Minnetonka Townhall Then and Now
The original town hall was built in 1907 at the corner of Baker Road and Minnetonka Blvd. The cost was $2,500. Prior to this time, town meetings were held in the hotel, church, or dance hall. The records were kept at the home of the city clerk. Additions were added to the building as Minnetonka [...]
The Stribune Then and Now
The Strib is the product of a 1982 between the evening Minneapolis Star, and the morning Minneapolis Tribune. The papers were published by the same company. Several earlier mergers preceded that one by many years. The Minneapolis Tribune was founded in 1867, and operated by the Murphy family between 1891 and 1941. The Minneapolis Journal [...]
Six Mile Creek is the Swamp of theDay
Six Mile Creek drains a large area south and west of Lake Minnetonka, in Hennepin and Carver Counties. Lake Pierson forms the headwaters of the creek, which then flows through, Marsh Lake, Wasserman Lake, Lake Auburn, Lunsten Lake, Parley Lake, Mud Lake and then reaches its destination at Halstead Bay on Lake Minnetonka. Six Mile [...]
I can almost smell the air!
Northern light’s 1975 hit on the Glacier label. This was the first release before Columbia re-released it for national distribution. great song. Dedicated to all thsoe wonderful folks from Minnesota! Enjoy!
FBI Raids West Bank Apartment
As part of a sting against anti-war activists suspected of connections to terrorism, on September 24 the FBI raided six homes in Minneapolis-St. Paul and elsewhere in the country. At the Hard Times Cafe in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, FBI agents hauled boxes of confiscated materials away from activist Mick Kelly’s apartment. Check out the rest [...]
