Water travelers: Fredrick-Miller Spring by Charlie Maguire This article was originally published in Hennepin History, 2021, Vol. 80, No. 2 I grew up where the drinking water never tasted good. Our well water was so full of minerals that we [...]
By Bruce Bruemmer This article was originally published in Hennepin History, Vol. 80, No. 2, 2021 Four "display" airplanes were parked around the cylindrical Cooper Theatre in St. Louis Park in preparation for a special premiere of the movie, Airport. Its [...]
July 7, 2021 One of the biggest blockbuster movies before the pandemic crept up on us at the end of 2019 was Endgame. Oh-and let’s not forget The Joker. I’m too scared to watch Joker, so I’m just going on Rotten [...]
The Art-O-Graph story: Small, nimble firm has large, lasting legacy By Paula M. Hirschoff This article was originally published in Hennepin History, 2021, Vol. 80, No. 1. An early model of the Art-O-Graph, 1950s. An assemblage of auto [...]
From the Land of the Golden Grain: The Origins and Early Years of the Minneapolis Brewing Company by Michael R. Worcester This article was originally published in Hennepin History, Fall 1992, Vol. 51, No. 4 The Minneapolis Brewing Company, 1215 Northeast [...]
June 2, 2021 These six brass stanchions with their velvet ropes tell a fascinating history of architectural styles and a Minnesota-based bank. They originally stood in the Northwestern National Bank building, which opened in 1930 in downtown Minneapolis. While the building [...]
A tour of the collections of the Hennepin Medical History Center By CAROL OELTJENBRUNS This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2021, Vol. 80, No. 1. Go back in medical history by visiting this nearly hidden archive embedded inside the [...]
May 13, 2021 Dorsie Willis draft registration. Ancestry.com. Mr. Willis was a Minneapolis resident for more than 60 years. A few weeks ago, I got a research request for anything regarding a man named Dorsie Willis, someone I knew [...]
by David Leonhardt This article was originally published in Hennepin History, 2021, Vol. 80, No.1 The Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale was open for nearly 50 years. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people worked there during that time — and made lasting memories, [...]
April 30, 2021 Southeast Minneapolis Council on Learning had a formula for better education that looked like this: (SEMCOL)NEW+LD+SEREADS=BE or SEMCOL/NEW+LD=BE. Math was not my forte, but one of those statements must be true. The SEMCOL records are currently being processed and organized to be [...]
