Minneapolis Star August 30

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On this date in 1856, celebrated Norwegian virtuoso violinist and composer Ole Bull played a benefit concert in the Territorial Capitol building in St. Paul to generate money for his Norwegian comrades. In 1852, Bull had purchased seventeen square miles of land in the remote mountains of Pennsylvania and encouraged fellow Norwegians to immigrate to "New Norway". Eight-hundred of his countrymen arrived and began building the town of Oleana in the rugged Pennsylvania landscape. Within two years, however, New Norway and Oleana failed due to poor farming soil. Ole Bull weathered the losses, but many of the Norwegians he had encouraged to immigrate suffered severe financial hardships. Many of the refugees of the failed colony were some of the first Norwegians to come to Minnesota in the mid 1850's, and Ole Bull felt a responsibility to make good with his countrymen by performing in St. Paul. The Norwegians of Minnesota never forgot Ole Bull, even after his passing in August of 1880. On May 17, 1897, a statue of Bull was unveiled in Loring Park in Minneapolis.

Ole Bull Statue in Loring Park - Minneapolis

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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