Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Restoration funded through a $270,000 grant appropriated by the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources.
A project of the Minnesota State Historical Society and the City of . . . — — Map (db m117721) HM
In 1919, Hennepin County hired the Illinois Steel Bridge Company to replace a deteriorating timber trestle built across Long Meadow Lake in 1891. The new 860-foot bridge was the longest Camelback through-truss bridge in the state when it opened in . . . — — Map (db m180917) HM
You are entering a river bluff environment that has been greatly altered over the last two centuries. The bluff top area was formerly oak savannah with prairie and woodland elements. Natural springs and shallow flood plain lakes in the river bottoms . . . — — Map (db m117485) HM
[south side]
Erected by the Citizens of Bloomington,
Memorial Day, 1890,
In honor and memory of our country's defenders
1861, - 1865.
Monument Committee.
Sever Ellingson, Chairman. •
Wm. Oxborough, Jr. •
H.H. Pond, Treas. . . . — — Map (db m56933) WM
Many Dakotas consider the Minnesota River Valley to be their spiritual home. The Dakota Indians were the last group of native peoples to live in the valley near this site. Starting in the mid-1600s, they migrated here in successive waves from the . . . — — Map (db m117487) HM
On East 104th Street, on the left when traveling south.
In the 1830s and 1840s Christian Missionaries came into Indian Country, which included Bloomington, with the purpose of converting Dakota Indians to Christian beliefs and white person's ways. This included farming, owning property, receiving a . . . — — Map (db m117572) HM
Welcome to the 19th century dwelling of Gideon and Agnes Hopkins Pond, missionaries to the Dakota Indians, farmers, and ministers to the community of Bloomington, Minnesota, during the mid- to late-1800s.
Following a move from the Lake . . . — — Map (db m117722) HM
Look over the tree-framed bluff across 12,000 years of human history where native peoples and Euro-American settlers made their home in the river valley. There are many cultural differences between you, the modern-day visitor, and the native people . . . — — Map (db m117489) HM
Listed below are some of the most prominent missionaries to the Dakota Indians. These missionaries were sponsored by the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions, a joint venture of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches of America. . . . — — Map (db m117630) HM
After several years at Lake Calhoun and a series of battles with the Ojibwe (Anishinabe), Chief Cloud Man (Marpiyawicasta) moved to the banks of the Minnesota River. In 1843 Gideon and Samuel Pond followed Cloud Man to this river bluff location. . . . — — Map (db m117498) HM
On East 104th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Welcome to Pond Dakota Mission Park, the site of the historic Oak Grove Mission and the 1856 Gideon and Agnes Pond House. The Ponds served as missionaries to the Dakota Indians and as farmers and ministers to the community of Bloomington, Minnesota. . . . — — Map (db m117549) HM
Samuel Pond (1808-1891) and Gideon Pond (1810-1878) were born into a mostly rural United States comprised of 17 states with a population of slightly over 7 million. These brothers from Connecticut were two of the most influential persons interacting . . . — — Map (db m117720) HM
Near East 104th Street east of Clinton Avenue South, on the right when traveling east.
1834 – 1934
To honor Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond
Volunteer missionaries to the Dakotas who arrived at Ft. Snelling May 6, 1834.
This tablet is placed on the house built in 1856 by Gideon H. Pond. Near-by is the site of . . . — — Map (db m4894) HM
Near Killebrew Drive at 24th Avenue South, on the right when traveling west.
In memory of
Rodney J. Putz
1939 – 1994
This living garden has been
planted in memory of
Rodney J. Putz.
