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1938-07-17

June 25, 2018 By

On this date in 1938, the Crown Prince of Sweden, Gustaf Adolf, visits the Twin Cities on the occasion of the New Sweden Tercentenary celebration. New Sweden was a Swedish colony scattered along the lower reaches of the Delaware River Valley in the present-day states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania between 1638 to 1655.

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1857-07-13

June 11, 2018 By

On this date in 1857, Democratic and Republican delegates meet in the St. Paul Capitol building in an effort to frame the constitution for the future state of Minnesota, allowing it to enter the Union.

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1849-06-25

May 14, 2018 By

On this date in 1849, Minnesota’s first territorial governor, Alexander Ramsey, arrives in St. Paul with his wife Anna, their son, Alexander, and a nurse. The governor and his family had stayed with with Henry H. Sibley at his home in Mendota for about a month prior to travelling to St. Paul. Ramsey was born […]

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1870-06-23

May 14, 2018 By

On this date in 1870, Adolph O. Eberhart is born in Sweden. He would become Minnesota’s seventeenth governor upon the death of John A. Johnson in 1909 and would be elected to the office in 1910. During his tenure he would sign into law a direct primary bill. He died on December 6, 1944. (MNopedia)

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1849-06-11

April 4, 2018 By

On this date in 1849, the first three judicial districts in the Minnesota Territory are established by territorial Governor Alexander Ramsey. The first district includes the region between the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers and holds court in Stillwater presided over by Judge Aaron Goodrich. The second district consists of all of the northeastern part […]

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Twin Cities Gangster Locations

Read about historic gangster locations and hideouts where criminal events occurred or gangsters were known to hang out during the Twin Cities’ gangster days between 1900 and the late 1930s.

On This Date in Twin Cities History

On this date in 1931, the Interstate Bridge (Lift Bridge) in Stillwater opens replacing the wooden Stillwater-Houlton bridge built in 1876. The Lift Bridge featured a counter-weighted, tower-and-cable lift span, and included nine steel trusses, in all spanning 1,050 feet. The dedication ceremony for the bridge was presided over by then Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson. The first person to cross the bridge was a young Topper Jackson of Stillwater, who bicycled across as soon as the barriers were taken down at 10:05 a.m that day. Built at a total cost of $460,000, it averaged 18,000 vehicle crossings a day. The bridge was officially closed to traffic on August 2, 2017 and is now used as a pedestrian bridge.

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Armour Gates - South St. Paul

Armour Gates

December 12, 2019 By htc

On an empty, overgrown lot located at the corner of Armour and Hardman Avenues in South St. Paul sits the only remaining vestige of what was once the largest livestock operation in the world.  Developed on 260 acres along the Mississippi River, five miles south of downtown St. Paul, the stockyards employed over 6,000 people […]

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View of the Highland Park Water Tower from the 6th hole f the Highland Park National Golf Course

Highland Park Water Tower

April 3, 2019 By htc

Sitting in the shadows of two modern, sky-blue water towers in St. Paul’s Highland Park neighborhood is the most visible symbol of the city’s water utility.  The Highland Park Water Tower has been a fixture in the neighborhood since 1928 when the city constructed the 134-foot structure to supply water to nearby residents.  [Go to […]

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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

January 28, 2019 By htc

Shortly after news of Fort Sumter’s fall reached Washington D.C. on April 14, 1861, Minnesota Governor Alexander Ramsey, who had been visiting the nation’s capitol to address conflicts within the Minnesota Republican party, immediately offered 1000 men to the Secretary of War on behalf of the State of Minnesota. With this commitment, Ramsey became the […]

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Sculpture of Hiawatha and Minnehaha in Minnehaha Park - Minneapolis

Hiawatha and Minnehaha

November 30, 2018 By htc

Just above the falls of Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis, perched on the southwest side of its rushing waters, sits an unassuming symbol of the area’s original inhabitants.  The sculpture of Hiawatha and Minnehaha has been a fixture in Minnehaha Park for over 106 years greeting visitors as they make their way to the falls.  Its […]

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New York Life Eagle

July 31, 2018 By htc

Perched atop the bluffs of the Summit Hill neighborhood overlooking the Mississippi River in St. Paul is an imposing bronze sculpture of an eagle clutching a rock with its wings spread as she watches over her young.  One might imagine the sculpture was originally created and installed in this location to symbolize a guardian keeping […]

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View of the Witch's Hat Water Tower from East River Parkway

Witch’s Hat Water Tower

July 31, 2018 By htc

Rising above the treetops of the Prospect Park neighborhood in Minneapolis is a structure that one might expect to find in medieval times rather than in modern day Minneapolis.  The Prospect Park Water Tower, also referred to as the Witch’s Hat, was designed by Norwegian born architect Frederick William Cappelen in 20th Century Revival style, […]

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