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Minneapolis, Hennepin County

Well-Known Places in Minneapolis

U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Stone Arch Bridge.

Minneapolis Business Districts

• Downtown Minneapolis
• North Loop
• Nicollet Mall
• Uptown

Major Employers in Minneapolis

Target Corporation, U.S. Bancorp, Hennepin Healthcare, Wells Fargo (regional), Ameriprise Financial, Xcel Energy.

About Minneapolis, Hennepin County

Minneapolis rose on the power of Saint Anthony Falls, the Mississippi River's only natural major waterfall, to become the flour-milling capital of the world in the late 1800s. Today the City of Lakes pairs a chain of urban lakes with the world-famous Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and a music legacy defined by Prince and the First Avenue nightclub. Downtown is wrapped in nine and a half miles of enclosed skyways that let people cross the city without stepping into the Minnesota winter.

History of Minneapolis

• The territorial legislature authorized Minneapolis as a town on the Mississippi's west bank in 1856; it incorporated as a city in 1867 and merged with the neighboring city of St. Anthony in 1872.
• The city grew up around Saint Anthony Falls, the only natural waterfall on the Mississippi River, whose water power drove its mills.
• Flour milling drove explosive growth: the population went from about 13,000 in 1870 to nearly 165,000 by 1890, and flour output rose from 2 million barrels in 1880 to 15.4 million barrels roughly 30 years later.

Landmarks and Places in Minneapolis

• Saint Anthony Falls, the Mississippi's only natural waterfall, and the historic Stone Arch Bridge that crosses the river beside it.
• Mill City Museum, built in the ruins of a riverfront flour mill.

The Minneapolis Economy

• Lumber sawmills arrived first in the 1840s but were supplanted within decades by the flour mills that made the city's name.
• Downtown now clusters three professional sports venues within about a mile of each other: Target Center, Target Field, and U.S. Bank Stadium.

Community Life in Minneapolis

• Prince's legacy looms over the city, from a 100-foot downtown mural to Paisley Park, and his favorite venue First Avenue, which opened in 1981 and appeared in Purple Rain.
• First Avenue's black exterior is covered in silver stars, each bearing the name of a band or artist that has played the club or its 7th St Entry.
• The Juicy Lucy, a burger with the cheese sealed inside the beef patty, is a local signature claimed by both Matt's Bar and the 5-8 Club.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, www.mnhs.org, www.flextrades.com