What to see in America . city of St. next year the village of St. Anthony was organized onthe east side of the falls, and in 1851 a little hamlet calledMinneapolis came into being on the opposite shore. Bothat length became cities, and in 1872 they consolidated underthe name of the latter. Since then Minneapolis has beenthe largest place in the state. With its magnificent waterpower it has grown into an important manufacturing center,and its location on the eastern edge of the great prairies ofMinnesota and Dakota has made it the primary wheatmarket of the world. The city has more tha
What to see in America . city of St. next year the village of St. Anthony was organized onthe east side of the falls, and in 1851 a little hamlet calledMinneapolis came into being on the opposite shore. Bothat length became cities, and in 1872 they consolidated underthe name of the latter. Since then Minneapolis has beenthe largest place in the state. With its magnificent waterpower it has grown into an important manufacturing center,and its location on the eastern edge of the great prairies ofMinnesota and Dakota has made it the primary wheatmarket of the world. The city has more than fifty grain storage elevators,with an average ca-pacity of a millionbushels each. Thetwenty-five flourmills turn out everyworking day an aver-age of over 55,000barrels — enough tofill 275 freight requires the yieldof 6,000,000 acres tosupply their annualoutput. A tiny settlementthat developedaround Parrantswhisky shanty ac-quired a name in1841, when a priestblessed a little logA Canoe Tkail chapel the people. Minnesota 263 there had built, and dedicated it to St. Paul, the apostleof the nations. The village began then to be called Landing. Since 1848 the place has been the capitalof Minnesota. It became the political and professionalcenter of the state, and it has excelled in the developmentof railway and general transportation enterprises. St. Pauland INIinneapolis are so near each other and have grown withsuch similar rapidity that they are called the Tw^in Cities.*The State Capitol cost four and one half million dollars andis embellished with works of art by some of the most notedAmerican sculptors, painters, and decorators. In the bluffsrising from the river are many caves which are used for coldstorage purposes, or in which are grown mushrooms. Themushroom industry is one in which St. Paul leads the coun-try. Somewhat eastof St. Pauls busi-ness center is IndianMounds Park. Herewere originally sixteenmounds, but archseol-ogists in their eager-ness to in
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