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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.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of sites in Minnesota which are included in the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,700 properties and historic districts listed on the NRHP; each of Minnesota's 87 counties has at least 2 listings. Twenty-two ...
Hennepin County (/ ˈ h ɛ n ə p ɪ n / HEN-ə-pin) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Its county seat is Minneapolis, [2] the state's most populous city. [3] The county is named for the 17th-century explorer Louis Hennepin. [4]
The Charles H. Burwell House is a historic house museum in Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States, built in 1883.Charles H. Burwell (1838–1917) was the secretary and manager of the Minnetonka Mills Company, the first mill west of Minneapolis, around which grew the first permanent Euro-American settlement in Hennepin County west of Minneapolis.
In 1855 the claim (and many other claims for west bank land) was granted. The Stevens home became a hub of civic and social activity, and was dubbed the "birthplace of Minneapolis." In the Stevens' home, the name Minneapolis was chosen, Hennepin County and the Minneapolis school district were organized, and the idea for a state fair originated. [5]
Minnesota's 3rd congressional district encompasses the suburbs of Hennepin and Anoka counties to the west, south, and north of Minneapolis.The district, which is mostly suburban in character, includes a few farming communities on its far western edge and also inner-ring suburban areas on its eastern edge.
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 for having local significance in architecture. [2] The house was built for Charles J. Martin. He served for many years as the secretary and treasurer of the Washburn-Crosby Company, a predecessor of General Mills. Martin also promoted civic causes such as city parks ...
Minnesota's 5th congressional district is a geographically small urban and suburban congressional district in Minnesota.It covers eastern Hennepin County, including the entire city of Minneapolis, along with parts of Anoka and Ramsey counties.