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The George R. Newell House, also known as Chateau LaSalle, is a historic house in the Stevens Square-Loring Heights neighborhood of Minneapolis.It was originally built for Sumner T. McKnight, a businessman who had interests in lumber and real estate. [2]
Gateway Greening's Civic Greening project, Urban Roots, was an annual beautification project for downtown St. Louis. Each year, Gateway Greening staff and volunteers came together with St. Louis Master Gardeners to brighten the downtown landscape with beautiful summer flowers at Kiener Plaza. This program has been suspended due to ongoing ...
North Hampton is a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Located in St. Louis, North Hampton is bounded by Scanlan and Connecticut to the north, South Kingshighway Boulevard to the east, Chippewa Street to the south, and Hampton Avenue to the west. Two smaller neighborhoods make up North Hampton.
Mill City Museum is located in the ruins of the Washburn "A" Mill next to Mill Ruins Park on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.The museum, an entity of the Minnesota Historical Society that opened in 2003, focuses on the founding and growth of Minneapolis, especially flour milling and the other industries that used hydropower from Saint Anthony Falls.
Hennepin County. Father Louis Hennepin was the first European explorer to visit and name Saint Anthony Falls, the tallest waterfall on the Mississippi River, in 1680.While the falls were familiar to the Ojibwe and Sioux Indians who lived in the area, Father Hennepin spread word of the falls when he returned to France in 1683.
The situation in St. Louis was not ideal and the group had lost a number of dissatisfied members. On February 15, 1858, the remaining 151 Icarians had chosen a site west of St. Louis and settled on a few hundred acres in Cheltenham. They purchased the land for $25,000 at 6% interest with a $500 down-payment. [5]
The Saint Louis Workers' Education Society was founded in 2014 and established their regional headquarters on 2929 S. Jefferson Ave., the former headquarters of The International Union of Operating Engineers's. [1] With Tony Pecinovsky acting as president of the organization. [3] [4]
The George W. and Nancy B. Van Dusen House is a mansion in the Stevens Square neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.The owner, George Washington Van Dusen, was an entrepreneur who founded Minnesota's first and most prosperous grain processing and distribution firm in 1883.