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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSVL_the-house-of-john-h-stevens_Minneapolis-MN.html
The US Post Office stands on the site of the first permanent dwelling in what is now Minneapolis. The land was part of the Fort Snelling Military Reservation in 1849, but the army allowed John H. Stevens to build a house in return for operating a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSUU_new-uses-for-old-mills_Minneapolis-MN.html
The square seven-story building with a sloping mansard roof at First Street and Fifth Avenue was built in 1879 as the Crown Roller Mill. It was then one of the largest and most modern flour mills at the falls, although its daily capacity of 2,400 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSOE_the-whirlpool_Minneapolis-MN.html
"The falls are going out!" cried the alarmed citizens of St. Anthony on October 5, 1869. A tunnel being dug under the river bed to bring waterpower to Nicollet Island had collapsed. A giant whirlpool formed below the island as the river rushed int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSNR_eliza-winston_Minneapolis-MN.html
By 1860 St. Anthony had become a favorite summer resort for wealthy southerners who traveled on steamboats up the Mississippi. Often they and their black slaves stayed at the Winslow House. One such slave was Eliza Winston. Slavery was illegal in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKA_president-lyndon-b-johnson_Minneapolis-MN.html
President Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, and Governor Karl Rolvaag enjoy the spray from Minnehaha Falls. On that day in 1964, however, Minneapolis was experiencing a drought. In order to create the beautiful display of the falls pi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRB5_1-main-entrance-minnehaha-lower-glen_Minneapolis-MN.html
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board welcomes you to Minnehaha Park. The park consists of two levels: The upper level is maintained as an open picnicking area. Many of the city's traditional festivals such as Svenskarnas Dag are held here. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRAK_geology-of-minnesota_Minneapolis-MN.html
Near Fort Snelling, 10,000 years ago, melt water from the Wisconsin glacier was discharged through the Mississippi River and plunged over a ledge of Platteville limestone into a gorge cut chiefly in the white St. Peter sandstone. The undercutting …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR8O_the-pillsbury-a-mill_Minneapolis-MN.html
The Pillsbury A Mill, built of Platteville limestone, was the world's largest flour mill when it was completed in 1881. The design by LeRoy S. Buffington is considered a classic of industrial architecture, and the interior of the mill boasted stat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ0C_como-harriet-streetcar-line_Minneapolis-MN.html
For 74 years this transit railway carried passengers to downtown jobs, to University of Minnesota classes, and to picnics and concerts on the shores of Lake Harriet.
Steam passenger trains of the Minneapolis, Lyndale & Minnetonka Railway first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPQN_joseph-n-nicollet_Minneapolis-MN.html
Nicollet Island bears the name of a French scholar and scientist who explored the headwaters of the Mississippi for the US government in 1836. Accompanied by some Ojibway friends and two hired voyageurs, Joseph Nicollet camped by the falls for sev…