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Author: Neil B. Thompson
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780873510851
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe lively story of how private citizens, architects, and public officials formed an unlikely coalition to build Minnesota's statehouse at the turn of the twentieth century.
Author: Leigh Roethke
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781890434670
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMinnesota?s Capitol, a Centennial Story presents an educational and entertaining look at the house that Minnesota built. Replicated in butter sculpture and picture postcards by creative and enterprising citizens, theCapitol building in St. Paul was the pride of the state and the envy of the nation when it opened in 1905.For one hundred years the Capitol has been the hub of government and an enduring symbol for an ever-changing Minnesota. Through lively historical narratives, plentiful pictures, and creative activities, learn how the Capitol came to represent the North Star state and how Minnesota made itself at home in gleaming marble structure on the hill.
Author: Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.)
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK... An 8 year plan to preserve Lowell's historic and cultural resources in order to tell the story of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century; included in the plan are mills, institutions, residences, commercial buildings and canals; describes the areas covered; discusses preservation standards, public improvements, financing, related programs, etc.; provides architectural information, dates of construction, history, plans for building reuse, etc. of specific structures in the Lowell National Historic Park and Lowell Heritage State Park ...
Author: Bill Lindeke
Publisher: Urban Biography
Published: 2021-05
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781681342009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA concise history, featuring stories that are familiar, surprising, and sure to change the way you see Minnesota's capitol city.
Author: Annette Atkins
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Published: 2009-11-16
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 0873516648
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of a Spur Award, presented by the Western Writers of America (WWA), for the Best Western Nonfiction Historical Book. Renowned historian Annette Atkins presents a fresh understanding of how a complex and modern Minnesota came into being in Creating Minnesota. Each chapter of this innovative state history focuses on a telling detail, a revealing incident, or a meaningful issue that illuminates a larger event, social trends, or politics during a period in our past. A three-act play about Minnesota's statehood vividly depicts the competing interests of Natives, traders, and politicians who lived in the same territory but moved in different worlds. Oranges are the focal point of a chapter about railroads and transportation: how did a St. Paul family manage to celebrate their 1898 Christmas with fruit that grew no closer than 1,500 miles from their home? A photo essay brings to life three communities of the 1920s, seen through the lenses of local and itinerant photographers. The much-sought state fish helps to explain the new Minnesota, where pan-fried walleye and walleye quesadillas coexist on the same north woods menu. In Creating Minnesota Atkins invites readers to experience the texture of people's lives through the decades, offering a fascinating and unparalleled approach to the history of our state.
Author: Gwen Westerman
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 531
ISBN-13: 0873518837
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn intricate narrative of the Dakota people over the centuries in their traditional homelands, the stories behind the profound connections that hold true today.
Author: Evelyn Fairbanks
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 2010-08
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 0873518136
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvelyn Fairbanks lived along Rondo Avenue-the heart of St. Paul's largest black community-from the 1930s through the 1950s. Her memoir tells warm and human stories recalling those years in a vibrant community that vanished with the coming of the freeways in the 1960s.
Author: Joan Anderson Growe
Publisher:
Published: 2020-08-11
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781681341637
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe architect and chief promoter of Minnesota's high voter turnout tells her story, showing how hard work and cooperation made the state a leader in clean, open elections.
Author: Roger G. Kennedy
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780873515573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGreat Houses of Minnesota is the engaging story of the evolution of architectural styles in Minnesota from 1830 to 1914--from the influence of the early French traders along the Mississippi and St. Croix to the emergence of the school of Frank Lloyd Wright. Through photographs and colorfully informative text, internationally known historian Roger Kennedy helps readers understand the unique styles of Minnesota's first homes, including the Mower House in Arcola, the first large house on the St. Croix; Alexander Ramsey's "Mansion House" in St. Paul, influenced by Pennsylvania Dutch virtues; the whimsical Charles C. Clement house in Fergus Falls, clearly Norse in spirit; and the Purcell House in Minneapolis, a fine example of the Prairie School design. On a broad plane these architectural eras reflected social customs, politics, commerce, religion, and literature. On a personal level they often revealed the national origin and character of the families that made the house a home. In short, this is in large measure a history of the people. Kennedy has considered their heritage and traditions as carefully as he has examined the architecture they created, and he offers a fresh, wholistic approach to the study of our state's great houses.
Author: Denis Gardner
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781681340418
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA stunning overview of the construction and renovation of "The People's House," Minnesota's spectacular State Capitol Building.
