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Transcript of Chapter 12. Advancements in farming Jobs (Lumber, Steel and Flour) St. PaulOlder, More Dignified...
Chapter 12
Bigger, Taller, Faster
Flour
Lumber
Steel
Verndale 1910
Verndale 1910
Verndale 1910
Advancements in farmingJobs (Lumber, Steel and Flour)
St. Paul Older, More DignifiedMinneapolis Newer, Boomtown – flourCensus War (3:28)
Duluth- Shipping from the Iron Range
Movement to the City
Noise, Hum, and Clatter
1913: Knud Wefald, State Representiative
A Mass of People
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Research Population Today
Working Class
Not enough work on the FarmMassed in Urban areas looking for WorkIron RangeMinneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth
Swede HollowThey Chose Minnesota (3:19)
Minnesota Immigration (page 179)
Bohemian Flats 1910
What countries did they come from?
What did they do?
Where did they live?
What Problems arose for the Immigrants?
Immigration In Minnesota
First Skyscraper : Guaranty Loan Building1892Minneapolis
12 Stories Tall
Building Codes -12 storiesLifted in 1916
Building Boom
The Foshay Tower: 1929, 32 stories
Foshay Tower as a tourist Attraction
Movin’ on Up
Knud Wefald-Towering Buildings (12 stories)
-Mostly hated the pace of lifeSidewalks FullPeople everywhereMoving about faster and faster
Faster Pace of Life
-8 new electric streetcars debut in Minneapolis
-Much Faster than Horse cart-Drivers dressed up and looked straight
ahead
Video
Electric Street Cars 1889
Mobile, travel outside your neighborhoodRiders could be out of sight of familyWoman Rescue League morals.”
-Women’s Rescue League
Bicycles – Early 1890’s
First seen in 1895By 1905 – 125 automobiles-Very Fast and mobile
- Early Cars, silent (1:03)- the-rise-of-henry-ford
- climbing competitions, 20 mph- Riders dressed in fancy clothes- Riders needed to show better manners
Automobile- Horseless Carriage
Crowding, unhealthy, dirty, housing
Government and Private Groups step in to help
City Problems, City Solutions
CharitiesHelping poor families: Money, food, housing, clothing
Board of HealthRules to control filth and sewer condition that spread disease and malnutrition
Local Governmentland for parks, museums, libraries, open space
Solutions
Pillsbury House in MinneapolisNeighborhood House in Minneapolis
New Immigrants-Transition-Feel at home
Settlement Houses
Neighborhood House
Nothing would convince him the City was OK
By 1920Minnesota no longer a land of mostly farmersHomesteading stopped in 1918 By late 30’s, half of population of state live in
cities
Growing Pains everywhere is stateEveryone needed modern solutions
Good Old Knud Wefald
Growth Came is Spurts
Jay Cook came in 1868 only 100 people
Why did they invest?
Natural Harbor – portEdge of a huge pine forest
Birth of a City: DULUTH
Convinced them Duluth would become:Rail and Shipping center
WheatLumberCattleOther products
Investors impressed and put a ton of money into Duluth
Cooke finds investors
Houses could not be built fast enoughRail workersLand buyersWorkers
Rail roads connected Duluth - 1871-St. Paul
-Moorhead
Canal thru Minnesota Point to bring ships to Duluth not Superior
Boom town in a decade - 1869
Hard times all over the country hit DuluthJay Cooke and investors ran out of moneyDuluth First Boom over, Duluth very poor
1880’s – Another Boom from the Iron Range
City grew with shipping, lumberyards, Grain elevators
Canal built by Cooke helps hundreds of ships into port
1919 – Giant Steel Mill added. Now 3rd largest city
Two Years Later 1873
St. Paul and Summit Ave.
Victorian
Governor's Mansion
St. Paul and Summit Ave.
Prairie School Home
Prairie School type homes came from the Midwest
Frank Lloyd Wright Home (Wadena?)