Minnesota's State Capitol

Minnesota's State Capitol

Author: Neil B. Thompson

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780873510851

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The 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.


Minnesota's Capitol

Minnesota's Capitol

Author: Leigh Roethke

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781890434670

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Minnesota?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.


Preservation Plan

Preservation Plan

Author: Lowell Historic Preservation Commission (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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... 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 ...


St. Paul

St. Paul

Author: Bill Lindeke

Publisher: Urban Biography

Published: 2021-05

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781681342009

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A concise history, featuring stories that are familiar, surprising, and sure to change the way you see Minnesota's capitol city.


Creating Minnesota

Creating Minnesota

Author: Annette Atkins

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society

Published: 2009-11-16

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 0873516648

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Winner 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.


Our Minnesota State Capitol

Our Minnesota State Capitol

Author: Denis Gardner

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781681340418

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A stunning overview of the construction and renovation of "The People's House," Minnesota's spectacular State Capitol Building.


Minnesota in the Civil War

Minnesota in the Civil War

Author: Kenneth Carley

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society

Published: 2006-03

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780873515641

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This lavishly illustrated, richly detailed book presents for the first time a comprehensive picture of Minnesota's involvement in the Civil War.


Mni Sota Makoce

Mni Sota Makoce

Author: Gwen Westerman

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 0873518837

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An intricate narrative of the Dakota people over the centuries in their traditional homelands, the stories behind the profound connections that hold true today.


Closing Time

Closing Time

Author: Bill Lindeke

Publisher:

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781681341378

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An entertaining journey into the highs, lows, bright spots, and dark corners of the Twin Cities' most famous and infamous drinking establishments--history viewed from the barstool.


State Houses

State Houses

Author: Susan W. Thrane

Publisher: Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781550464573

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A magnificent celebration of America's state capitol buildings. These glorious buildings are, in the author's words, "the homes of history," where laws are passed, where democracy is enacted, where history is written. Though each state capitol bears some similarity to the other forty-nine, each in its architecture and design reflects uniquely the pride of its state, both culturally and historically. For this unprecedented project, photographer Tom Patterson traveled to each of America's fifty state capitals to capture the architectural beauty and dignity of its capitol building in glorious large-format color images. Writer Susan W. Thrane reveals fascinating details about each capitol building's beginnings: the events surrounding construction background on its architects and builders dimensions and costs primary features and main rooms unique furnishings and works of art. The book also discusses important moments in the history of each building and the state itself, including: the origin of the state's name its capital city when the state was admitted to the Union, and the number of members in its legislative bodies.