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History is not boring — our neighbors agree

2023-09-02T13:05:05-05:00

June 30, 2023 Linden Hills History Study Group by JoEllen Haugo For more than 26 years the Linden Hills History Study Group (LHHSG) has offered local history programs in Southwest Minneapolis. The organization was initiated by history-loving neighbors. Some were volunteers [...]

History is not boring — our neighbors agree2023-09-02T13:05:05-05:00

Minneapolis Mayor Under Fire

2023-09-02T12:58:10-05:00

This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2023, Vol. 82, No. 1 by Charlie Maguire Returning home from a dinner on February 6, 1947, Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey asked armed police chauffeur Vern Bartholomew to pull to the curb in [...]

Minneapolis Mayor Under Fire2023-09-02T12:58:10-05:00

OUR BUILT HISTORY

2023-09-02T12:53:52-05:00

Jumping the tracks, paying the freight by Bill Beyer This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2022, Vol. 81, No. 3 Several railroads raced west from Minneapolis after the Civil War, slicing through St. Louis Park and Hopkins. In 1867, [...]

OUR BUILT HISTORY2023-09-02T12:53:52-05:00

Grow Your Family Tree

2023-09-02T12:51:33-05:00

This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2022, Vol. 81, No. 3 A vital source for genealogy research by Susan Weinberg  Vital records are an important resource to a genealogist. That’s a broad catch-all term for birth, marriage, and death [...]

Grow Your Family Tree2023-09-02T12:51:33-05:00

Mending Hearts 

2023-09-02T12:45:22-05:00

This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2022, Vol. 81, No. 3 by Ames Sheldon   Remarkable advances in heart surgery were forged at the Variety Club Heart Hospital at the University of Minnesota during the 1950s. This is the hospital [...]

Mending Hearts 2023-09-02T12:45:22-05:00

What would happen if the Rolling Stones held a concert, and nobody came?

2023-09-02T12:41:24-05:00

This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2022, Vol. 81, No. 2 The Rollling Stones at their first Minnesota concert, Big Reggie's Danceland, Excelsior, June 12, 1964. Photo by Mike Waggoneer by William Burleson When the Rolling Stones came [...]

What would happen if the Rolling Stones held a concert, and nobody came?2023-09-02T12:41:24-05:00

Hennepin History Museum Salutes Longtime Supporter Karen Cooper

2023-05-04T11:01:17-05:00

September 6, 2022 Karen Cooper has had a prominent place in the recent journey of Hennepin History Museum, contributing to the success and vitality of the Museum through financial support, scholarly contributions, and programming. Understanding that the Museum needs a stronger [...]

Hennepin History Museum Salutes Longtime Supporter Karen Cooper2023-05-04T11:01:17-05:00
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