Easter Rising of 1916
Historical travel is one of the things I have missed the most since the pandemic began. My last major trip…
How Minnesota Methodists navigated the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Originally posted on the MN Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church on October 1, 2020 “The year just closing…
The Battle for Seward
Image of Riot victims, Flour City Ornamental Iron County strike, Minneapolis – from MN Historical Society, Locator Number: HG3.19 p10…
Mapping Brothels
Originally published on The Historyapolis Project website on June 30, 2014 Above is another great image from the 1912 Sanborn…
The Geography (and history) of Beer
Image of Orth Brewery, 1228 Marshall Ave NE Minneapolis – from MN Historical Society, Locator Number: MH5.9 MP3.1O p2 Originally…
Minneapolis and the “Reverse Freedom Riders”: A Christmas present from Louisiana
Originally published on The Historyapolis Project website, December 15, 2014 Tucked among Mayor Arthur Naftalin’s files in the Tower Archives…