Visionary, Entrepreneur,
Leader, Teacher, Mentor,
Friend, Brother, Father,
Husband, Great Human . . . — — Map (db m17287) HM
The Bloomington Town Hall was built twenty feet from this site in 1892 on land given to the Township by the Baillif family. The building was moved to the current location in the 1930's in the first of a number of remodelings the building has . . . — — Map (db m15357) HM
Near West 98th Street east of Abbott Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Fallen Heroes
SPC Benjamin J. Slaven June 9, 2006 ·
SGT Brent W. Koch June 16, 2006 ·
SPC Kyle R. Miller June 29, 2006 ·
SSG Jeffery J. Hansen Aug. 21, 2006 · . . . — — Map (db m42804) WM
Near Earle Brown Drive, 0.3 miles east of Summit Drive North, on the left when traveling east.
Although this site is known today as the Earl Brown farm, it originally belonged to Captain John Martin, who was involved in steamboating, lumbering, banking, flour milling and railroading. In the mid-1880s, he purchased 420 acres of rich Hennepin . . . — — Map (db m69931) HM
Near Russell Avenue North / West River Road, 0.7 miles north of 97th Avenue North, on the right when traveling north.
The original dam was built in 1913 and had 28 steel gates. The gates moved up and down to allow different amounts of water to flow under them. The current dam was completed in 1997 and is fitted with five crest gates. These gates maintain . . . — — Map (db m74833) HM
On East River Parkway south of Dowlin Street North, on the left when traveling south.
On July-1-1680
Louis Hennepin
left this place
to discover the
St Anthony Falls
———
Marked by the Daughters
of the American Colonists
– 1929 – — — Map (db m69738) HM
On West River Road at Jefferson Highway North (U.S. 169) on West River Road.
Honoring the Men and Women of this Community who Served in the Armed Forces of the United States in the Global War.
In memory of neighborhood boys who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II • Kenneth Adcock • Robert L. Goodrich • Robert . . . — — Map (db m70546) WM
On County Route 10 east of County Route 19, on the right when traveling east.
Built in 1894
The land was donated by Peter and Mary Weinand, who owned the farm next door. It is one of the last one-room schools in Hennepin County still located on its original site and has always been maintained as a school.
Served . . . — — Map (db m225702) HM
Neighbors, horticulture, and wheat
John Cummins frequently exchanged labor with his neighbors, helping with sowing, harvesting, processing and building. He became interested in trees, nuts, flowers and fruits, and worked to promote their . . . — — Map (db m105280) HM
Edwin and Harriet Phipps owned the farm from 1906 to 1934. Their son-in-law and daughter Martin and Mildred Grill owned it from 1934 until 1976.
The Phipps raised grain, vegetables, and flowers, but were especially known for asparagus. Edwin . . . — — Map (db m117774) HM
Near West 50th Street east of Browndale Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Sergeant Dwight Carleton Williams, ski trooper, 10th Mountain Division. Born in Minneapolis, July 22, 1924. Attended Edina Grade School, Blake School, and Harvard College. Killed in action April 30, 1945, in Italy and buried there. In loving . . . — — Map (db m199335) HM WM
Near West 50th Street east of Browndale Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
How Did Edina Become Edina?
The Waterville Mill was built at this spot in 1857 by four partners looking to make use of fast-running waters in Minnehaha Creek. Land was purchased and a dam installed at a natural cascade in the creek. A . . . — — Map (db m198307) HM
Near West 50th Street east of Browndale Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Built in 1857, the flour mill on this site was central to the growth and development of the City of Edina. The year 1869 brought a Scots miller, Andrew Craik, to a small community then called Waterville Mills. Craik purchased the twelve-year-old . . . — — Map (db m198367) HM
Near W. 50th Street east of Browndale Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
The Place Where People Want To Go
Back in the late 1900s, farmland stretched along this area below the Edina Mill dam. The pastoral landscape—with its intersection of the creek, grassy fields and woods—became a popular destination. Swimming . . . — — Map (db m198304) HM
On W. 50th Street west of Wooddale Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Remembering that Freedom is Not Free
On June 25, 2010, the first meeting of the Edina Veterans Memorial Committee with twelve volunteer members was held. Alongside valued financial assistance received from the State of Minnesota and the City of . . . — — Map (db m199346) WM
On Eden Avenue west of Grange Road, on the right when traveling west.
