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“The Finest in Trailer Coaches” Complete line of Trailer Parts and Accessories – Trailer Repairing – Trailer Insurance- Repairs – Supplies- All Models & Sizes. Phone DAIe 7704. Capital Trailer Co., located just 4 blocks west of State Capitol on Highways 12, 52 – 56 and 218 at 325 W. University Avenue, Saint Paul 3, … Read more
SAINT PAUL METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN FIELD This airport. one of the largest air terminals in the United States, is now international port with service to Alaska and to the Far East. The U. S. Naval Reserve aviation base is located at this field. WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN FIELD This municipal airport, one of the largest air terminals in … Read more
The headhouse of the new union Depot at Saint Paul was thrown open for public inspection last Sunday. Thousands of enthusiastic Saint Paul lights visited the station and admired the beauty of its interior decorations. The cost of the headhouse was $1,000,000. It will take another 4 years to make the other necessary changes including … Read more
If you are interested in seeing how natural landscapes may be improved and made into ideal pleasure grounds, let us spend a forenoon or afternoon or evening at Como Park. The distance by trolley is three miles, taking the – Como-Harriet line, or any other car marked “Como” at the corner of Fifth and Wabasha … Read more
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
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
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 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
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