The Mounds' picturesque hills gave Mounds View Township and later the school district, high school and village their names. For many years a play area for youth, hikers, picnickers, and skiers, the Mounds were taken out of the public and private domain by the Army for the Twin Cities Arsenal in 1941 and has since been carved by the mining of its extremely high grade of sand and gravel. Pictured here is the excavation of the Arsenal Sand and Gravel Company which had produced 750,000 tons of sand and gravel per year. The buildings in the upper right perimeter of the photo are ammunition sheds from the Arsenal. Many area residents found employment at the Arsenal or gravel company.
Aerial view from the south village limits of New Brighton was taken by MacGillis & Gibbs Company, a pole yard company, which is seen in the lower half of the photo. Notable buildings include the First Congregational Church, New Brighton Elementary School, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, and the New Brighton Village Hall.
The stockyard industry was a million dollar operation at the turn of the century. The stockyards, completed in September, 1889, could accommodate 5000 cattle, 10,000 hogs, 20,000 sheep, and 500 horses on its 30 acres. Cattle pens are shown.
Report has the report of the treasurer with all of the company's financial information. Also included is power generation statistics for the various geographical divisions managed by NSP. The Minneapolis Division was supplied by 4 hydroelectric power plants at St. Croix Falls, Coon Rapids, St. Anthony Falls and Wisota. They were supplemented by the Riverside steam station.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Rascher Insurance Map Publishing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
Date Created:
1891
Description:
Volume IV includes the west side of the City of Saint Paul, South Saint Paul, and South Park. Maps are listed on numbered pages, 331-392. There are a total of 31 maps. Each map is composed of two pages; each page is 69.215cm (vertical) x 50.8cm (horizontal). The contents page shows a Revision Chart written in pencil. Changes are noted by item number, date of revision and signature of the individual who entered the revision. Revisions to the maps are in the forms of pieces of paper cut to the proper outline of the buildings and pasted onto the map for the designated location. There is a Key Chart to the signs used in Rascher's Maps. Various colors identify types of structures. Other signs and symbols are provided that indicate insurance related information. There is an additional index page dated May 1895. This volume also provides detailed maps of the Minnesota Packing & Provision Co, and the St. Paul Union Stock Yards Co. both located in South Saint Paul. These are found on pages 387 and 388.
Rascher Insurance Map Publishing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
Date Created:
1891-01
Description:
Volume I includes parts of White Bear Lake, North St. Paul, Gladstone (Maplewood), Newport and St. Paul Park. The plat maps are on pages numbered 1 through 100, with an additional map numbered 99a, found after page 100. Each map is composed of two pages; each page is 69.215cm x 50.8cm. There are a total of 51 maps. The contents pages show a Revision Chart written in pencil. Changes are noted by item number, date of revision and signature of the individual who entered the revision. Revisions to the maps are in the forms of pieces of paper cut to the proper outline of the buildings and pasted onto the map for the designated location. There is a Key Chart to the signs and symbols used in Rascher's Maps. Other signs and symbols are provided that indicate insurance related information. There is an additional index page dated April 1896.
Rascher Insurance Map Publishing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
Date Created:
1891
Description:
Volume III includes the following boundaries for this section of the City of Saint Paul. From the south west corners of Otto Avenue and Lexington Avenue, north to Minnehaha Street. East to Brewster Street and south on Brewster Street to Roberts Street and to the Mississipi River. Following the Mississippi River south east to the area of the intersections of Otto Avenue and Lexington Avenue. The plat maps are on pages numbered 211 to 230. Each map is composed of two pages, each page is 69.215cm (vetrical) x 50.8cm (horizontal). There are a total of 60 maps. The contents page shows a Revision Chart written in pencil. Changes are noted by item number, date of revision and signature of the individual who entered the revision. Revisions to the maps are in the form of pieces of paper cut to the proper outline of the buildngs and pasted onto the map for the designated location.There is a Key Chart to the signs and symbols used in Rascher's Maps. Various colors identify types of structures. Other signs and symbols are provided that indicate insurance related information. There is an additional street index dated May 1896.
