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Transportation on the Minneapolis Riverfront
RAPIDS, REINS, RAILS: TRANSPORTATION ON THE MINNEAPOLIS RIVERFRONT Mississippi River near Stone Arch Bridge, July 1, 1925 Minnesota Historical Society Collections Prepared by Prepared for The Saint Anthony Falls Marjorie Pearson, Ph.D. Heritage Board Principal Investigator Minnesota Historical Society Penny A. Petersen 704 South Second Street Researcher Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Hess, Roise and Company 100 North First Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 May 2009 612-338-1987 Table of Contents PROJECT BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................................. 1 RAPID, REINS, RAILS: A SUMMARY OF RIVERFRONT TRANSPORTATION ......................................... 3 THE RAPIDS: WATER TRANSPORTATION BY SAINT ANTHONY FALLS .............................................. 8 THE REINS: ANIMAL-POWERED TRANSPORTATION BY SAINT ANTHONY FALLS ............................ 25 THE RAILS: RAILROADS BY SAINT ANTHONY FALLS ..................................................................... 42 The Early Period of Railroads—1850 to 1880 ......................................................................... 42 The First Railroad: the Saint Paul and Pacific ...................................................................... 44 Minnesota Central, later the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad (CM and StP), also called The Milwaukee Road .......................................................................................... 55 Minneapolis and Saint Louis Railway ................................................................................. -
Was Gen. Henry Sibley's Son Hanged in Mankato?
The Filicide Enigma: Was Gen. Henry Sibley’s Son Ha nged in Ma nkato? By Walt Bachman Introduction For the first 20 years of Henry Milord’s life, he and Henry Sibley both lived in the small village of Mendota, Minnesota, where, especially during Milord’s childhood, they enjoyed a close relationship. But when the paths of Sibley and Milord crossed in dramatic fashion in the fall of 1862, the two men had lived apart for years. During that period of separation, in 1858 Sibley ascended to the peak of his power and acclaim as Minnesota’s first governor, presiding over the affairs of the booming new state from his historic stone house in Mendota. As recounted in Rhoda Gilman’s excellent 2004 biography, Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart, Sibley had occupied key positions of leadership since his arrival in Minnesota in 1834, managing the regional fur trade and representing Minnesota Territory in Congress before his term as governor. He was the most important figure in 19th century Minnesota history. As Sibley was governing the new state, Milord, favoring his Dakota heritage on his mother’s side, opted to live on the new Dakota reservation along the upper Minnesota River and was, according to his mother, “roaming with the Sioux.” Financially, Sibley was well-established from his years in the fur trade, and especially from his receipt of substantial sums (at the Dakotas’ expense) as proceeds from 1851 treaties. 1 Milord proba bly quickly spe nt all of the far more modest benefit from an earlier treaty to which he, as a mixed-blood Dakota, was entitled. -
Preserving a “Fine Residential District”: the Merriam Park Freeway Fight Tom O’Connell and Tom Beer, Page 3
Helping the Sun Shine Brighter for Farmers Robert Freeman on Mount Ramsey Harlan Stoehr — page 14 Winter 2013 Volume 47, Number 4 Preserving a “Fine Residential District”: The Merriam Park Freeway Fight Tom O’Connell and Tom Beer, page 3 The front cover of the May1967 issue of Minnesota Highways magazine, the official Minnesota Department of Highways employee newsletter between 1951 and 1976. At the time this cover illustration was drawn, the nation was in the midst of building the vast Interstate Highway system that was largely paid for with federal money. This illustration conveys an idealized view of how the new freeways would safely and efficiently transport automobiles and trucks into and out of a city. Plans that called for the construction of an interchange on I-94 in St. Paul at Prior Avenue produced plenty of controversy and called into question some of the underlying assumptions behind these new roadways. Image courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Minnesota Digital Libary. RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORY RAMSEY COUNTY Executive Director John M. Lindley Founding Editor (1964–2006) Virginia Brainard Kunz Editor Hıstory John M. Lindley Volume 47, Number 4 Winter 2013 RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON DECEMBER 20, 2007: Paul A. Verret President The Ramsey County Historical Society inspires current and future generations Cheryl Dickson to learn from and value their history by engaging in a diverse program First Vice President of presenting, publishing and preserving. William Frels Second Vice President Julie Brady Secretary C O N T E N T S Carolyn J. -
Minnesota History: Building a Legacy Report to the Governor and the Legislature on Funding for History Programs and Projects from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
