From this location, you would look east down a dirt runway and open fields,
viewing aviation pioneers...
Sept. 26, 1920: Capt. Ray S. Miller of the Minnesota National Guard piloted a Curtiss Oriole biplane from Curtiss Field. This . . . — — Map (db m180507) HM
Curtiss Northwest Airport In 1919, Snelling and Larpenteur Avenues were two-lane, unpaved roads in then Rose Township. In the 1920's, enthusiasm for aviation grew at Curtiss Northwest Airport. The airfield served many purposes including . . . — — Map (db m180457) HM
Curtiss Northwest Airport In 1919, Snelling and Larpenteur Avenues were two-lane, unpaved roads in what was then Rose Township. The southeast corner of the intersection had most recently been a farm field. But now it became home to the first . . . — — Map (db m180405) HM
Both Norman Borlaug and Eldon Siehl believed in raising awareness about the importance of agriculture, and this garden reflects their shared passion.
Borlaug was a U of M alumnus who earned three degrees here, in forestry and plant . . . — — Map (db m231837) HM
1. Harry Snyder, world-renowned cereal chemist, studied nutrition and flours from new wheat varieties
2. Pitting plums at Excelsior Fruit Breeding Station, 1914
3. Locations of research and outreach centers
4. . . . — — Map (db m308337) HM
Beyond the Campus
Taking knowledge beyond the campus borders is a vital part of the University's land-grant mission. University of Minnesota Extension (previously Agricultural Extension) has worked diligently for more than a century to fulfill . . . — — Map (db m186236) HM
Horticultural Science
Minnesota's cold winters and short, hot summers can be a challenge for growers. The University of Minnesota's leadership in developing cold-hardy fruits, flowers, and vegetables goes back to the 1870s. By 1910, the . . . — — Map (db m186384) HM
Original facility housing the Division of Veterinary Medicine in the College of Agriculture. Contained laboratories, classrooms, animal wards, office and a unique circular operating room with a conical roof, which became known as the "Round Room" — — Map (db m186662) HM
Art in Everyday Life
For almost 40 years, ending with their retirement in 1949, sisters Harriet and Vetta Goldstein were dominant figures in design education at the University and nationally. Their research and teaching on design principles . . . — — Map (db m186330) HM
Land-Grant Heritage
In 1862, Congress passed the Morill Land-Grant Act, which granted land so that each state could endow a college with "branches of learning related to agriculture, the mechanic arts, and military science." In 1868, the . . . — — Map (db m186898) HM
History of Veterinary Medicine
When the School of Agriculture opened in 1888 at the University of Minnesota campus in St. Paul, it offered high school age students a two-year practical course in animal husbandry, feeding, farm hygiene, . . . — — Map (db m187497) HM
Dedicated in honor and memory of those who died in service
1914 World War 1918 Jay Patterson Voak ·
Richard Willard Moody ·
Eliot Dwight Clague ·
Arthur Henry Laubach ·
Harry Edgar Clarke ·
Robert McCaughin Fischer ·
John Jay . . . — — Map (db m186435) WM
Minnesota's rich heritage of innovation, artistry, heroism, achievement and history.
We're just getting started.
There are many more Minnesota stories to add. Please contact us with your ideas at [email protected]. . . . — — Map (db m308427) HM
Minnesota's rich heritage of innovation, artistry, heroism, achievement and history.
We're just getting started.
There are many more Minnesota stories to add. Please contact us with your ideas at [email protected]. . . . — — Map (db m309797) HM
Just across the road and creek from this marker was the site of the first commercial grist mill built in the region now named Minnesota. Constructed in 1844 -- five years before the birth of Minnesota Territory -- the water-powered flour and . . . — — Map (db m45528) HM
Looking at this preserve it is hard to imagine the shrill sounds, bustling Shops, and iron horses built and maintained here well over 100 years ago.
Native Americans traveled through and used this landscape for thousands of years before . . . — — Map (db m137697) HM
This bell was purchased by the students of District 33 in 1889 for the original wooden school building located at the northeast corner of County Road C and Highway 61. The bell was housed in a wooden cupola much like the one that now shelters . . . — — Map (db m304389) HM
You are standing at the turntable of the St. Paul & Duluth Roundhouse.
