. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . from one part of the city to- CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. 43 another, and Minnetonka has, to a large degree, usurped Lake Harriets place as a picnic drive around the lake is a charming feature, and in summer it is the Mecca toward which owners ofspeedy horses turn their faces. The Lake of the Isles may properly be desig-nated as in the heart of the city, for it is nearlysurrounded with cottages and fine summer the avenues along its shores formdelightful drives
. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . from one part of the city to- CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. 43 another, and Minnetonka has, to a large degree, usurped Lake Harriets place as a picnic drive around the lake is a charming feature, and in summer it is the Mecca toward which owners ofspeedy horses turn their faces. The Lake of the Isles may properly be desig-nated as in the heart of the city, for it is nearlysurrounded with cottages and fine summer the avenues along its shores formdelightful drives. Owing to its central location,the Lake of the Isles is resorted to by throngsof people during the skating season. The motorand horse car lines go within a few blocks of it. Another point of interest within the citylimits, and within a few minutes ride of the bus-iness portion, is the spot made famous by Long-fellow. Minnehaha Falls might never be re-garded as grand, for there is seldom sufficientwater to render it such, but to one standing onthe banks below the Falls, there is something about the scene that is. Scene in Central Park. picturesque that it does notseem strange that the poet found sufficient inspiration for those beautiful gems of word paintingfamiliar to every schoolboy. On an eminence near the Falls is located the Soldiers Home, and itis truly a beautiful place, in which the battle-scarred veterans can spend their declining years. These are but a few of the thousand and one beautiful spots which environ the city of to these are the numerous boulevards and pleasant drives in and about the city. It is no doubtowing to these natural attractions that Minneapolis has come to be regarded as the city of national convention is often tedious and tiresome, but it would be a peculiar delegate who did notlook forward with anticipation of a large amount of pleasure attendant upon their annual gatherings inthis city. Owing to the attractions o
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