[west side]
Minnehaha Grange No. 398 was organized on December 12, 1873. Its members came from Edina Mills, Richfield Mills, St. Louis Park and the surrounding area.
At first, the Grange met in the homes of its members. Then in . . . — — Map (db m55450) HM
On Eden Avenue west of Grange Road, on the right when traveling west.
[east side]
The Cahill Settlement was one of the early communities in the western half of Richfield Township. It was established in the 1850s by Irish immigrants fleeing famine in their native Ireland.
During the years of 1846, . . . — — Map (db m55813) HM
On Lake Street at Water Street, on the right when traveling north on Lake Street.
Like most lakes in Minnesota, Lake Minnetonka was formed during the Ice Age of the last two million years. During several separate glacial periods, ice advanced along different routes across the state. The glaciers, along with large volumes of . . . — — Map (db m59925) HM
Army • Navy • Air Force
Marines • Coast Guard • Merchant Marines
World War I
Grant Lorenz US Army
Donald Gray US Army
Blanchard West US Army
Mervin Grover US Army
Guy R. Forbes US Army
J. Jay Vietz US Army
John W. . . . — — Map (db m63784) WM
In 1853, Peter Miller Gideon and his wife, Wealthy, arrived in Minnesota from Ohio and settled on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Long interested in fruitgrowing, Peter Gideon determined to satisfy the craving of pioneer families for apples and . . . — — Map (db m59213) HM
The heart of the U.S. Army is its regular infantry, with lineage going back to 1808. The First Infantry Division is America’s oldest division. In 1918 the soldiers of the 1st won America’s first major battle of WWI at Cantigy. In WWII the 1st . . . — — Map (db m227827) WM
Near South Minnehaha Park Drive, 0.5 miles south of East 54th Street. Reported missing.
The U.S. Army constructed the Coldwater Springhouse and Reservoir between the late 1870s and early 1880s to supply water to an expanding Fort Snelling. Coldwater Spring provided water from 1820 to the 1920s. The spring holds cultural significance to . . . — — Map (db m204889) HM
Near State Highway 55 north of State Highway 5, on the right when traveling north.
An Appreciation
He served with distinction in the Indian wars of the old northwest border and in the War of 1812. In August, 1820, he assumed command of the Fifth United States Infantry at Camp Coldwater on the site of Fort Snelling. Selecting the . . . — — Map (db m227949) HM
A critical moment of the US–Dakota War took place a few steps away from here on November 11, 1865, with the execution of Dakota leaders Sakpedan and Wakan Ozanzan. Drugged and kidnapped from their refuge in Canada, the two leaders faced trial by a . . . — — Map (db m229040) HM
This historical ground was a pivotal place in the development of the Northwest. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Fort Snelling expanded its limestone walls into this area, formerly a part of the U.S. Indian Agency and the location of the . . . — — Map (db m211174) HM
February 16th 1942 Midway, Tulagi, Makin; February 1st 1944 Russell Islands, New Georgia, Bouganville. Guadacanal-In Memory and Honor of the 8,078 men of the four Marine Raider battalions who fought in World War II, 892 of whom died in battle, 2420 . . . — — Map (db m227826) WM
In memoriam to the 3298 men of the Fourth Marine Division of WW II who fell in battle, the 14424 wounded in action and those of us who have joined them. Semper Fidels
Roi Namur Marshall Is. 2-1-1944; Saipan Marianas Is. 6-15-1944; Iwo Jima . . . — — Map (db m227825) WM
Near State Highway 55 north of State Highway 5, on the right when traveling north.
From this point, Beltrami, Italian jurist, scholar and explorer, on July 7, 1823, started his journey into the wilderness of northern Minnesota resulting in his discovery of the source of the Mississippi River August 19, 1823. Through persistence, . . . — — Map (db m227950) HM
Near Tower Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Bring races together and begin the healing.
