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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VPG_nicollet-island-businesses-historical_Minneapolis-MN.html
The Nicollet Island Pavilion building was built in 1893 as the William Bros. Boiler Works. The Nicollet Island Inn was built the same year as the Island Sash and Door Company. Nearby was the large Island Power Building which was torn down in 1937.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXWO_bridging-the-stream_Minneapolis-MN.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTWO_the-barrel-makers-co-ops_Minneapolis-MN.html
The red brick building at the corner of Third Avenue and First Street was one of many factories that supplied the barrels used for flour. Called coopers, the skilled workers who made barrels pioneered a new role for labor in Minneapolis. When thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTTU_the-washburn-and-pillsbury-clans_Minneapolis-MN.html
Minneapolis flour milling magnate, Cadwallader C. Washburn, was a member of a Maine family that sent four brothers to Congress, all from different states. Cadwallader served Wisconsin as congressman (1854-61, 1867-71) and governor (1872-73). His y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTBG_william-de-la-barre_Minneapolis-MN.html
After the Washburn A Mill explosion in 1878, a young Vienna-born engineer called on owner Cadwallader C. Washburn with a dust-collecting device that he said would prevent such accidents. Washburn hired him to oversee rebuilding the A Mill. William…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTBE_indians-at-the-falls_Minneapolis-MN.html
For Native American people, the Falls of St. Anthony was a landmark and sacred place. The river was a major highway for trade and travel. Although no Indian villages have been recorded here, oral traditions suggest frequent visits for fishing and …
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/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…
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…