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Workers outside the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant

Workers outside the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant, 1950s. Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant files, box 143.E.17.2F. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Window display for Twin Cities Arsenal and Federal Cartridge Corporation

Window display for Twin Cities Arsenal and Federal Cartridge Corporation, 1950s. Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant files, box 143.E.17.2F. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Soldiers marching with Twin Cities Ordnance Plant flag

Soldiers marching with Twin Cities Ordnance Plant flag, 1940s. Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant files, box 143.E.17.3B. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Employees of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP)

Employees of the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant, featured in the inaugural issue of Twin Cities Ordnance News, May 20, 1942. Left to Right: Mariano G. Carbonell, Katherine Egan, Lt. Dan E. Andrew, Margaret Lazenberry, B. Roberts, Mrs. Audre Jensen, John Jurgens, Howard Moo. Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant files, box 143.E.17.2F. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Workers on the factory line at the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant

Twin Cities Ordnance Plant workers on the factory line, 1940s. Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant files, box 143.E.17.2F. Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant

Authorized in 1941, the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) contributed to United States military efforts for more than fifty years. Economic and environmental impacts extended beyond the New Brighton/Arden Hills site into the greater Twin Cities area.

Brown, John A. (1841–1925)

John A. Brown, a Civil War veteran, settled in Cottonwood County in 1878 on land that he homesteaded near Windom. After surviving many hardships, he became one of the county’s best-known citizens and contributed significantly to its welfare and advancement.

Ojibwe boys at Mille Lacs Indian Reservation

Ojibwe boys at Mille Lacs Indian Reservation, ca. 1930.

Indian Reorganization Act in Minnesota

In 1934, the US Bureau of Indian Affairs set up a new organizational model to transform Native American tribal governments. The articulation of that model, the Indian Reorganization Act, influenced the governance systems of Native people, including Minnesota’s Ojibwe and Dakota. They now work to customize the government forms imposed upon them.

Anoka County sesquicentennial coin, 2007

Anoka County sesquicentennial coin, 2007. Designed by Bromley Printing, Inc.

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