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Bigger, Taller, Faster

Bigger, Taller, Faster. Chapter 12. Flour. Lumber. Steel. Verndale 1910. Verndale 1910. Verndale 1910. Movement to the City. Advancements in farming Jobs (Lumber, Steel and Flour) St. Paul Older, More Dignified Minneapolis Newer, Boomtown – flour Census War (3:28)

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Bigger, Taller, Faster

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  1. Bigger, Taller, Faster Chapter 12

  2. Flour

  3. Lumber

  4. Steel

  5. Verndale 1910

  6. Verndale 1910

  7. Verndale 1910

  8. Movement to the City • Advancements in farming • Jobs (Lumber, Steel and Flour) • St. Paul Older, More Dignified • Minneapolis Newer, Boomtown – flour • Census War (3:28) • Duluth- Shipping from the Iron Range

  9. Noise, Hum, and Clatter 1913: Knud Wefald, State Representiative

  10. A Mass of People

  11. Research Population Today • Minneapolis • St. Paul • Duluth

  12. Minnesota Immigration (page 179) • Working Class • Not enough work on the Farm • Massed in Urban areas looking for Work • Iron Range • Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth • Swede Hollow • They Chose Minnesota (3:19)

  13. Bohemian Flats 1910

  14. Immigration In Minnesota • What countries did they come from? • What did they do? • Where did they live? • What Problems arose for the Immigrants?

  15. Building Boom • First Skyscraper : • Guaranty Loan Building • 1892 • Minneapolis • 12 Stories Tall • Building Codes • -12 stories • Lifted in 1916

  16. The Foshay Tower: 1929, 32 stories

  17. Foshay Tower as a tourist Attraction

  18. Movin’ on Up

  19. Faster Pace of Life • KnudWefald • -Towering Buildings (12 stories) • -Mostly hated the pace of life • Sidewalks Full • People everywhere • Moving about faster and faster

  20. Electric Street Cars 1889 • -8 new electric streetcars debut in Minneapolis • -Much Faster than Horse cart • -Drivers dressed up and looked straight ahead • Video

  21. Bicycles – Early 1890’s • Mobile, travel outside your neighborhood • Riders could be out of sight of family • Woman Rescue League morals.” • -Women’s Rescue League

  22. Automobile- Horseless Carriage • First seen in 1895 • By 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

  23. City Problems, City Solutions • Crowding, unhealthy, dirty, housing • Government and Private Groups step in to help

  24. Solutions Charities Helping poor families: Money, food, housing, clothing Board of Health Rules to control filth and sewer condition that spread disease and malnutrition Local Government land for parks, museums, libraries, open space

  25. Settlement Houses • Pillsbury House in Minneapolis • Neighborhood House in Minneapolis • New Immigrants • -Transition • -Feel at home Neighborhood House

  26. Good Old KnudWefald • Nothing would convince him the City was OK • By 1920 • Minnesota no longer a land of mostly farmers • Homesteadingstopped in 1918 • By late 30’s, half of population of state live in cities • Growing Pains everywhere is state • Everyone needed modern solutions

  27. Birth of a City: DULUTH • Growth Came is Spurts • Jay Cook came in 1868 only 100 people • Why did they invest? • Natural Harbor – port • Edge of a huge pine forest

  28. Cooke finds investors • Convinced them Duluth would become: • Rail and Shipping center • Wheat • Lumber • Cattle • Other products • Investors impressed and put a ton of money into Duluth

  29. Boom town in a decade - 1869 • Houses could not be built fast enough • Rail workers • Land buyers • Workers • Rail roads connected Duluth - 1871 -St. Paul -Moorhead Canal thru Minnesota Point to bring ships to Duluth not Superior

  30. Two Years Later 1873 • Hard times all over the country hit Duluth Jay Cooke and investors ran out of money Duluth 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

  31. St. Paul and Summit Ave. • Victorian

  32. Governor's Mansion

  33. St. Paul and Summit Ave. • Prairie School Home

  34. Prairie School type homes came from the Midwest

  35. Frank Lloyd Wright Home (Wadena?)

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