This document is made available electronically by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library as part of an ongoing digital archiving project. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/lrl.asp Minnesota History: Building A Legacy Report to the Governor and the Legislature on Funding for History Programs and Projects from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund January 2011 Table of Contents Letter from the Minnesota Historical Society Director . 1 Overview . 2 Feature Stories on Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACHF) History Grants, Programs, Partnerships and Initiatives Inspiring Students and Teachers . 6 Investing in People and Communities . 10 Dakota and Ojibwe: Preserving a Legacy . .12 Linking Past, Present and Future . .15 Access For Everyone . .18 ACHF History Appropriations Language . .21 Full Report of ACHF History Grants, Programs, Partnerships and Statewide Initiatives Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants (Organized by Legislative District) . 23 Statewide Historic Programs . 75 Statewide History Partnership Projects . 83 “Our Minnesota” Exhibit . .91 Survey of Historical and Archaeological Sites . 92 Minnesota Digital Library . 93 Estimated cost of preparing and printing this report (as required by Minn. Stat. § 3.197): $18,400 Upon request the 2011 report will be made available in alternate format such as Braille, large print or audio tape. For TTY contact Minnesota Relay Service at 800-627-3529 and ask for the Minnesota Historical Society. For more information or for paper copies of the 2011 report contact the Society at: 345 Kellogg Blvd W., St Paul, MN 55102, 651-259-3000. The 2011 report is available at the Society’s website: www.mnhs.org/legacy. COVER IMAGES, CLOCKWIse FROM upper-LEFT: Teacher training field trip to Oliver H. -
Minnesota History: Building a Legacy
January 2019 Minnesota History: Building A Legacy Report to the Governor and the Legislature on Funding for History Programs and Projects Supported by the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Letter from MNHS CEO and Director In July 2018, I was thrilled to take on the role of the Minnesota Historical Society’s executive director and CEO. As a newcomer to the state, over the last six months, I’ve quickly noticed how strongly Minnesotans value their communities and how proud they are to be from Minnesota. The passage of the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment in 2008 clearly demonstrates this. I’m inspired by the fact that 10 years ago, Minnesotans voted to commit tax dollars to bettering their state for the future, including preserving our historical and cultural heritage. I’m proud that over 10 years, MNHS has been able to oversee a surge of communities engaging with their local history in new ways, thanks to the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund (ACHF). As of December 2018, Minnesotans have invested $51 million in history through nearly 2,500 historical and cultural heritage grants in all 87 counties. These grants allow organizations to preserve and share stories about what makes their communities so unique through projects like oral histories, digitization, and new research. Without this funding, this important history can quickly be lost to time. A great example is the Hotel Sacred Heart—explored in our featured stories section —a 1914 hotel on the National Register of Historic Places that’s sat unused since the 1990s. -
Minnesota History Center
This document is made available electronically by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library as part of an ongoing digital archiving project. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/lrl.asp MINNESOTA HISTORY CENTER F 602.912 PROJECT .' .M~:J 198 SUMMARY MISSION STATEMENT It shall be the purpose of the Minnesota Historical Society to nurture among people a knowledge of and appreciation for the history of Minnesota. To realize this objective, the Society shall collect and preserve the materials and records of human culture relating to Minnesota and Minnesotans, serve as an information center on and for the state, and, through research and interpretation, illuminate the human story. It shall counsel and assist organizations, institutions, units of government, and individuals in identifying, preserving, and interpreting the cultural resources of Minnesota. Among the official state historical functions accepted by the Society and defined by statute are those of serving as a free public research library, overseeing the preservation of the State Capitol, and administering the state's historic preservation, public records, archaeology, and folklife programs. For the cultural enrichment of people everywhere, the Society shall make the collections confided to its care accessible, conduct and encourage scholarly research, and, through these efforts, continue to illuminate the Minnesota story. Through fostering a sense of history among all Minnesotans, the Society enriches the state's cultural environment and enables people everywhere to draw strength and perspective from the past and impart purpose to the future. MINNESOTA HISTORY CENTER TABLE OF CONTENTS The Need .. .. 1 History Center Program 2 Program Elements and Square Foot Requirements 4 Sunnnary of History Center Space Allocation . -
A Miracle in Minneapolis
