About 1% miles outside the town you encounter a big and rather unpleasant hill, and some- what further on you meet with another, not quite as bad. Below the town of … Read more
Anoka meaning in the Chippewa language ‘Work” and in the Dakota ‘”On both sides of the river” lies on both banks of the Rum River at a junction with the Mississippi; just 18 miles north of Minneapolis as shown on the accompanying map. Anoka is one of the oldest towns in the state. It … Read more
Osseo boasts of being the greatest early potato producing section of the Northwest. This boast is not without foundation, anyone may see wishes to spend few hours in this thriving village. There ore literally acres and of spuds that hem so to speak, the town tn front all sides. More than ever Osseo people smiling … Read more