—Peter Lengkeek, Tribal Chair, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe; US Marine Corps, 1991-98
Peter Lengkeek, citizen of the Hunkpati Dakota Oyate, has long been an advocate for this people, including . . . — — Map (db m229090) HM
I was born in the states, in Nebraska, and I'm an American just like you.
—Tech. 5th Grade Sue Ogata Kato,
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, US Army, 1943–46
Pvts. Iris Watanabe, Sue Kato, and Bette Nishimura at Building 57, . . . — — Map (db m229209) HM
Near Tower Avenue north of Olson Memorial Highway (Minnesota Route 55/62), on the right when traveling west.
Following the Battle of Wood Lake, 1,600 Dakota, mostly women and children, were forced to march from Camp Release to Fort Snelling. Rather than take up arms, many Dakota had protected white settlers and captives during the war. Arriving on . . . — — Map (db m229258) HM
Near Tower Avenue east of Bloomington Road, on the left when traveling east.
I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America.
—from the volunteer enlistment form of Felix Battles, August 8, 1864
Felix Battles was 20 years old when he enlisted. He was born into slavery near Memphis, . . . — — Map (db m231429) HM
I walked in his footsteps.
—Sgt. Terri Winter, US Army veteran and volunteer, Fort Snelling Memorial Rifle Squad
Sgt. Terri Winter, commander of the Fort Snelling Memorial Rifle Squad, 2014
Generations . . . — — Map (db m232069) HM
Near the Minnehaha Trail north of Snelling Lake Road, on the right when traveling north.
River Valleys Take Shape
The two river valleys that meet here were carved thousands of years ago by water flowing from glaciers in the north. Glacial River Warren drained Glacial Lake Agassiz cutting through debris and bedrock to form the . . . — — Map (db m237601) HM
We are willing to pay the price as far as the good need arises.
—Cpl. Maurice Masterson, 151st Field Artillery, 42nd "Rainbow" Division, writing to his father, September 19, 1918
Maurice Masterson at Fort Riley, August 10, . . . — — Map (db m230607) HM
Being in the military is one of the five major educations of my life.
—2nd Lt. Clifford Brunzell, US Army Air Corps, 1943–45
Cliff Brunzell, 1943-45
Courtesy Brunzell family
In 1943, an aspiring musician . . . — — Map (db m229533) HM
Near John A. Johnson Memorial Highway (Route 5) north of Great River Road (Minnesota Route 62), on the right when traveling north.
In 1820 the US government established an Indian agency near the site of Fort Snelling. Located near where Highways 5 and 55 intersect today, the agency was supervised by a civilian agent. The agent's duties were to manage the region's fur trade . . . — — Map (db m229735) HM
Near State Highway 55 north of State Highway 5, on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
A Sea of Grass
In its early days Fort Snelling was surrounded by a sea of head-high grass. The vast Minnesota prairie was broken only by small groves of trees—willows, cottonwoods, and oaks that grew near creeks, lakes, and marshes. . . . — — Map (db m229951) HM
Near Tower Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
This is Dakota homeland. In 1805, Dakota leaders Cetaŋ Wakuwa Mani, Wakiŋyan Taŋka, Taoyateduta, Wakute, Wapahaśa II, Wapahaśa III, and Joseph Renville met with Lt. Zebulon Pike where the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers . . . — — Map (db m232559) HM
For many Native communities, three seeds produce the most important crops: corn, beans, and squash. Together, these seeds make up the Three Sisters and are a cornerstone of Native American agriculture. Native farming employs the technique of . . . — — Map (db m229950) HM
Near Tower Avenue east of Bloomington Road, on the left when traveling east.
Travel through 10,000 years of human history to explore how this area sacred to the Dakota became Minnesota's first National Historic Landmark—Historic Fort Snelling.
The Shape of Water
The Mississippi River was a small tributary 12,000 . . . — — Map (db m231441) HM
Near Tower Avenue, 0.3 miles east of Bloomington Road. Reported permanently removed.