A Miracle in Minneapolis How the Star Tribune became the most successful metro paper in America — a decade after going broke. by Erin Schulte photography by Ackerman & Gruber “Do we have video?” Suki Dardarian, the senior managing editor, asks the room. “Oh, we have video,” video editor Jenni Pinkley replies. By afternoon, The Cake is the site’s most-viewed story. Next morning it’s on the front page of the print edition with the caption “Flour, Sweat and Tiers.” This intensely local focus is the core of the Star Tribune’s push to grow revenue by giving read- ers news they’ll pay for online while improving the quality of the print paper — and the journal- ism that fills both. It’s working. Digital subscriptions at the paper hit 56,000 in 2018 and are growing at a 20 percent clip annually — a revenue stream now approaching $10 million a year. Print advertising is declining at about half the industry average, while digital ad revenue is increasing at a respectable 7.5 percent a year. That has kept the Star Tribune’s overall reve- nue declines to about 1.5 percent a year since 2012 — far below the industry average. The paper has been solidly profitable each of the last 10 years. Add it all up and the “Strib,” as many locals call it, is the best-performing metro newspaper in the country. Which, the newspaper’s leadership is the first to admit, is not a high bar. While big news- papers like The New York Times and Wall Street Journal have stayed largely intact thanks to digital subscriptions, most local papers have slashed their newsrooms and shrunk their print editions to pre- serve profit margins. -
Saint Paul African American Historic and Cultural Context, 1837 to 1975
SAINT PAUL AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORIC AND CULTURAL CONTEXT, 1837 TO 1975 Ramsey County, Minnesota May 2017 SAINT PAUL AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORIC AND CULTURAL CONTEXT, 1837 TO 1975 Ramsey County, Minnesota MnHPO File No. Pending 106 Group Project No. 2206 SUBMITTED TO: Aurora Saint Anthony Neighborhood Development Corporation 774 University Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55104 SUBMITTED BY: 106 Group 1295 Bandana Blvd. #335 Saint Paul, MN 55108 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Nicole Foss, M.A. REPORT AUTHORS: Nicole Foss, M.A. Kelly Wilder, J.D. May 2016 This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society. Saint Paul African American Historic and Cultural Context ABSTRACT Saint Paul’s African American community is long established—rooted, yet dynamic. From their beginnings, Blacks in Minnesota have had tremendous impact on the state’s economy, culture, and political development. Although there has been an African American presence in Saint Paul for more than 150 years, adequate research has not been completed to account for and protect sites with significance to the community. One of the objectives outlined in the City of Saint Paul’s 2009 Historic Preservation Plan is the development of historic contexts “for the most threatened resource types and areas,” including immigrant and ethnic communities (City of Saint Paul 2009:12). The primary objective for development of this Saint Paul African American Historic and Cultural Context Project (Context Study) was to lay a solid foundation for identification of key sites of historic significance and advancing preservation of these sites and the community’s stories. -
Landscapes, Commemorations, and Enduring Conflicts of the U.S.-Dakota Arw of 1862
Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University History Dissertations Department of History Fall 12-14-2011 Reconciling Memory: Landscapes, Commemorations, and Enduring Conflicts of the U.S.-Dakota arW of 1862 Julie A. Anderson Georgia State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_diss Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Anderson, Julie A., "Reconciling Memory: Landscapes, Commemorations, and Enduring Conflicts of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2011. https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/history_diss/28 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of History at ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in History Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. RECONCILING MEMORY: LANDSCAPES, COMMEMORATIONS, AND ENDURING CONFLICTS OF THE U.S.-DAKOTA WAR OF 1862 by JULIE HUMANN ANDERSON Under the Direction of Clifford M. Kuhn ABSTRACT The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 resulted in the deaths of more than 500 Minnesota settlers, the expulsion of the Dakota people from their homeland, and the largest mass execution in U.S. history. For more than a century, white Minnesotans declared themselves innocent victims of Indian brutality and actively remembered this war by erecting monuments, preserving historic landscapes, publishing first-person narratives, and hosting anniversary celebrations. However, as the centennial anniversary approached, new awareness for the sufferings of the Dakota both before and after the war prompted retellings of the traditional story that gave the status of victimhood to the Dakota as well as the white settlers. -
Spring 2009/Vol. XX, No. 2
