Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Notizen:
Wikipedia 2015:
Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is the county seat of Hennepin County, and larger of the Twin Cities, the 14th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, containing approximately 3.8 million residents. As of 2013, Minneapolis is the largest city in the state of Minnesota and 46th-largest in the United States with 400,070 residents. Minneapolis and Saint Paul anchor the second-largest economic center in the American Midwest, behind Chicago.
Minneapolis lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. The city is abundantly rich in water, with twenty lakes and wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls, many connected by parkways in the Chain of Lakes and the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. It was once the world's flour milling capital and a hub for timber, and today is the primary business center between Chicago and Seattle, with Minneapolis proper containing America's fifth-highest concentration of Fortune 500 companies. As an integral link to the global economy, Minneapolis is categorized as a global city.
Minneapolis' name is attributed to the city's first schoolteacher who combined mni, a Dakota Sioux word for water, and polis, the Greek word for city.
History:
Dakota Sioux were the region's sole residents until French explorers arrived around 1680. Nearby Fort Snelling, built in 1819 by the United States Army, spurred growth in the area. The United States government pressed the Mdewakanton band of the Dakota to sell their land, allowing people arriving from the east to settle there. The Minnesota Territorial Legislature authorized present-day Minneapolis as a town on the Mississippi's west bank in 1856. Minneapolis incorporated as a city in 1867, the year rail service began between Minneapolis and Chicago. It later joined with the east-bank city of St. Anthony in 1872.
Minneapolis grew up around Saint Anthony Falls, the highest waterfall on the Mississippi. In early years, forests in northern Minnesota were the source of a lumber industry that operated seventeen sawmills on power from the waterfall. By 1871, the west river bank had twenty-three businesses including flour mills, woolen mills, iron works, a railroad machine shop, and mills for cotton, paper, sashes, and planing wood. Due to occupational hazards of milling, six local sources of artificial limbs were competing in the prosthetics business by the 1890s. The farmers of the Great Plains grew grain that was shipped by rail to the city's thirty-four flour mills. Millers have used hydropower elsewhere since the 1st century B.C., but the results in Minneapolis between 1880 and 1930 were so remarkable the city has been described as "the greatest direct-drive waterpower center the world has ever seen."
A father of modern milling in America and founder of what became General Mills, Cadwallader C. Washburn converted his business from gristmills to truly revolutionary technology including "gradual reduction" processing by steel and porcelain roller mills which were capable of producing premium-quality pure white flour very quickly. Some ideas were developed by William Dixon Gray and some through industrial espionage from the Hungarians by William de la Barre. Charles A. Pillsbury and C.A. Pillsbury Company across the river were barely a step behind, hiring Washburn employees to immediately implement the new methods. The hard red spring wheat that grows in Minnesota became valuable ($.50 profit per barrel in 1871 increased to $4.50 in 1874) and Minnesota "patent" flour was recognized at the time as the best in the world. Not until later did consumers discover the value in the bran (which contains wheat's vitamins, minerals and fiber) that "Minneapolis... millers routinely dumped" into the Mississippi. Millers cultivated relationships with academic scientists especially at the University of Minnesota. Those scientists backed them politically on many issues, for example during the early 20th century, when health advocates in the nascent field of nutrition criticized the flour "bleaching" process. At peak production, a single mill at Washburn-Crosby made enough flour for 12 million loaves of bread each day. By 1900, 14.1 percent of America's grain was milled in Minneapolis.
Known initially as a kindly physician, Doc Ames headed the city into corruption during four terms as mayor just before 1900. The gangster Kid Cann was famous for bribery and intimidation during the 1930s and 1940s. The city made dramatic changes to rectify discrimination as early as 1886 when Martha Ripley founded Maternity Hospital for both married and unmarried mothers. When the country's fortunes turned during the Great Depression, the violent Teamsters Strike of 1934 resulted in laws acknowledging workers' rights. A lifelong civil rights activist and union supporter, mayor Hubert Humphrey helped the city establish fair employment practices and a human relations council that interceded on behalf of minorities by 1946. In the 1950s, about 1.6% of the population of Minneapolis was nonwhite. Minneapolis contended with white supremacy, participated in desegregation and the African-American civil rights movement, and in 1968 was the birthplace of the American Indian Movement.
