Laughter, Falling Water and Time
The State Park is the largest improved area of park land, A small section is laid out in conventional fashion, but the greater part of it is in its natural state. The attraction of the spot is the falls of Minnehaha. Down a descent of fifty feet they leap, shivering into filmy spray. From the … Read more
THOSE BRIDGES AGAIN It seems that the writer of this, who happens to be the editor of the TRIBUNE, and the proprietor thereof, misrecollected as to the cost of the substructure of the suspension bridge, and accordingly is duly roasted by that wonderful genius of modern history, Andrew J. Rinker, city engineer. Mr. Rinker told … Read more
Steel Arch Bridge. — The “steel arch bridge” spans the west channel of the Mississippi from Bridge Square (the foot of Nicollet and Hennepin Avenues) to Central Avenue on Nicollet Island. This is the main thoroughfare between the east and west sides of the river. It has a width of 80 feet; with a roadway … Read more
University of Minnesota, home of the Golden Gophers, is one of the major educational institutions of the nation. The main campus, as shown in this view, is attractively situated on a wooded area high above the Mississippi River near the falls of St. Anthony. Located at a bend in the Mississippi River in the hub … Read more
Shriners’ Hospital for Children, Twin Cities Unit, was opened in 1923 for the benefit of children whose parents can not afford to pay for treatment. All patients are admitted without regard to race, creed or color. This hospital is one of sixteen owned and operated by the Shriners of North America. Beautiful grounds in keeping … Read more
The movement for the erection of a library building in St. Paul began in 1912 with an offer from Mr. James J. Hill to give a sum of $700,000 for the building and endowment of a reference library, and make it a part of the library building, if the city would proceed with the erection … Read more
Airview of Saint Paul’s downtown district, showing proximity of Municipal Auditorium (large white building in foreground) to hotels and the beautiful business district. Fourth Street, Saint Paul, showing a part of the Public Library, Rice Park, Telephone co. Building, and City Hall and Court House in distance. St. Paul, built along the banks of … Read more
CAPPELEN MEMORIAL BRIDGE, across the Mississippi River at Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, completed in the fall of 1923 at a cost of nearly one million dollars. The center span of four hundred feet is the longest concrete span in the world. Designed and built by the Minneapolis City Engineering Department.
The FLOUR MILLS OF GENERAL MILLS at MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., (daily capacity, 23,000 Cwt.) are located on the west bank of the Mississippi River at St. Anthony Falls, where the original mill was built by General C. C. Washburn in 1866. Today General Mills is the largest flour milling organization in the world employing over 12,000 … Read more