Spring 2009 Vol. XX, No. 2 A newsletter on historic preservation from the State Encouraging signs for Fort Historic Preservation Office of the Minnesota Historical Society. Snelling’s Upper Post by Britta L. Bloomberg, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Meetings and workshops In 2006 the Upper Post in the Fort of years. From 1820, when Fort Snelling Snelling Historic District was named was established, through the first half of April 24 one of America’s 11 Most Endangered the 20th century, the site also served the SHPO Workshop for State/Federal Historic Places by the National Trust for U. S. government as an active military Agencies, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Historic Preservation. The dubious honor installation. The Upper Post, established Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska. This workshop is intended was a call to action that has galvanized in 1879, was gradually abandoned after for state and federal cultural resource efforts to save this place for future World War II. In 1971 the title was staff and historical and archaeological generations. Although our work is far transferred to the State of Minnesota consultants. Registration information has been mailed. For details or to request from complete, there is progress to report. with deed restrictions requiring that registration materials, call Kelly Gragg- the property be used for “public park Johnson, 651-259-3455, or e-mail First, some background. The Fort or recreational purposes.” The area is [email protected]. Snelling Historic District was designated currently administered by the Minnesota April 25-29 Minnesota’s first National Historic Department of Natural Resources (DNR) National Planning Conference, Landmark in 1960. -
THE ANNALS of IOWA 77 (Spring 2018)
The Annals of Volume 77 Number 2 Iowa Spring 2018 A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF HISTORY In This Issue LINDA M. CLEMMONS, professor of history at Illinois State Uni- versity, shows how Dakota prisoners of war at Camp Kearney in Davenport during the 1860s found ways to capitalize on local citizens’ fascination with the “exotic” Indian prisoners, thereby ameliorating to some extent the brutal conditions of their captivity. EMILY KATHRYN MORGAN, assistant professor of art history at Iowa State University, analyzes two collections of photographs related to labor strife in the meatpacking industry in mid–twentieth-century Iowa, one amassed by members of a meatpacking union, the other by a meatpacking company. Her analysis of these images demonstrates that both labor and management used photographs not only for passive purposes of record- keeping but also for active purposes: identification, intimidation, and retaliation. During times of conflict the camera became not simply a tool but a weapon, wielded by both sides. Front Cover Striking workers pose in front of a makeshift shelter, Cedar Rapids, 1948. For an analysis of this and many other photographs of meatpacking workers in the mid-twentieth century, see Emily Kathryn Morgan’s article in this issue. Photo from United Food and Commercial Workers Inter- national Union Local P-3 Records, Iowa Labor Collection, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City. Editorial Consultants Rebecca Conard, Middle Tennessee State R. David Edmunds, University of Texas University at Dallas Kathleen Neils Conzen, University of H. Roger Grant, Clemson University Chicago William C. Pratt, University of Nebraska William Cronon, University of Wisconsin– at Omaha Madison Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, Iowa State Robert R. -
2013 MNHS Legacy Report (PDF)
Minnesota History: Building A Legacy JAnuAry 2013 | Report to the Governor and the Legislature on Funding for History Programs and Projects supported by the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund Table of Contents Letter from the Minnesota Historical Society Director and CEO . 1 Introduction . 2 Feature Stories on FY12–13 History Programs, Partnerships, Grants and Initiatives Then Now Wow Exhibit . 7 Civil War Commemoration . 9 U .S .-Dakota War of 1862 Commemoration . 10 Statewide History Programs . 12 Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants Highlights . 14 Archaeological Surveys . 16 Minnesota Digital Library . 17 FY12–13 ACHF History Appropriations Language . Grants tab FY12–13 Report of Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants (Organized by Legislative District) . 19 FY12–13 Report of Statewide History Programs . 57 FY12–13 Report of Statewide History Partnerships . 73 FY12–13 Report of Other Statewide Initiatives Surveys of Historical and Archaeological Sites . 85 Minnesota Digital Library . 86 Civil War Commemoration . 87 Estimated cost of preparing and printing this report (as required by Minn. Stat. § 3.197): $6,413 Upon request this report will be made available in alternate format such as Braille, large print or audio tape. For TTY contact Minnesota Relay Service at 800-627-3529 and ask for the Minnesota Historical Society. For more information or for paper copies of this report contact the Society at: 345 Kellogg Blvd. W., St Paul, MN 55102, 651-259-3000. The 2012 report is available at the Society’s website: legacy.mnhs.org. COVER IMAGE: Kids try plowing at the Oliver H. Kelley Farm in Elk River, June 2012 Letter from the Director and CEO January 15, 2013 As we near the close of the second biennium since the passage of the Legacy Amendment in November 2008, Minnesotans are preserving our past, sharing our state’s stories and connecting to history like never before.