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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPC1_geology-of-minnesota_Minneapolis-MN.html
The continental glaciers spreading over Minnesota during the great ice ages brought vast quantities of rock material from the north to be dumped indiscriminately during the recession of the ice. Old river valleys were filled and belts of hills wer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPB1_richard-chute-square_Minneapolis-MN.html
The University of Minnesota's first building, a preparatory school, was located on this site from 1851 until the University moved to its present location in 1855.
When the city of Minneapolis acquired the land for a park in 1903, it was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP9P_the-ard-godfrey-house_Minneapolis-MN.html
Built in 1848, the Ard Godfrey House is the earliest frame house still standing in Minneapolis. An example of Greek Revival architecture, it originally occupied a site in the vicinity of Main and Second Streets Southeast.
Ard Godfrey, a millwri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIOU_beneath-the-surface_Minneapolis-MN.html
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 theriver above the falls flowed through gates …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMINE_changing-the-shape-of-the-falls_Minneapolis-MN.html
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 limest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGD_the-west-side-milling-district_Minneapolis-MN.html
Minneapolis on the west bank of the river quickly overtook St. Anthony on the east side. A major reason was more efficient use of water power. In 1857 the Minneapolis Mill Company started to build a canal along South First Street. Enlarged and ext…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI1X_historic-milling-district_Minneapolis-MN.html
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 a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHYX_stone-arch-bridge_Minneapolis-MN.html
"This viaduct...is the only one of its kind that spans the Father of Waters, and is one of the largest and most noteworthy in the United States.Firmer than the earth which supports it, it is constructed to stand the test of time."
—Daily …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDV4_pettingills-wonderful-water_Minneapolis-MN.html
A natural spring flows from the rock at the base of Hennepin Bluff below this spot. According to tradition the iron-red mud at the spring provided pigment for Native Americans. White settlers of the 1850s believed the water had medicinal qualities…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDV3_portaging-around-the-falls_Minneapolis-MN.html
For untold generations of Indian people the Mississippi River was an important canoe route. To pass around the falls, the Dakota (Sioux) and Ojibway (Chippewa) used a well-established portage trail. Starting at a landing below the site now occupie…