Minneapolis Skyways

In 1962, a local real estate developer named Leslie Park and architect Ed Baker built a covered walkway over Marquette Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. Park's structure would later be known as a skyway. It was the first link in a system that later spread throughout much of the city's downtown.

Color photograph of Chaska History Center (Brinkhaus Livery Stable).

Chaska History Center (Brinkhaus Livery Stable)

View of the Chaska History Center, housed in the historic Brinkhaus Livery Stable, c.2011.

Historical Societies of Carver County

Carver County's history is documented in the records of its cities, city agencies, and government center. Schools, school districts, churches, and civic groups have archives as well. Four historical societies call Carver County home. These are the Chanhassen Historical Society, the Chaska Historical Society, the Watertown Area Historical Society, and the Willkommen Heritage and Preservation Society of Norwood Young America.

Black and white image of an artist's rendering of Jonathan Village, late 1960s or early 1970s.

"Jonathan Village"

An artist's rendering of Jonathan Village (here called Hazeltine Village), late 1960s or early 1970s.

Planned Community of Jonathan

The 1960s and 1970s were a time of rapid suburban growth. City planners were frustrated by the growing pollution, traffic, urban sprawl. One solution to these problems was the "new town" movement. Designed as planned communities, these "towns" were intended to control population growth in a systematic way. The community of Jonathan, located within the existing city of Chaska, was built according to this concept.

Black and white photograph of monument to millers killed in the Washburn A Mill explosion in 1878, Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis.

Millers' Monument (millers killed in Washburn A Mill explosion in 1878), Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis

Monument to millers killed in the Washburn A Mill explosion in 1878, Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis.

Black and white photograph of the rebuilt Washburn A Mill, 1971.

Washburn A Mill, Minneapolis

The rebuilt Washburn A Mill, 1971.

Black and white photograph of riverfront flour mills before the 1878 explosion.

Pillsbury A Mill, elevator, and surrounding buildings, flour mill row before the Washburn A Mill explosion in 1878, left to right: Washburn A Mill, Crown Mill, Empire Mill, Pillsbury B Mill, Excelsior Mill, paper mill, and Northwestern Mill

Riverfront flour mills before the 1878 explosion. Left to right: Washburn A Mill, Crown Mill, Empire Mill, Pillsbury B Mill, Excelsior Mill, paper mill, and Northwestern Mill, c.1877.

Black and white photograph of the ruins of the Pettit, Zenith, and Galaxy Mills after Washburn A Mill explosion on the Mississippi Riverfront, 1878.

Ruins of Pettit, Zenith, and Galaxy Mills after Washburn A Mill explosion, Minneapolis

Ruins of the Pettit, Zenith, and Galaxy Mills after Washburn A Mill explosion on the Mississippi Riverfront, 1878.

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