Round and Round They Go
A roundhouse, or engine house, is named for its distinctive shape and used for repairing and storing locomotives. Turntables allowed for efficient . . . — — Map (db m137787) HM
Lake Phalen has long been a magnet for people looking for a place to gather and connect with nature. As early as 1879, the Phalen Chain of Lakes was advertised as a resort area with excellent boating, fishing and hunting opportunities. The park was . . . — — Map (db m135563) HM
The intersection of Phalen Creek and the Frost Avenue Bridge is indicative of constructed change for social, economic, and recreational activity over the years. The waterways in this area that connect Gervais Lake, Keller Lake, and Lake Phalen have . . . — — Map (db m135839) HM
This landscape has changed many times over the 12,000 years since the glaciers. A thousand years after the glaciers retreated spruce forests dominated, with mastodons and other mega fauna common.
As time passed the climate warmed drying the . . . — — Map (db m138004) HM
Minnesota has some of the most interesting geological history found anywhere on Earth. Depending on where you stand in the state you can see rock formed 3.6 billion years ago and then exposed during the last ice age.
The bedrock soils beneath . . . — — Map (db m137788) HM
This waterfall was originally constructed in the 1950's as a way to replenish the receding water level in Lake Phalen. Water was drawn from a well at the top of the falls which then flowed over a stone wall into the lake. Operation of the . . . — — Map (db m135561) HM
Established in 1893 on the grounds of the county almshouse and poor farm, the Ramsey County Cemetery was a "Potter's Field" for indigent persons, the homeless, and patients at Ancker Hospital who died without friends or relatives to pay funeral . . . — — Map (db m137610) HM
In 2014 returning Gladstone Savanna to its pre-settlement open grassland began in earnest. 1) Brush and selected trees were removed. 2) Portions of the site were capped with two to three feet of soil to diminish the effects of industry . . . — — Map (db m253481) HM
Urban development has greatly increased stormwater runoff in our communities. Although ancient civilizations understood the need for sewer systems to collect and carry rainwater, 19th and early 20th century city planning was often unconcerned . . . — — Map (db m253544) HM
The Gladstone Shops were completed in 1888 at over one quarter of a million dollars. An orderly array of rail lines marched across the site paralleling fuel and raw material sheds, maintenance shops, a well, 1800 feet of sewer and a 100-foot . . . — — Map (db m212610) HM
The well at the Gladstone Shops was crucial for site operation. The Shops used between 80,000 and 100,000 gallons of water per day. Without water the Shops and the locomotives they built and maintained would have come to a standstill. Water was used . . . — — Map (db m212724) HM
Seventeen year old James J. Hill arrived in St. Paul in 1856 on one of the 1,090 steamboats that docked that year at this Mississippi River town of 5,000 residents. Railroads were unknown, horse drawn carriages and ox carts were the modes of . . . — — Map (db m282572) HM
In 1883, James J. Hill purchased 3,000 acres of land from Charles D. Gilfillan for $50,000. Hill immediately started constructing farm buildings to support his agricultural interest. Payroll records show that in June 1884, there were 347 workers . . . — — Map (db m285950) HM
American soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guard ready to serve in distant outposts and in all emergencies....
The "Cold War", Berlin Air Lift, atomic veterans, Lebanon, Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin, Panama, Beirut, Grenada, . . . — — Map (db m294746) HM
United States of America and NATO allies
vs.
Taliban and Al-Qaeda global terrorism
Conflicts: Afghanistan's Taliban harbor terrorists responsible for the 9-11-01 attacks on America and promoting world wide terrorism
Minnesota is a . . . — — Map (db m293715) WM
United States of America (Union) vs. Confederate States of America (Confederacy)
Conflicts: Elimination of slavery, states rights and secession of the Southern states from the Union
Minnesota is a state for 3 years
Minnesota . . . — — Map (db m286815) HM
United States of America and coalition allies
vs.
