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
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
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 . . . — — 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
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
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
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
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
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 m151014) 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
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
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
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
The Hamm’s Bear started in one of the twentieth century’s greatest advertising campaigns and has long been known as Minnesota’s most famous brand icon.
Following an idea first sketched on a restaurant napkin, in 1952 artists at the . . . — — Map (db m76620) HM
[1.] We entered a strange wilderness
[2.] We camped among Indian Nations
[3.] We trapped the land’s abundance
[4.] We labored with the Earth
[5.] We bridged great distances
[6.] Now we remember the . . . — — Map (db m76727) HM
In memory of
the first Swedish settler
in Minnesota
Jacob Fahlstrom
Fur Trader – Mail Carrier
Missionary
1793 – 1857
who farmed in this
region before 1838
Erected and dedicated by the
Minnesota Swedish Pioneer
Centennial . . . — — Map (db m76665) HM
1889
Designed by Chicago architect Solon Spencer Beman and erected by the George J. Grant Construction Company to house Minnesota's first newspaper, the St Paul Pioneer Press, the Pioneer Building was the first 12-story skyscraper in St. . . . — — Map (db m71845) HM
On November 3, 1851, four Sisters
arrived in St. Paul from Carondelet,
Missouri. Their ministry began in
education and evolved to include health
care, social services and spirituality. In
the first 150 years more than 2600
Sisters . . . — — Map (db m76692) HM
In the year 1841
The Reverend Lucien Galtier
erected near this site
the Chapel of Saint Paul
from which this city
derived its name
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In 1841 and in the month of . . . — — Map (db m76689) 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
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 in . . . — — 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
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
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
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
For nearly 100 years this land was part of a wide rail corridor that stretched along the Mississippi River and up the Trout Brook and Phalen Creek valleys. Many sets of railroad tracks and buildings — including an "unwheeling house" — existed . . . — — Map (db m181758) HM
"Scotch" as a brand name for 3M tapes is believed to have its origins in a disgruntled auto-body painter who was using the new 3M masking tape. It was not sticking properly because it was not entirely coated with adhesive backing. He told a salesman . . . — — Map (db m182180) HM
St. Paul Downtown Airport (Holman Field) was constructed in 1926 to provide the city with air service and to facilitate the U.S. Post Office's contract airmail delivery. This airway beacon and others like it defined the airway corridor (usually 10 . . . — — Map (db m151067) HM
Women have worked at 3M since its early years and have played ever more varied and diversified roles.
In 1916, the year the company made its first profits and began to pay dividends on its stock, there were only a handful of female . . . — — Map (db m183164) HM
Erected through popular subscription
Sponsored by the
Minnesota Leif Erikson Monument
Association, Inc.
Presented to the
State of Minnesota
during its territorial centennial
October 9, 1949
Designed & executed by
John Karl . . . — — Map (db m79383) HM
The Frogtown neighborhood developed in the late 19th Century as residents spilled over from the adjacent downtown area. Many of these early residents worked in the growing railroad industry or at the Saint Paul Foundry, which operated through . . . — — Map (db m79454) HM
The Frogtown and Rondo community that surround Victoria Street Station are rich in history and culture, elements of which live on today.
The historic Rondo neighborhood was heavily influenced by the railroad industry. There was a time when a . . . — — Map (db m79456) HM
Bishop of the Methodist Church in Ohio who donated a substantial portion of his estate in 1854 for the establishment of Hamline University with the following prayer: O Lord, render me cheerful in giving, happy in the hopes of doing good, and . . . — — Map (db m65933) HM
Tatanka Oyate Makoce
Land of the Buffalo People[river valley map]
The Minnesota and Mississippi River Valleys have been home to the Dakota for hundreds of years, and the existence of our ancestors was sustained by their . . . — — Map (db m46170) HM
Cast Iron • Rotation Speed 100 RPM
Weight 15 Tons • 4,500 Horsepower
This is one of four turbines Ford Motor Company installed 1924 at the hydro electric plant located below this lookout. The turbines were replaced between 1992 . . . — — Map (db m46518) HM
This gorge from the Falls of St. Anthony to St. Paul has become a classic spot to the geographer and geologist. It represents more concisely than any other river valley in America the difference in a gorge made in the morning of the earth's . . . — — Map (db m157260) HM
In 1923, Our Lady of Victory Chapel was built on the highest point of the College of St. Catherine campus. On the feast of Our Lady of Victory, October 7, 1924, it was dedicated by the Most Reverend Austin Dowling, Archbishop of St. Paul and . . . — — Map (db m180082) HM
The nearness to St. Paul, where a ready market is found for all products, has induced many to engage in gardening, raising early vegetables and berries. In this branch they are successful. The dairy business is also carried on . . . — — Map (db m214392) HM
The Mississippi River’s many islands are well known to navigators, and
the roles of several as accessible and safe havens for villages, camps,
and forts have made
them significant in Minnesota’s past. Lt. Zebulon Pike
chose this island, later . . . — — Map (db m83127) HM
Since the advent of steamboats in 1812, this landing has served as a tie-up location for countless numbers of commercial river vessels, from paddle-wheelers to tugs. From here, thousands of barges can be seen passing by each year, quietly ferrying . . . — — Map (db m44376) HM
Union Depot Station is an important and unique multi-modal link to the greater metropolitan area and beyond. St. Paul Union Depot Company founders built the original Union Depot in 1881. One of America’s great rail stations from the early 20th . . . — — Map (db m76726) HM
This is one of the most charming woodland possessions of the city.
Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners, 1902
Shadow Falls are hidden in a deep ravine north of Summit Avenue, where Shadow Falls Creek . . . — — Map (db m157142) HM
A dam and lock at Meeker's Island will be of immense importance to Minneapolis, as it will make St. Anthony Falls in reality the Head of Navigation on the Mississippi, and transfer the commercial prestige of this upper country from St. Paul to . . . — — Map (db m173764) HM
The Meeker Island Lock and Dam was the first lock and dam constructed on the Mississippi River between 1899 and 1907. The lock was in operation for 5 years, closing in 1912. The dam was then demolished. However, in low water conditions the 334 foot . . . — — Map (db m131185) HM
In memory of the men and
women of Saint
Paul and Ramsey
County who
sacrificed their
lives in the
World War.
"Greater love
hath no man
than this." — — Map (db m184106) WM
More than 100 years ago, the famed Red River Ox Cart Trail passed along here, following closely the route of St. Anthony Avenue into St. Paul. The trail began as two early traces -- the East Plains Trail and the Woods Trail -- far to the north at . . . — — Map (db m160140) HM
The central element in this sculpture composition is a spiral. Its 46 elements represent the 46 years of Roy Wilkins' dedicated leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in its fight for social and . . . — — Map (db m79419) HM
has been placed on the National
Register of Historic Places as a
National Historic Landmark
by the United States Department of Interior
Heritage Preservation Service
Founded February 21, 1852
First Pastor Rev. John G. . . . — — Map (db m79344) HM
"I used to imagine myself with wings on which I could swoop down off our roof into the valley, soaring through the air from one river bank to another."
"The accumulation of knowledge, the discoveries of science, the products of technology, . . . — — Map (db m79393) HM
"Blessed be the Lord, for He has wondrously shown His steadfast love to me when I was beset as in a besieged city." Psalm 31:21
Here in the center of the clamorous city, providing an oasis of solace, silence, mystery and artistry, is . . . — — Map (db m79343) HM
George Latimer was a beloved mayor of Saint Paul from 1976 to 1990 and a passionate advocate for the city and its residents.
He was elected chair emeritus of The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library in 2012. — — Map (db m200550) HM
[Major accomplishments on statue base]
Vice President · U.S. Senator · Mayor
Peace Corps · Civil Rights
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
[Adjoining panels read]
Mayor, City of Minneapolis 1945-1948
United States Senator
1949-1964, . . . — — Map (db m79385) 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 m31496) HM
The scene of circuses, celebrations, and concerts, and seven years older than New York's famous Central Park, this land was designated a "public square" in 1849 by John R. Irvine, a territorial pioneer, and Henry M. Rice, territorial delegate . . . — — Map (db m42269) HM
1856: The First Jewish Congregation in Minnesota
Mount Zion Hebrew Association was founded in 1856 by eight German Jewish families who came up the Mississippi from St. Louis. Joseph Ullman and Isidor Rose were in the fur business. Other . . . — — Map (db m134145) 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 m32893) WM
The Hill Reference Library opened in 1921 as a living gift to the people of Saint Paul from railroad pioneer James J. Hill. By building the Great Northern Railway's transcontinental line to Seattle in 1893, Hill played a central role in the . . . — — Map (db m42267) HM
On September 7, 1882, the Saint Paul Common Council passed a resolution "to establish and maintain a free public library and reading room." As a result, Saint Paul's first public library opened on the second floor of Ingersoll Hall, Kellogg . . . — — Map (db m42268) HM
The majority of employees in the Saint Paul Plant worked in the factories and received hourly pay. The company sought to offer competitive wages and working conditions comparable to other companies and factories in the area.
Before the hourly . . . — — Map (db m175398) HM
In 1897, the Minnesota Legislature established the State Hospital for Indigent Crippled and Deformed Children. It marked the first time in the nation public funds were given for a hospital dedicated solely to the care of children with disabilities . . . — — Map (db m207672) HM
"I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their sorrow..." Jeremiah 31:13
With native stone and rock gathered from Civilian Conservation Corps camps in all states of the union, with stones from the . . . — — Map (db m156422) HM
Machines and Tools: An Important Part of the Production Process
In 1928, 3M established its first machine shop in the basement of Building 2. The three machinists and eleven millwrights repaired machines and production units in the . . . — — Map (db m175658) HM
3M constantly improved its machinery and technology to develop, produce, and sell its products. Nonetheless, it was dependent on its people to get the job done. Some of these jobs no longer exist or have been completely automated.
Mineral . . . — — Map (db m151237) HM
Entering his 21st season in professional baseball and his 11th season with the organization after being named to his current position on April 15, 2002. Al is responsible for assisting David Dombrowski with the day-to-day baseball operations of . . . — — Map (db m76591) HM
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