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The Grain Merchants: An Illustrated History of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. Afton Historical Society Press in collaboration with the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. ISBN 1-890434-74-4. Minter, Adam (August 2006). "Gimme Grain!". The Rake. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28; Minneapolis Public Library (2001).
The owner, George Washington Van Dusen, was an entrepreneur who founded Minnesota's first and most prosperous grain processing and distribution firm in 1883. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1891, he hired the firm of Orff and Joralemon to build a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m 2 ) mansion on what was then the southwestern edge of Minneapolis.
In 1849, John H. Stevens obtained 160 acres (0.65 km 2) of land on the west side of the falls in exchange for maintaining a ferry at the falls. Hennepin County was established in 1852, and the settlement on the west side of the river was given the name Minneapolis, as coined by Charles Hoag .
Pages in category "1900 establishments in Minnesota" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Minnesota) Grain and Lumber Exchange Building; L.
In 1885 he chaired the committee building the Chamber of Commerce (today known as the Minneapolis Grain Exchange). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pillsbury Free Library, Warner, NH
CHS Inc. is a Fortune 500 secondary cooperative owned by United States agricultural cooperatives, farmers, ranchers, and thousands of preferred stock holders. Based in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, CHS owns and operates various food processing and wholesale, farm supply, financial services and retail businesses.
The Saint Paul Municipal Grain Terminal is a six-story grain elevator also known as the head house and sack house, and sits on piers over the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It was built between 1927 and 1931 as part of the Equity Cooperative Exchange and is a remnant of Saint Paul's early history as a Mississippi ...
Johnson was born near Karlstad, Sweden, and his family moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, in 1891.They moved to Meeker County, Minnesota, in 1893.. He worked as a millhand and lumberjack, became a farmer, and by 1913 was the leader of the Minnesota branch of the American Society of Equity and Vice President of the Equity-owned Equity Co-operative Grain Exchange and Farmers' Terminal ...