Built in 1904-05 by the U.S. Army, Buildings 17 and 18 were constructed as double barracks to house cavalry troops. By 1911 the cavalry had left Fort Snelling, but the buildings continued to house troops through the early 1940s as the post grew in . . . — — Map (db m229952) HM
The US-Dakota War of 1862 was a violent and divisive period in Minnesota history. Between 1837 and 1858, the Dakota nation signed treaties transferring more than 24 million acres of land to the United States, only to find agreed upon payments . . . — — Map (db m227894) HM
On Minnehaha Park Drive at E. 54th Street, on the left when traveling south on Minnehaha Park Drive.
This area around the confluence, or meeting of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers has been the center of activity in this region for centuries. Generations of people have gathered here to live, work, and recreate.
Native peoples, explorers, . . . — — Map (db m227822) HM
On Snelling Lake Road, on the right when traveling north.
Where Rivers and People Come Together
You are standing on ground that has been a gathering place for rivers, people and legends for thousands of years. Nearby is the confluence, or meeting, of two mighty rivers—the Mississippi and . . . — — Map (db m185834) HM
This memorial honors the sixteen hundred Dakota people, many of them women and children, who were imprisoned here at Fort Snelling in the aftermath of the 1862 U.S.-Dakota Conflict. Frightened, uprooted, and uncertain of the fate of their missing . . . — — Map (db m227845) HM
Near James Deane Parkway, on the left when traveling north.
The house on the hill...
On the hill before you stands the first frame house built within the original confines of Maple Grove Township. It was constructed in 1854 (four years before Minnesota became a state) by Pierre Bottineau, one of . . . — — Map (db m197973) HM
On Broadway Street NE east of Polk Street NE, on the right when traveling east.
Giacomo Constantino Beltrami
1779 – 1855
Italian jurist, scholar and explorer, on July 7, 1823, started his journey into the wilderness of northern Minnesota resulting in his discovery of the source of the Mississippi River August 19, 1823. . . . — — Map (db m231720) HM
On Broadway Street NE east of Polk Street NE, on the right when traveling east.
Within the boundaries of this park, which in past days was Maple Hill Cemetery, there rest in the sleep of the ages 46 soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic. Courageously they responded to our country's call in the war of the rebellion. . . . — — Map (db m236118) HM WM
On Marshall Street NE south of Lowry Avenue North, on the right when traveling south.
The Mississippi is one of the world's great river systems and the longest river in North America, flowing over 2300 miles from its source at Lake Itasca to discharge into the Gulf of Mexico. Here at Edgewater Park, less than 500 miles from its . . . — — Map (db m238317) HM
On Marshall Street NE at Lowry Avenue N., on the right when traveling south on Marshall Street NE.
In 1857, Minnesota was still a year away from statehood. The tiny town of Minneapolis had been incorporated in 1856, while St. Anthony, its larger sister on the east bank of the Mississippi, was a year older. The cities were linked by the . . . — — Map (db m238063) HM
On W. Lake Street at Colfax Avenue S., on the right when traveling east on W. Lake Street.
The Self-Threading Needle Company built the building at 1006 West Lake Street in 1907. The Buzza Company, a greeting card and art publishing company, purchased it in 1923, and quickly expanded it by adding two additions and a . . . — — Map (db m240629) HM
On W. Lake Street east of Humboldt Avenue S., on the right when traveling east.
In 1922, Russel T. Lund, Sr. started working for Hove's, a neighborhood grocery store at 2923-25 Hennepin Avenue. That fall, he became a partial partner in the cheese and cracker department. In 1939, Lund became a full partner and . . . — — Map (db m243109) HM
On Hennepin Avenue at Lagoon Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Hennepin Avenue.
