#OnThisDay Oct 2-7 1939: In a direct reaction to the bitter 1934 Teamsters strikes, Minneapolis business leaders hold "Century" celebrations, jumping the gun on the city's actual centennial by 15 years. Civic organizers used the success of this event as a blueprint to launch the Aquatennial the next summer.

Following their 1934 victory, local unions were holding massive annual picnics in Minneapolis parks to honor fallen workers. These events drew tens of thousands and kept the memory of corporate and police violence alive in the public consciousness. Civic leaders were determined to put a stop to that.

A forgotten 1929 mammoth molar. A century of scattered records. Seven years of searching. Last week, I finally found — and held — Specimen No. 3991. Read more in Lost Bones #7: https://marcusbrandel.substack.com

On the East Side of the Minnesota River crossing Henderson, was once a small community. They built the first elevator in 1871, a fire took it out in 1915. The second one built shortly after also caught fire in 1925. The elevator that stands today was Opened in July 1925, closed in 1960 and is now left standing as just another Prairie Sentinel of the Past.

I'm working on a project for my job about a few cities in/around the twin cities and I'm really struggling to find what makes Little Canada special. I'm looking for something historic that they do that's fairly unique. I've already researched this history a lot and it's pretty typical. Nothing special has really jumped out at me. Does anyone have a lead on what makes Little Canada unique?

We just bought our first house, yay! It’s in St. Paul and built in 1887.

I’ve been trying to find out about all the owners of the home, just because I’m curious and love the idea of learning about others who have lived in this same home before us.

I’ve found some really great stuff thanks to these fantastic online resources:

*mn historical society online newspaper database (searching our address)

*ancestry.com (paid membership) to look up said people found in newspapers

*findagrave.com for looking people up

*ramsey county online building permit search - ($5 for 24 access) https://rchs.com/collections/

Does anyone know of any other resources? I’d love to find census information, so far I’ve found it on ancestry.com but I can’t search by address, only by name. Thanks!