Minneapolis was a "particularly virulent" site of anti-semitism until 1950. A hate group recruited members in the city and held meetings there around 1936 to 1938. The Jewish Free Employment Bureau tried to help victims of economic discrimination with limited success. Formed in 1948, the nonsectarian Mount Sinai Hospital was a place where Jewish physicians and health professionals could practice.
During the 1950s and 1960s, as part of urban renewal, the city razed about 200 buildings across 25 city blocks (roughly 40% of downtown), destroying the Gateway District and many buildings with notable architecture including the Metropolitan Building. Efforts to save the building failed but are credited with sparking interest in historic preservation in the state.
Treffer 1 bis 15 von 15
Nachname, Taufnamen | Geburt | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Boozier, Marlyn J. | 27 Feb 1914 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I17678 |
2 | Bowersox, Virginia Miriam | 22 Aug 1901 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I165539 |
3 | Dahl, Agnes Beatrice | 26 Jan 1915 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I12374 |
4 | Eastman, Carl John | 20 Okt 1915 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I136284 |
5 | Faul, Allen William | 29 Jan 1930 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I170354 |
6 | Faul, James Oliver | 17 Mai 1930 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I200545 |
7 | Hieb, Anthony J. | 22 Jun 1921 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I84317 |
8 | Hondo, Paul Arthur | 6 Jul 1910 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I39902 |
9 | Johnson, Arelene Thora | 30 Aug 1913 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I101322 |
10 | Johnson, Axel R. | 10 Apr 1914 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I190645 |
11 | Moore, Dorothy Louise | 6 Feb 1928 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I94928 |
12 | Raskob, Mary | 23 Nov 1890 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I239466 |
13 | Rogers, Geneieve Ingrid | 11 Okt 1936 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I30983 |
14 | Scott, Mildred | 20 Jan 1886 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I47634 |
15 | Weyrauch, Roland Aaron | 16 Jul 1905 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I94968 |
Treffer 1 bis 50 von 74
Nachname, Taufnamen | Tod | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Barry, John Joseph | Jan 1974 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I149158 |
2 | Beck, Lydia | 25 Dez 1985 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I45694 |
3 | Becker, Elizabeth | 6 Feb 1983 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I273158 |
4 | Beierle, Leoma Lilly | 10 Mrz 2003 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I94967 |
5 | Bendix, Mamie A. | 9 Okt 1991 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I246937 |
6 | Bjerke, Carl Tobi | 2 Aug 1989 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I17674 |
7 | Boozier, Marlyn J. | 20 Okt 1993 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I17678 |
8 | Bowersox, Louis Howard | 25 Dez 1923 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I165533 |
9 | Christians, George Williams | 17 Dez 1968 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I190481 |
10 | Doerr, August | 23 Dez 1983 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I56988 |
11 | Donlin, John Patrick | 9 Feb 1964 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I269214 |
12 | Dronen, Gary Willmer | 26 Aug 1982 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I109254 |
13 | Ehrmann, Anna | 23 Feb 1973 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I46256 |
14 | Ekert, Hubert Erick | 4 Apr 1986 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I279455 |
15 | Finnigan, Olive M. | 28 Nov 1973 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I213885 |
16 | Fischer, Norman | 29 Okt 1992 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I117634 |
17 | Frey, Lorraine Lorina | 27 Mai 2000 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I84306 |
18 | Frey, Steven Walter | 11 Mai 1981 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I97081 |
19 | Frey, Theodore | 19 Nov 1966 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I67577 |
20 | Graff, Theobald David | Mai 1980 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I120527 |
21 | Grenz, Gary Lee | 27 Apr 2013 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I118990 |
22 | Groß, Lydia | 24 Jan 1915 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I138518 |
23 | Grosskreutz, Alvina Henrietta | 7 Nov 1975 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I246897 |
24 | Hieb, Arthur F. | 14 Mrz 1998 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I63512 |
25 | Hieb, Karolina | 20 Mai 1985 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I63479 |
