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  • Linden Hills History 101

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Are you new to the Linden Hills area or a long-time resident who would like to know more about your neighborhood? Enjoy an informative evening with an abbreviated version of […]

  • The Grand Meadow Chert Quarry: A Significant New Indigenous Site

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Our speaker, Tom Trow, is the lead archaeologist for the effort to open to the public a long- hidden archaeological and cultural site in Mower County, MN. For about 400 […]

  • Living New Deal / Twin Cities’ Canceled Freeways with Aaron Isaacs

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the federal government under President Franklin Roosevelt undertook a major investment in public infrastructure to fight unemployment and keep the economy afloat. Although […]

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  • T.B. and Harriet Walker and their Contributions to Minneapolis

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Thomas Barlow (T.B.) Walker and Harriet Granger Hulet married and moved from Ohio to Minneapolis in 1863. They had eight children. T.B. began as a land surveyor. By 1923, he […]

  • Sleuth Your Stoop – Become a House Detective. How to Begin!

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    You live in an older house in the Twin Cities. Congratulations! Do you wonder when it was built? For how much? Who lived there? What did it look like? What […]

  • Prince: Places That Brought Minneapolis Music to the World

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    By the time Prince was 18, he was a fully realized and accomplished artist who could walk into the Sound 80 studio in Minneapolis's Seward neighborhood and write, produce, record, […]

  • Growing Up in Linden Hills: The Fine Boys and Their Families

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Bob Fine — and family members — will reflect on the people, places, and experiences of Linden Hills in the 1950s. Bob grew up hanging out at the library, the […]

  • Finding Homes for Our Treasures

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Do you have material handed down from family? Letters, photos, maps of your hometown? Collections of Rosewood pottery? Ted Hathaway from Hennepin County Library-Minneapolis Central Library’s Special Collections, Yves Hoppie […]

  • The Most Competitive Passenger Corridor: Chicago—Twin Cities

    St. John's Episcopal Church, Linden Hills 4201 Sheridan Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN, United States

    From the 1890s to the 1960s, the best passenger trains in North America traveled between the Twin Cities and Chicago. Until World War I, seven railroads competed for the business. […]

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