Through memories, research, and photographs, descendants of four families who put down roots in different parts of Linden Hills will compare and contrast their personal experiences and those of their […]
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 years, ending in around 1400 CE, the Grand Meadow Chert Quarry was the most important place in southeastern MN and possibly the whole state, at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
We will explore the evolution of this corner of the Fulton neighborhood from its beginning as a rural lake resort through the rapid extension south of Linden Hills. From the […]
RESCHEDULED from July 23 due to inclement weather. We will explore the evolution of this corner of the Fulton neighborhood from its beginning as a rural lake resort through the […]
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 […]
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 […]