Taking a Steamer Tour

Minnetonka in length is about 24 miles, its shore line over 300. is broken into bays with irregular shores, and containing many islands. Its waters are clear, pure and cool, and abound with fish. Its banks are generally high and rolling, and covered with a heavy growth of hardwood timber, consisting of maple, elm, oak. … Read more

Dog Bus Depot

When it opened in 1937, the new Geyhound Terminal offered Minneapolis numerous travel advantages over many other cities. The terminal was easily accessible because of its location. It had immediate connections with local transportation facilities, including  4 streetcar lines with service to all parts of the city within a radius of one block. The  Twin … Read more

To White Bear and Wildwood

Wildwood Bathing Facilities-A Boat Ride to, Lake Shore—White Bear. You will be pleased after making this trip. White Boar is twelve miles from the Court House. To secure seats. let us go to the starting point on Cedar street, – near Seventh. The cars go every half hour, and if we are ahead of time, … Read more

The Great Northern Passenger Station

The larger part of the passenger traffic of the city is handled at the Great Northern Passenger station, at the foot of Hennepin and Nicollet Avs. This completely modern station was begun in 1912 and opened for traffic early in 1914 taking the place of the old “union station” built in 1884. The exterior of … Read more

Trolley Trip to Fort Snelling

But we want to see Fort Snelling, so we take the trolley car south. fare five cents, distance 2 1/2 miles. (at the junction of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers). Here is the site of the oldest fort west of the Mississippi river. A short walk brings you to the old stone block house, the … Read more

Twin City Wheeling

Bicycling. — Broad, hard streets, good pavements in the business center, a continually increasing mileage of bicycle paths, together with the absence of great elevations and steep gradients, make Minneapolis the ideal place for the bicyclist. To these advantages should be added the fact that the city is charming and in the country around are … Read more

See you on Summit

Regarded as one of the most beautiful residence streets in the United States. Running along a great part of the edge of a plateau overlooking the Mississippi river, it possesses many natural charms. The avenue is 5.5 miles in length, extending from near the center of the business district west to the Mississippi. For a … Read more

CLark’s Super Gas

Emory T. Clark Founded Clark’s Super Gas in 1932. His first filling station sat on the corner of 60th St. and Greenfield Avenue in West Allis, Wisconsin, Clark Super Gas exclusively sold premium gas. In 1943, the company got into the oil refining business. By the middle of the 1950s, Clark’s operated almost 500 gas … Read more

T.J. Strupp: Inventor

TODAY, with gasoline scarce along the Atlantic coast, certain U. S. naval officers remember with regret a mysterious inventor who turned up during the last war and said he was able TO MAKE GASOLINE OUT OF WATER. THE STORY SEEMS LIKE A MYTH. BUT IT IS RECORDED IN THE C. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS AND … Read more