Rascher Insurance Map Publishing Company (Chicago, Illinois)
Date Created:
1891
Description:
Volume II includes Como, Warren Dale, Hamline, Merriam Park, Midway, Union Park, St. Anthony Park, New Brighton. Maps are listed on numbered pages, 101 through 210, with two additional maps numbered 210a and 210b. There are a total of 56 maps. Each map is composed of two pages; each page is 69.215cm (vertical) x 5.8cm (horizontal).The contents page shows a Revision Chart written in pencil. Changes are noted by item number, date of revision and signature of the individual who entered the revision. Revisions to the maps are in the form of pieces of paper cut to the designated outline of the buildings and pasted onto the map for the needed location.There is a Key Chart to the signs used in Rascher's Maps. Various colors identify types of structures. Other signs and symbols are provided that indicate insurance related information. There is an additonal index page dated May 1896.
The Beisswenger and Johnson Grocery was located in the former Transit Hotel building. Lawrence Johnson, left, with his brother-in-law, Adoph Beisswenger, and their wives, Mable Beisswenger, center, and Rose Johnson, right, owned the store. Later the store moved across the street to the Treat Building, where it was in business until the 1960s.
Ed and Fred Beisswenger in the Beisswenger and Johnson Grocery Store in 1927. Later the store moved across the street to the Treat Building, where it was in business until the 1960s.
Bell Lumber and Pole Company was formed in 1919 to treat telephone poles and lumber. This machine is called a perforator which perforates the lumber and telephone poles to allow the preserving chemicals to penetrate.
Bell Lumber and Pole Company was formed in 1919 to treat telephone poles and lumber. The pole yards were very important to the employment and economy of New Brighton. All of the heavy work was done by horses and pole yard workers in the early years.
Bell Lumber and Pole Yards began business in 1919 treating telephone poles and lumber. The company hired many local men and is still in business today. In mid-1980s, after being declared a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Bell began the process of cleaning up the hazardous chemicals on its property, spending over $10 million to do so and also to rebuild the plant to treat poles and lumber using environmentally clean processes. This panorama view shows the pole treating plant and the large telephone poles treated in the process.
Bell Lumber and Pole Yards began business in 1919, treating telephone poles and lumber. The company hired many local men and is still in business today. In mid-1980s, after being declared a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Bell began the process of cleaning up the hazardous chemicals on its property, spending over $10 million to do so and also to rebuild the plant to treat poles and lumber using environmentally clean processes. This panorama photo shows the pole treating plant and the large telephone poles treated in the process.
Bell Lumber and Pole Yards began business in 1919, treating telephone poles and lumber. The company hired many local men and is still in business today. In mid-1980s, after being declared a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Bell began the process of cleaning up the hazardous chemicals on its property, spending over $10 million to do so and also to rebuild the plant to treat poles and lumber using environmentally clean processes. This panorama photo shows the pole treating plant and the large telephone poles treated in the process.
Bell Lumber and Pole Company was formed in 1919 to treat telephone poles and lumber. The company hired many local men. A fire in 1923 is destroyed the complex, but the company rebuilt and is still in business today.
The Belt Line Brick Company began about 1910 and operated on a 24 hours-per-day basis employing many New Brighton men. It was located east of present-day Sunnyside School. Its operation slowed up in post-World War II years as the plant became outmoded. It was dismantled in 1962.
The Belt Line Brick Company operated a plant in New Brighton beginning in 1910. They ran the business on a 24 hours-per-day basis. Its operation slowed up in post-World War II years as the plant became outmoded. It was dismantled in 1961. The brick yard employed many New Brighton men.
The Belt Line Brick Company began about 1910 and operated on a 24 hours-per-day schedule. It employed many local men. Its operation slowed down in the post-World War II years as the plant became outmoded. It was razed in 1961. John Zellie and Joe Hillyard, employees, others unidentified.
Correspondence from J. Lyman Rood, builder, to Fred L. Warner, Chairman of the library board, with bid to build a new Carnegie Library building in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, to specifications for $9650.00.
Correspondence from N.P. Fransen and Company, contractors, to the Redwood Falls Library Board, Redwood Falls, Minnesota, with a bid for new library building for $8747.00, with adding hot water $153.00, to fireproof the total would be $9627.00.
Portrait photograph of a boy wearing a Husch Brothers uniform for the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Husch Brothers was a Jewish-owned clothing manufacturer.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives