Author: Tony Greiner; Howard Mohr
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873517415
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A chronological compendium of remarkable and curious events in the history of the North Star State
Minnesota Book of Days
Author: Tony Greiner; Howard Mohr
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873517415
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A chronological compendium of remarkable and curious events in the history of the North Star State
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873517415
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A chronological compendium of remarkable and curious events in the history of the North Star State
Days of Rondo
Author: Evelyn Fairbanks
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873518136
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Evelyn Fairbanks lived along Rondo Avenue-the heart of St. Paul's largest black community-from the 1930s through the 1950s. Her memoir tells warm and human stories recalling those years in a vibrant community that vanished with the coming of the freeways in the 1960s.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN: 0873518136
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Evelyn Fairbanks lived along Rondo Avenue-the heart of St. Paul's largest black community-from the 1930s through the 1950s. Her memoir tells warm and human stories recalling those years in a vibrant community that vanished with the coming of the freeways in the 1960s.
Creating Minnesota
Author: Annette Atkins
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 0873516648
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Winner of a Spur Award, presented by the Western Writers of America (WWA), for the Best Western Nonfiction Historical Book. Renowned historian Annette Atkins presents a fresh understanding of how a complex and modern Minnesota came into being in Creating Minnesota. Each chapter of this innovative state history focuses on a telling detail, a revealing incident, or a meaningful issue that illuminates a larger event, social trends, or politics during a period in our past. A three-act play about Minnesota's statehood vividly depicts the competing interests of Natives, traders, and politicians who lived in the same territory but moved in different worlds. Oranges are the focal point of a chapter about railroads and transportation: how did a St. Paul family manage to celebrate their 1898 Christmas with fruit that grew no closer than 1,500 miles from their home? A photo essay brings to life three communities of the 1920s, seen through the lenses of local and itinerant photographers. The much-sought state fish helps to explain the new Minnesota, where pan-fried walleye and walleye quesadillas coexist on the same north woods menu. In Creating Minnesota Atkins invites readers to experience the texture of people's lives through the decades, offering a fascinating and unparalleled approach to the history of our state.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 0873516648
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Winner of a Spur Award, presented by the Western Writers of America (WWA), for the Best Western Nonfiction Historical Book. Renowned historian Annette Atkins presents a fresh understanding of how a complex and modern Minnesota came into being in Creating Minnesota. Each chapter of this innovative state history focuses on a telling detail, a revealing incident, or a meaningful issue that illuminates a larger event, social trends, or politics during a period in our past. A three-act play about Minnesota's statehood vividly depicts the competing interests of Natives, traders, and politicians who lived in the same territory but moved in different worlds. Oranges are the focal point of a chapter about railroads and transportation: how did a St. Paul family manage to celebrate their 1898 Christmas with fruit that grew no closer than 1,500 miles from their home? A photo essay brings to life three communities of the 1920s, seen through the lenses of local and itinerant photographers. The much-sought state fish helps to explain the new Minnesota, where pan-fried walleye and walleye quesadillas coexist on the same north woods menu. In Creating Minnesota Atkins invites readers to experience the texture of people's lives through the decades, offering a fascinating and unparalleled approach to the history of our state.
The Minnesota Book of Skills
Author: Chris Niskanen
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 0873518845
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Minnesotans are a highly skilled bunch, whether pursuing traditional activities like wild ricing and pickling, or tastefully displaying taxidermy, or selecting the right fishing bait. Skills particularly appropriate to Minnesota-- such as creating seed art or baking a Bundt cake--may be fully on display at the state fair, a prime opportunity to join with neighbors in celebrating our many talents. The Minnesota Book of Skills brings to life the basic know-how that makes us uniquely Minnesotan. Seasonal tips like how to gracefully exit a ski lift mingle with skills your grandparents knew well, such as what to forage for while on a hike. How soon is too soon to bring a child to the Boundary Waters or set her up on hockey skates? The answers are here. Maybe you'll never carve an ice sculpture or build your own coffin--but isn't it comforting to know that one handy book offers just the guidance you'll need?
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 0873518845
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Minnesotans are a highly skilled bunch, whether pursuing traditional activities like wild ricing and pickling, or tastefully displaying taxidermy, or selecting the right fishing bait. Skills particularly appropriate to Minnesota-- such as creating seed art or baking a Bundt cake--may be fully on display at the state fair, a prime opportunity to join with neighbors in celebrating our many talents. The Minnesota Book of Skills brings to life the basic know-how that makes us uniquely Minnesotan. Seasonal tips like how to gracefully exit a ski lift mingle with skills your grandparents knew well, such as what to forage for while on a hike. How soon is too soon to bring a child to the Boundary Waters or set her up on hockey skates? The answers are here. Maybe you'll never carve an ice sculpture or build your own coffin--but isn't it comforting to know that one handy book offers just the guidance you'll need?