Originally built in 1913 as the Lagoon Theater, this 1,500-seat venue was considered to be among the finest movie houses outside downtown. In 1929, the theater was rechristened "The Uptown"; its re-opening publicity declared, "New Uptown . . . — — Map (db m238169) HM
On Hennepin Avenue north of Lagoon Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
When the Walker Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1911, the Hennepin and Lake area was still sparsely developed. T.B. Walker, founder and longtime president of the Library Board, donated the property near the . . . — — Map (db m234838) HM
On W. Lake Street at Hennepin Avenue, on the right when traveling east on W. Lake Street.
Albert Abdallah immigrated to the United States as a teenager from Lebanon, arriving in Minneapolis at the turn of the last century. He entered the confectionary business at a soda fountain in downtown Minneapolis, where he met . . . — — Map (db m241711) HM
On Hennepin Avenue north of W. 31st Street, on the right when traveling north.
When the Granada Theater opened in 1928, it was touted as the "most elaborate theater ever constructed outside the loop district in Minneapolis." It was one of the first movie theaters designed by local architects Jack Liebenberg . . . — — Map (db m242607) HM
On W. Lake Street at Colfax Avenue S., on the right when traveling west on W. Lake Street.
The Minneapolis Mercantile Company was located on the corner of Lake Street and Colfax Avenue, and offered groceries, meats, and baked goods to area residents. Constructed in 1916, the building housed both the Sandberg family business as . . . — — Map (db m238674) HM
On East Bde Maka Ska Parkway north of W. 36th Street, on the left when traveling north.
On the hill above was
erected the
first dwelling
in Minneapolis by
Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond
missionaries to the Indians
June, 1834.
Dedicated by the Native Sons of Minnesota, May 30th, 1908. — — Map (db m205658) HM
On Lyndale Avenue at W 29th Street, on the left when traveling north on Lyndale Avenue.
In 1879–81, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (CM&StP) built a line across the city's southern edge. The tracks crossed nearly 50 streets between Cedar Avenue and the lakes, creating many hazards for pedestrians and . . . — — Map (db m238962) HM
On Hennepin Avenue at W. Lake Street, on the right when traveling north on Hennepin Avenue.
Hennepin Avenue was built on the historic ox-cart road between St. Anthony Falls and Lake Calhoun. From 1884 to 1905, the Minneapolis Park Board designated Hennepin Avenue as a parkway, which limited commercial development. By the . . . — — Map (db m235324) HM
Near Theodore Wirth Parkway just south of Glenwood Avenue.
“. . . a bit of natural growth is a source of greater delight to the true nature lover than the most beautiful and most highly cultivated garden” —Eloise Butler
Teacher and botanist Eloise Butler was the Garden's . . . — — Map (db m86830) HM
On W. Lake Street at Lyndale Avenue S., on the right when traveling east on W. Lake Street.
The intersection of Lake Street and Lyndale Avenue emerged as one of Minneapolis' earliest commercial areas. A cluster of stores stood at the intersection as early as 1885. Two of its most significant buildings were erected at this . . . — — Map (db m240050) HM
On West Lake Street at East Bde Maka Ska Parkway, on the right when traveling east on West Lake Street.
In memory of
the Minnesota men who lost their lives
while serving in the Marine Corps during
the World War 1917 to 1918
Arne J. Aanes · Palmer A. Adwell · Max H. Ahl · Ludwig O. Arneson · William H. Ashley · Edwin Berg · Gustav Berg · . . . — — Map (db m231818) WM
On Kenwood Parkway at West Lake of the Isles Parkway, in the median on Kenwood Parkway.
Given to the people of Minneapolis in 1891 by F.H. Peavey as a drinking fountain for horses. This monument was rededicated as a memorial to the horses of the 151st Field Artillery Minnesota National Guard killed in action in the First World War. — — Map (db m76192) WM
Near Bde Maka Ska Drive at The Mall, on the left when traveling north.
Did you know that Lake of the Isles and Lake Calhoun are married?
