Results for "Lindeke, Bill"

A concise history, featuring stories that are familiar, surprising, and sure to change the way you see Minnesota's capitol city. How did the city of St. Paul come to be where and what it is, and what does that show us about the city today? In eight place-based chapters, Bill Lindeke provides intri... Read More about St. Paul: An Urban Biography

An entertaining journey into the highs, lows, bright spots, and dark corners of the Twin Cities' most famous and infamous drinking establishments--history viewed from the barstool. In 1838, a rum trader named "Pig's Eye" Parrant built a small shack in a Mississippi bluff that became the first busin... Read More about Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities

Locked together in an affectionate sibling rivalry, Minneapolis and its twin city St.Paul are constantly growing and changing. Minneapolis-St.Paul Then and Now shows how Minnesota’s two largest cities have expanded along the banks of the Mississippi river and merged over the last 150 years. (Althoug... Read More about Minneapolis-St. Paul Then and Now®