Laughter, Falling Water and Time
According to the usual round up of unreliable sources, Ray Kroc found his way north to Minnesota in 1957 and opened the first McDonalds Roseville. A second franchise was in the works with Jim Zien, the owner of the Criterion on University Avenue. Kroc spent his evening time at Zien’s restaurant listening to the soothing … Read more
The Pillsbury Gates at the near end of Fourteenth Avenue SE have always been the University of Minnesota’s front door. Decades before Stadium Village, Washington Avenue, and the West Bank were born, professors, students, staff and guests arrived in Dinkytown on horse-drawn street cars, bicycles and trains. They walked through these gates and took up … Read more
Dear Green Jeans, While at the “Minnesota Stale Fair”, Shaveless Hardjaw and I plan to visit the large factory illustrated on the other side. They tell me that here, under one roof are manufactured a larger variety of foods than are manufactured in any other similar organization in the United States. Shaveless is anxious to … Read more
Brown & Bigelow was founded in 1896 by Herbert Bigelow and Hirm Brown. Throughout its history, Brown & Bigelow has been a St. Paul resident. In its first 11 years, the firm outgrew three locations and then settled on a 17-acre site that was once the Lexington horse race track in the Hamline-Midway area of … Read more