Iraq and global terrorism
Conflicts: Iraqi support of global terrorism and Middle East aggression with threats of weapons of mass destruction
Minnesota is a state for 145 years . . . — — Map (db m299407) HM
United States of America and United National allies vs. North Korea and China
Conflicts: North Korean invasion of South Korea supported by Chinese "volunteers"
Minnesota is a state for 92 years
North St. Paul veterans are among . . . — — Map (db m289004) WM
Dedicated to the memory of
Mayor Bill
for 30 years of outstanding service as Mayor to the city of North St. Paul
1979 - 2008
August 22, 2008 — — Map (db m308551) HM
Dedicated to the memory of
Mayor Bill
for 30 years of outstanding service as Mayor to the city of North St. Paul
1979 - 2008
August 22, 2008 — — Map (db m309872) HM
"For All Who Serve"
Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we . . . — — Map (db m302132) WM
United States of America and coalition forces vs. Iraq
Conflicts: Iraq invades and annexes Kuwait
Minnesota is a state for 132 years
North St. Paul volunteers served in Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and on the Persian Gulf with over . . . — — Map (db m292581) WM
Dedicated by the citizens of North Saint Paul to those of their number who offered their lives in the Great War of Nations 1914-1918
These made the supreme sacrifice
Mary Cummings ★ Leroy Flint ★ Arthur Haukland ★ Emil . . . — — Map (db m286276) WM
United States of America vs. Spain
Conflicts: Support for Cuban and Phillipine [sic] Independence from Spain, sinking of the USS Maine in Havanna [sic] Harbor
Minnesota is a state for 40 years
North St. Paul volunteers join . . . — — Map (db m287554) HM
United States of America and SEATO Allies vs. North Vietnam and Viet Cong
Conflicts: Communist expansion into South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
Minnesota is a state for 107 years
North St. Paul veterans served in South Vietnam and . . . — — Map (db m289389) HM
United States of America and Allied vs. Germany and Austria-Hungarian Empire
Conflicts: German aggression in Europe and unrestricted submarine warfare against all shipping, threat of alliance between Germany and Mexico
Minnesota is a . . . — — Map (db m288057) WM
United States of America and Allies vs the Axis Powers of Germany, Italy and Empire of Japan
Conflicts: Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and Asia, German and Italian aggression in Europe and Africa
Minnesota is a state for 83 years . . . — — Map (db m288487) WM
I was impressed by the natural beauty of the spot and thought it should be secured as a park to be enjoyed by all the people of the city.
William McMurray, President, William McMurray & Co., coffee and spice dealers, St. . . . — — Map (db m241223) HM
Frank Boyd (1881-1962) helped organize the Brotherhood of Railway Sleeping Car Porters. He fought for better wages and working conditions for union workers as well as for rights for all African-Americans. Boyd insisted on the dignity of workers, . . . — — Map (db m287081) HM
Succeeding to the lowly chapel — built of old by the river's bank — from which our fair city received its glorious name, this noble temple rises; a solemn testimony to the growth of Holy Church, a generous offering of love and gratitude . . . — — Map (db m79445) HM
To God in Unity and Trinity. The sacred, auspicious stone of this metropolitan temple, bidden to bear the name of Saint Paul, was duly laid on the second day of June, A.D. 1907.
To restore all things in Christ. — — Map (db m79448) HM
481 Laurel Avenue,
the birthplace on September 24, 1896, of novelist
F. Scott Fitzgerald,
who is internationally renowned for such works as
The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night
and
This Side of Paradise,
is designated a . . . — — Map (db m230616) HM
F. Scott Fitzgerald House
has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historical Sites Act of August 21st 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the . . . — — Map (db m7144) HM
James J. Hill
"Most men who have really lived here have had, in some shape, their great adventure. This railway is mine," wrote James J. Hill to the Great Northern Railway employees upon his retirement in 1912. Throughout his long working . . . — — Map (db m231549) HM
A longtime resident of the Hill District, Arthur J. McQuillan (1896-1954) was widely known as the "Mayor of Selby Avenue" for the many social, political, and civic causes he supported. During the 1940s, his plumbing and heating firm, McQuillan . . . — — Map (db m212846) HM
Originated by Sister Carmela Hanggi
Principal, Cathedral School
Dedicated June 6th, 1973
to all School Patrol members
in Minnesota since 1921 — — Map (db m79453) HM
St. Joseph's Academy, the oldest Catholic educational institution in Minnesota, was founded in 1851 by four Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, two hundred years after the order's founding in Le Puy, France. Leaving the mother house in St. Louis at . . . — — Map (db m134907) HM
To perpetuate the memory of the Union Soldiers and Sailors of the War of 1861 1865 · Their patriotism inspired unquestioning devotion · Their valor was attested on hard-won battlefields · Their suffering and sacrifice exalted the glorious . . . — — Map (db m231550) WM
This area has long been a meeting place of people and ideas. In the 1850s two major overland routes converged just a few blocks from here. By the 1880s the district was a bustling residential area for both the wealthy and the immigrant. Today the . . . — — Map (db m35598) HM
You are standing on top of the 1500-foot long Selby streetcar tunnel, built by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company. Take a walk down the hill and you will see the East Portal of the tunnel which is still intact. Prior to its opening in 1907, . . . — — Map (db m245938) HM
The area comprising this park was, for more than 40 years, used as a playground by the children of this neighborhood. It was presented to the City of St. Paul in 1923 by Emilie B. Cochran in memory of her husband, Thomas Cochran, who came to St. . . . — — Map (db m232309) HM
By 1913, the Park Commission realized there was no longer enough room to grow the numerous plants for Como Park. Because of this, they allocated $50 for new greenhouse blueprints. Nussbaumer's dream of a year-round display glasshouse became a . . . — — Map (db m242721) HM
In the 1840's, Charles Perry owned land around the then called "Sandy Lake". He was a farmer who grew potatoes on the land. He also renamed the lake "Como Lake" for the famous Lake Como in the Swiss-Italian Alps, his birth place.
