Title

The Book of Minnesota: Development, Resources, Enterprise and Beauty of the North Star State

Creation Date

1903

Description

Book titled "The Book of Minnesota: Development, Resources, Enterprise and Beauty of the North Star State". The book has hard green cloth covers and a bound spine. Stamped in gold on the front cover are the title and state seal. The book is 128 pages long and includes a title page and pull out map of the state. It includes the state's early history; images and information on officials such as Alexander Ramsey, John Pillsbury, William Washburn, John Martin, Robert McCormick, James J. Hill, Reverend Henry Whipple, and Charles Pillsbury; state topography; manufacturing; paved streets; telephone service; the University of Minnesota; lumber industry; zoos, parks and pavilions; railroads; agriculture; state government; hospitals and medical care; iron mining; fishing and hunting; brewing industry; and architecture. Handwritten on the inside front cover is "Property of Donald J. Ries/736 South Lewis St./Shakopee, Minnesota 55379/Tel. 445-1802".
Ries, Donald