Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1906

Minneapolis, the first city of Minnesota in popula tion and importance and the capital of Hennepin oo., is situated on both banks of the Mississippi River, at the Falls of St. Anthony, just above St. Paul, the wide-spread ing suburbs of the two cities being contiguous. Lat. 44° 58' N. ; Ion. 93° 18' W. Elevation above the sea, 700-800 feet. The number of railroads entering or oentring here is about 20. Its invigorating climate, marked by an extreme of dry winter cold, with the mercury at times descending to — 30°, and mild summer temperatures, has given Min neapolis great repute as a health-resort. It is laid out with regularity and many of its intersecting streets are from 80 to 100 feet or more (Kenwood Boulevard) in width and contain a number of imposing edifices. The most prom inent of these is the new court-house and city-hall, com pleted in 1898 at a cost of $4,000,000. Other publio build ings are the chamber of commerce, the Union depot, lumber exchange, masonio temple, public library and art-gallery (with about 150,000 volumes and collections of paintings and natural history), etc. Here is the seat of the Univer sity of Minnesota, non-sectarian and providing free tuition and equal privileges for both sexes. It was founded in 1851 and has several colleges, faculties of arts, chemistry, engi neering, agriculture, mining, medicine, etc., a library of 85,000 volumes, a vast campus, and, connected with its agricultural college, an experiment farm. The attendance at the university in 1903-04 was 3826, including 100 gradu ate students. Here are also the Augsburg Theological Seminary and the medical department of Hamline Univer sity (St. Paul). There are in addition many private and parochial schools, a conservatory of music, and the Minne sota Normal School. Besides its opera-houses and first-class theatres, Minneapolis has several music and assembly halls. The city covers an area of 54 sq. in. and is embellished with upward of 20 parks, of which Minnehaha Park, about 5 miles S., embraces the famous Minnehaha Falls. Lake Minnetonka, a few miles away and accessible by several lines of railroad, is a favorite summer-resort. By its elec tric-car system, complete within its own limits, Minneapolis has frequent communication with St. Paul. With its mag nificent water-power, it now ranks as one of the leading manufacturing cities of the country. In flour and lumber products it is the foremost city of the world, its numerous flour-mills having a daily capacity of 80,000 barrels. The quantity of lumber cut by the Minneapolis mills in 1901 was 578,000,000 feet. The city is one of the largest wheat- marts in the world, upward of 80,000,000 bushels of wheat having been received in the course of a single year. Its general manufacturing industries include car-building and the making of machinery, iron goods, malted liquors, etc. Pop. in 1870, 13,066, or including St. Anthony (incorporated with Minneapolis in 1873), 18,079 ; in 1880, 46,887 ; in 1890, 164,738; in 1900, 202,718. Minneapolis, which in 1854 had only about 500 inhabitants, was incorporated as a town in 1856 and as a city in 1867.

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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