Famed . . . — — Map (db m243050) HM
Creating the Park
Saint Paul set aside land for parks as early as 1849 but did little to develop these areas because green space was plentiful and accessible in the small metropolis. As the population grew, however, creating parks became a . . . — — Map (db m241849) HM
Como Zoo has seen decades of improvements from new animal habitats and updated facilities to advancements in animal care. In recent years, the successful public-private partnership between Como Friends and Como Park Zoo and Conservatory has . . . — — Map (db m242853) HM
Another visitor favorite from the 1950's era was Toby the Galapagos tortoise. Many school children rode on Toby's back during their visits to Como Zoo as he was allowed to wander throughout the Zoological Building and zoo grounds. Toby moved to . . . — — Map (db m243051) HM
From Horse Car to Streetcar
The Saint Paul City Railway used horse cars for its first route in 1872, but horses were expensive to feed and susceptible to disease and injury. As an alternative, the company tried cable cars in 1888, but an . . . — — Map (db m241851) HM
Como Zoo was informally founded in 1897 with the donation of three deer to the City of Saint Paul. The City fenced in a pasture for the deer. The deer were later joined by donated zebu cattle, elk, moose and fox. In 1915, visitors driving in . . . — — Map (db m243038) HM
From Europe to America
Both concrete and steel were becoming more available for bridge construction in the late nineteenth century. This inspired designs for systems of steel reinforcing to produce longer concrete spans. Austrian engineer . . . — — Map (db m241850) HM
Painting the Land
Britain's Industrial Revolution created gritty urban centers by the late eighteenth century. Nostalgia for the countryside and an increasing appreciation for nature gave rise to the "Picturesque" aesthetic, a term derived . . . — — Map (db m241848) HM
In 1936, the first major construction at Como Zoo took place through the Works Progress Administration (WPA). City architect Charles M. Bassford designed the Main Zoological Building that housed a majority of the animals at Como Zoo until the . . . — — Map (db m243048) HM
The U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II, Minnesota Viking Squadron, proudly dedicate this memorial to the valiant men of the
U.S.S. Swordfish SS193
sunk by enemy action on her 13th war patrol on January 12, 1945
after . . . — — Map (db m259806) WM
Across 17 acres you will find restored historical features, eight native plant communities, accessible paved and gravel trails, and 27 interpretive posts.
Each interpretive post along these paths features a QR code linking you to brief . . . — — Map (db m288555) HM
Named in 1932 in honor of Charles "Speed" Holman
1898-1931
Barnstormer and aerial daredevil
First pilot and operations manager for Northwest Airways
Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame 1988 inductee — — Map (db m235953) HM
St Paul's Holman Field was constructed in 1926 to provide the city with air service and to facilitate the US Post Office's contract airmail delivery. This airway beacon and others like it defined the airway corridor (usually 10 miles wide) that . . . — — Map (db m243425) HM
Northwest Airways Hangar was the airline's first corporate headquarters expressly built for that purpose. The building helped establish the Twin Cities as Northwest's center of operations for almost 85 years. In its materials, structural . . . — — Map (db m234253) HM
Significant engineering example of glued-laminated wood arch construction
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historical Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m234013) HM
Northwest Airways flight crew and maintenance staff 1930 center top row Speed Holman first pilot and operations manager for Northwest Airways — — Map (db m243312) HM
A historical facsimile of the access stairs to the seaplane loading dock was constructed in the year 2009 as part of the Metropolitan Airports Commission's floodwall development project to protect the Downtown Saint Paul Airport. — — Map (db m232713) HM
On May 5, 1943, Brig. Gen. Carl R. Gray, Jr., head of U.S. Army railroad operations in North Africa, sent a request to President William L. McKnight:
Please send "your Scotch Cellulose Tape, 3/4 x 2592 inches, Transparent, 3-inch core, which . . . — — Map (db m232839) HM
3M stands for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company. Except for limited efforts to extract low-grade corundum from Crystal Bay, Minnesota, for abrasives in 1904, the company has done no mining. Nonetheless, the original name remains, even . . . — — Map (db m181934) HM
3M was located on Saint Paul's East Side for almost 100 years and the company was headquartered here until 1962. As you travel through the site of 3M's historic campus, you will encounter a series of illustrated panels that recall the company and . . . — — Map (db m151068) HM
3M Engages the Community
"By contributing to, and participating in civic projects, 3M and 3Mployes have helped to strengthen the bond of community relationship. The unique characteristic of 3M's contribution to the many communities of which . . . — — Map (db m151230) HM
In July 1941, 3M had 3,133 employees spread among 4 plants and 13 branches and warehouses. There were 1,639 employees in the Saint Paul factory, 372 in the Saint Paul office, and 143 in the Saint Paul research labs. At the end of the war in . . . — — Map (db m151231) HM
3M Tapes
Many 3M products were put to new uses and others were developed as part of the war effort.