A History of Minnesota
Author: William Watts Folwell
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Volume 1 covers Minnesota's early development from the days of French exploration and trade with American Indians through territorial times to the eve of statehood in 1857. Volume 2 continues the story from 1858 to 1865, with emphasis on the state's participation in the Civil War and the Sioux Uprising (Dakota Conflict) of 1862. Volume 3 completes the chronological record with a comprehensive picture of Minnesota politics from 1865 to 1925. Volume 4 focuses on special topics such as iron mining, public education, the Chippewa (Ojibway), election procedures, and a dozen outstanding Minnesotans. Includes a consolidated index to Volumes 1-4.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Volume 1 covers Minnesota's early development from the days of French exploration and trade with American Indians through territorial times to the eve of statehood in 1857. Volume 2 continues the story from 1858 to 1865, with emphasis on the state's participation in the Civil War and the Sioux Uprising (Dakota Conflict) of 1862. Volume 3 completes the chronological record with a comprehensive picture of Minnesota politics from 1865 to 1925. Volume 4 focuses on special topics such as iron mining, public education, the Chippewa (Ojibway), election procedures, and a dozen outstanding Minnesotans. Includes a consolidated index to Volumes 1-4.
Town Ball
Author: Armand Peterson
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816646753
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
An in-depth study of the magical era of amateur baseball in Minnesota, from 1945 to 1960, looks at the social and economic factors that contributed to the sport's success, profiles some of the teams and their players, and includes a collection of anecdotes, vintage photographs, and statistics.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816646753
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
An in-depth study of the magical era of amateur baseball in Minnesota, from 1945 to 1960, looks at the social and economic factors that contributed to the sport's success, profiles some of the teams and their players, and includes a collection of anecdotes, vintage photographs, and statistics.
Minnesota State of Wonders
Author: Brian Peterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996525701
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Brian Peterson and Kerri Westenberg, both native Minnesotans, share a deep affection for their homeland. That sensibility underlies every aspect of the State of Wonders project, which began as a series in the Travel section of the Star Tribune. Through their combined vision, springtime awakes in the northwest with prairie chicken dances and unfurling, delicate plants. Tallgrass prairies and historic American Indian lands trumpet the full glory of summer. Autumn colors dazzle the Mississippi River Valley, and winter in the Arrowhead region holds both harsh cold and exquisite beauty. Collectively, their work illuminates Minnesota's natural glories.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996525701
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Brian Peterson and Kerri Westenberg, both native Minnesotans, share a deep affection for their homeland. That sensibility underlies every aspect of the State of Wonders project, which began as a series in the Travel section of the Star Tribune. Through their combined vision, springtime awakes in the northwest with prairie chicken dances and unfurling, delicate plants. Tallgrass prairies and historic American Indian lands trumpet the full glory of summer. Autumn colors dazzle the Mississippi River Valley, and winter in the Arrowhead region holds both harsh cold and exquisite beauty. Collectively, their work illuminates Minnesota's natural glories.
Mni Sota Makoce
Author: Gwen Westerman
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 0873518837
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
An intricate narrative of the Dakota people over the centuries in their traditional homelands, the stories behind the profound connections that hold true today.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 0873518837
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
An intricate narrative of the Dakota people over the centuries in their traditional homelands, the stories behind the profound connections that hold true today.
Minnesota Day Trips by Theme
Author: Mary M. Bauer
Publisher: Adventure Publications
ISBN: 159193608X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Discover unique attractions around the Land of 10,000 Lakes! Take a simple day trip, or string together a longer vacation of activities that catch your interest. No more information overload! Destinations in the book are based on such themes as waterfalls, garden tours, family days and extreme adventures, so you can decide what to do and then figure out where to do it. Useful for singles, couples and families, visitors and residents alike; this guide by Mary M. Bauer encompasses a wide range of interests.
Publisher: Adventure Publications
ISBN: 159193608X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Discover unique attractions around the Land of 10,000 Lakes! Take a simple day trip, or string together a longer vacation of activities that catch your interest. No more information overload! Destinations in the book are based on such themes as waterfalls, garden tours, family days and extreme adventures, so you can decide what to do and then figure out where to do it. Useful for singles, couples and families, visitors and residents alike; this guide by Mary M. Bauer encompasses a wide range of interests.
A Popular History of Minnesota
Author: Norman K. Risjord
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 9780873515320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
A grand tour of the North Star State's geographical, political, and human history, including travelers' guides to historic destinations.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 9780873515320
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
A grand tour of the North Star State's geographical, political, and human history, including travelers' guides to historic destinations.