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
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