Over 100 different types of "Scotch" tapes were developed and manufactured to assist war production. They were used for sealing, . . . — — Map (db m151232) HM
Meet a 3Mer and you will often find that he or she has family members who also work at 3M, part of a long 3M tradition.
Otto Meissner was a prime example. Living at 668 Greenbrier, he did not have far to go when he started work in the abrasives . . . — — Map (db m151244) HM
By the 1850s, the growth of Saint Paul was altering the landscape.
In the 1850s the Dakota were forced to leave, and Saint Paul's early settlers occupied the land. Immigrants established the North Star Brewery here, and . . . — — Map (db m231222) HM
3M Innovations in Abrasives Products
Abrasives: The Sandpaper Story
3M began manufacturing a single product, abrasive sandpaper, in 1905 at a plant in Duluth. Sandpaper was still the only product when the company relocated to Saint Paul . . . — — Map (db m151246) HM
Setting the Cornerstone, Building 21
President William L. McKnight, accompanied by chief engineer E. M. Johnson, supervised the installation of the cornerstone in October 1939.
The mason worked for the William Murphy and Son Construction . . . — — Map (db m151373) HM
Early Years in Saint Paul
When the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company relocated from Duluth to Saint Paul in 1910, all of the company offices and manufacturing operations were housed in one small building on Forest Street by the . . . — — Map (db m151389) HM
Dakota people lived along the Mississippi River known as Wakpa Tanka for hundreds of years. From the mid-1700s to the mid-1800s, the seasonal village of Kaposia existed in two locations downstream from here, near Pigs Eye Lake. . . . — — Map (db m230929) HM
It was -12 degrees F. at 8:20 A.M. on February 8, 1951, when an explosion rocked the six-story Minerals Building (Building 12). It destroyed two floors, plunging them into darkness, damaged the adjacent tape packing plant, sent smoke through the . . . — — Map (db m175411) HM
This point commands a view of one of the great water courses of North America. The stream which once filled this valley, named the River Warren, was larger than any river on the continent to-day.
During the past million years, Minnesota has . . . — — Map (db m225300) HM
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing initially raised capital by selling stock at $1 per share in 1903. In the early years, it was essentially worthless as the company struggled. 3M paid its first quarterly dividend of 6 cents per share in 1916 and . . . — — Map (db m182176) HM
"Thermo-Fax"
"It all started with writer's cramp."
When Dr. Carl S. Miller was doing research and taking hand-written notes for his doctorate in physical chemistry at the University of Minnesota, he thought there must . . . — — Map (db m175558) HM
3M promoted its products to a wide variety of markets and used many methods.
Industrial & Commercial Products
Salesmen were the first marketers of 3M sandpapers and "Three-M-ite" abrasive cloth. Following the lead of . . . — — Map (db m183136) HM
You are standing on a place that has been important to people for thousands of years. Phalen Creek and Trout Brook once flowed into a marsh here and then into the Mississippi River. American Indians lived nearby and buried their dead on the bluff . . . — — Map (db m230897) HM
Industry and Business
3M's location by the railroad tracks was bounded on the west and south by the commercial streets of Arcade and East Seventh. It was centered within a thriving urban community that mixed industry with the residential . . . — — Map (db m183867) HM
When the land was a busy rail yard, lineal concrete pads were used for train maintenance. Most of the concrete on the site was removed to make way for restored habitat. Community members advocated for keeping five of the concrete pads to . . . — — Map (db m231323) HM
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