26 | Hieb, Raymond | 12 Feb 1973 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I92879 |
27 | Hoff, Michael | 14 Nov 1985 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I125521 |
28 | Hoffer, Edwin | 30 Aug 1980 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I157183 |
29 | Hofmann, Rosina | 10 Okt 1978 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I85136 |
30 | Hondo, Paul Arthur | 26 Apr 1976 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I39902 |
31 | Huber, Maynard | 16 Mrz 1973 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I85355 |
32 | Jankala, Alma Eliina | 25 Sep 1958 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I87423 |
33 | Just, Adam Karl | 17 Mai 1965 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I58675 |
34 | Kallenberger, Vernon Clyde | 2 Jun 1966 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I7816 |
35 | Kappes, Edna | 2 Jun 1979 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I95157 |
36 | Kayser, Erwin William | 18 Jul 1977 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I87890 |
37 | Kessler, Herbert Georg | 6 Nov 1987 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I39900 |
38 | Ketterling, Edward Georg | 20 Mrz 1970 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I145122 |
39 | Kirmis, Christopher Harold | 8 Jun 1974 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I29687 |
40 | Kirschenmann, Solomon | 7 Okt 1970 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I98046 |
41 | Konzen, Mayme E. | 23 Nov 1995 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I149157 |
42 | Krein, Martha Magdalina | 17 Dez 1995 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I75343 |
43 | Lindstrom, Forrest A. | 18 Jul 1969 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I246934 |
44 | Lucas, Leander William | 4 Okt 2010 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I149992 |
45 | Martel, Louisa | 20 Aug 1942 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I90879 |
46 | Mauch, Frieda Ernestine | 18 Jan 2004 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I39901 |
47 | Moe, Martha | 26 Jun 1921 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I245855 |
48 | Morrison, Charles Lindbergh | 31 Jul 2000 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I119995 |
49 | Moser, John Christian Wilhelm | 29 Jun 1976 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I108874 |
50 | Mützel, Jakob | 23 Jan 1967 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I131991 |
Treffer 1 bis 13 von 13
Nachname, Taufnamen | Beerdigung | Personen-Kennung | ||
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1 | Beierle, Leoma Lilly | 13 Mrz 2003 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I94967 |
2 | Bich, Esther Ann | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I76170 | |
3 | Bowersox, Louis Howard | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I165533 | |
4 | Bowersox, Virginia Miriam | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I165539 | |
5 | Carpenter, Adeline May - wife of | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I147660 | |
6 | Carpenter, Dean Curtis | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I147665 | |
7 | Carpenter, Lyle Frederick | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I147659 | |
8 | Frey, Hilbert Rueben | 18 Jan 2005 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I97070 |
9 | Halland, Lyle Jerome | 20 Nov 2004 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I94924 |
10 | Hertz, Dora | 14 Okt 2000 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I94921 |
11 | Monson, Arthur Oly | 9 Okt 2006 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I94927 |
12 | Sander, Grace E. | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I246935 | |
13 | Vossberg, Henry August | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | I76171 |
Treffer 1 bis 10 von 10
Familie | Eheschließung | Familien-Kennung | ||
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1 | Graf / Preszler | 15 Okt 1919 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | F80933 |
2 | Hall / Weight | 9 Feb 1954 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | F10281 |
3 | Helene / Mauch | 1956 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | F13304 |
4 | Herman / Johnson | 25 Okt 1947 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | F38449 |
5 | Perlenfein / Rogers | 7 Feb 1959 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | F10484 |
6 | Raskob / Orth | 1882 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | F83161 |
7 | Rodine / Malmberg | 24 Okt 1917 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | F28179 |
8 | Suppan / Schaefer | 1 Okt 1949 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | F11511 |
9 | Ulmer / Mahler | 3 Sep 1949 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | F11400 |
10 | Wiest / Johnson | 10 Feb 1948 | Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA | F31596 |