Friday, January 09, 2015

Minneapolis History


If you have ever visited Minnesota, you will quickly learn that the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, are very different.  The early milling industry that flourished along the Mississippi became the signature business of Minneapolis.

The Gold Medal Flour sign still shines at night atop the grain elevator. Across the river, the former competitor Pillsbury A Mill is topped with a sign reading "Pillsbury's Best Flour."

10 comments:

  1. I haven't been there, and Di not know that. I use Gold Medal all the time.

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  2. We went on a road trip around Lake Superior when I was a kid and I remember your city as being very beautiful!

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  3. Dueling flour companies! That's what we call "Flour Power"!

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  4. It's an impressive looking structure!

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  5. Gold Medal was a staple of my childhood.

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  6. That's neat to see!

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  7. Great piece of history. Love the sign.

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  8. That is an impressive industrial building!

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  9. I agree with Lowell. The flour of my youth and still is when I am in the US.

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