Yes, it's true! When dredging was finished on the canal and lagoon between the lakes, they were "married" in a symbolic ceremony on July 5, 1911. The day was named . . . — — Map (db m237060) HM
On the Midtown Greenway at Humboldt Avenue, on the left when traveling east on the Midtown Greenway.
The Expanding City
In 1910, Minneapolis was growing in every direction. From its beginnings at the Falls of St. Anthony about 70 years before, a dense collection of commercial and industrial buildings filled the downtown, and block after . . . — — Map (db m200506) HM
On Theodore Wirth Parkway north of North Wayzata Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Dedicated to the memory of the soldiers, sailors and marines of Hennepin County who lost their lives in the Great World War 1914–1918 — — Map (db m176211) WM
On West Lake Street (County Road 3) at East Bde Maka Ska Parkway, on the right when traveling east on West Lake Street.
Missionaries Samuel and Gideon Pond arrived at Fort Snelling in 1834 and were immediately dispatched to work with Cloudman, Chief of the Dakota people, who had established an agricultural settlement on the eastern shores of Lake Calhoun near the . . . — — Map (db m212037) HM
On Webber Parkway (County Route 152) at N. Colfax Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Webber Parkway.
Did you know that Shingle Creek was the water source for the first swimming pool at Webber Park?
Shingle Creek was once the site of a popular swimming hole. In 1908, however, the land was acquired for the park, and the creek dammed. . . . — — Map (db m231755) HM
On 23rd Avenue S. north of Butler Place S., on the left when traveling north.
Did You Know That Murphy Square Is Older Than the State of Minnesota?
When Minneapolis was little more than a cluster of saw mills and houses on the west side of St. Anthony Falls, a civic-minded citizen, Edward Murphy, donated this . . . — — Map (db m234575) HM
On 20th Avenue S. at the Bluff Street Bikeway/Dinkytown Greenway, on the right when traveling north on 20th Avenue S..
In the late 1800's rail traffic in the Twin Cities experienced a tremendous growth. As rail traffic increased, street crossings shared by railcars, pedestrians, and street traffic became more congested and dangerous.
By the early 1900s, the . . . — — Map (db m237217) HM
Near West River Parkway west of Portland Avenue South.
This 1893 map shows the system of tunnels that ran under the West Side Milling District–part of the complex waterworks that brought energy from the 50-foot drop of the falls into the mills. Water from the
river above the falls flowed . . . — — Map (db m28081) HM
On West River Parkway, 0.4 miles west of Portland Avenue South, on the right when traveling west.
People have long crossed the river at about this point. This was a natural fording place, used by Native Americans and also by soldiers from Fort Snelling. The first documented ferry service was provided by a Dakota Indian woman with her canoe in . . . — — Map (db m50228) HM
Near West River Parkway west of Portland Avenue South.
When Europeans first saw the falls, the crest was well below Hennepin Island. Natural erosion caused the line of the falls to move steadily upriver at about four feet a year. By the 1850s, the cataract was approaching the upper limit of the . . . — — Map (db m28025) HM
On Grant Street / 2nd Avenue south of 12th Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Eagles installed on the Convention Center Plaza are artifacts removed from the 1927 era Auditorium which was located on the nearby site now occupied by the new Minneapolis Convention Center. The old Auditorium was bounded by Grant Street on . . . — — Map (db m91399) HM
On 12th Street / 4th Avenue at 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 12th Street / 4th Avenue.
John H. Field · O.L. Loberg · Dr. F. Moody
S.A. Nelson · Oliver Prestholdt
Dr. Ivar Sivertsen · Dr. C.O. Solberg
J.S. Strate · E. H. Sund · Dr. A.C. Tingdale
R. T. Tingdale · Christian Wangaard
Founders . . . — — Map (db m91375) HM
Near West River Parkway west of Portland Avenue South.
This aerial view shows the gatehouse, water power canal and adjacent mills as they appeared in 1945. They, together with similar structures on the east bank, made Minneapolis the milling capital of the nation from 1880-1930. Changes in marketing and . . . — — Map (db m27169) HM
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