This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Familiar travel memories of American history sites and Midwest cities
The narrator and husband David revisit Virginia’s James River and its historic locks and settlements then travel with daughter Helen to Chicago and Minneapolis. They ride the Empire Builder, stay at Renaissance Depot, tour St Anthony Falls heritage, and learn Minnesota figures such as Henry Sibley and W H C Folsom while noting urban redevelopment and rail history.
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Town
Williamsburg
Yorktown
James
York Rivers
America
Chicago
Helen
Minneapolis-St.Paul
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Andy” Anderson
North Dakota
Tennessee
Minneapolis
Renaissance Depot
St. Anthony Falls
Mississippi River
Hiawatha Line
Nicollet Island
Hennepin Bridge
Minnesota Historical Society
Henry Sibley
Minnesota
Fur Company
U.s.-Dakota
W.H.C. Folsom
St. Croix Valley
Anna Loomis