| Minnesota's largest city, Minneapolis
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| | railway factory. Grain grown by farmers
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| lies on the Mississippi and is next to
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| | on the Great Plains found its way to the
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| the State capitol of St-Paul. The
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| | city's many mills by rail, and by 1905
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| combined cities are often referred to as
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| | the Minneapolis was responsible for
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| Minneapolis-St. Paul forming the 15th
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| | almost 10% of the total flour and grist
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| largest metropolitan area in the US. The
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| | output of the United States.
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| city of Minneapolis has a long and
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| | Never a city to sit on its laurels,
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| distinguished history, based on water and
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| | Minneapolis razed 40% of its buildings
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| primarily influenced by the St. Anthony
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| | comprising 25 blocks during a fervent
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| Falls.
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| | urban renewal from the early 1950s to the
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| Prior to the arrival of early European
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| | mid 1960s. That renewal has continued and
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| settlers in 1680, Dakota Sioux had free
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| | the city is now a modern metropolis with
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| reign over the lands now known as
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| | a rich history, and is home to five
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| Minneapolis. However for 140 years there
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| | Fortune 500 companies.
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| was little development in the area, it
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| | Known as the 'city of lakes' many of the
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| was not until the construction of Fort
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| | leisure activities in the area are
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| Snelling in 1825 that the area saw any
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| | water-based, with 6% of the area covered
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| significant expansion. Under pressure
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| | in lakes. It boasts a thriving art and
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| from the relentless inflow of settlers,
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| | music culture, and one of the city's
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| the Sioux sold their land forging the way
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| | claims-to-fame is that internationally
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| for the incorporation of the city of
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| | renowned rock musician Prince studied at
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| Minneapolis in 1867. Five years later
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| | the Minneapolis Dance Theatre.
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| settlers began arriving from Chicago via
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| | Professional sports are also well
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| the newly built railroad, helping to
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| | represented in the city with the NFL's
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| bolster the settlement's numbers.
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| | Vikings, baseball's major league Twins,
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| The Saint Anthony Falls, the only natural
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| | NBA's Timberwolves and the WNBA's Lynx
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| waterfall on the Mississippi, formed the
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| | all based there.
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| hub of the city. Here the timber mills
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| | Getting around downtown Minneapolis is
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| and flour mills flourished and by 1871,
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| | made easier by the Skyways, which consist
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| Minnesota boasted many thriving
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| | of seven miles of walkways linking eighty
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| businesses including iron works, other
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| | blocks. Restaurants, retailers and the
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| mills for cotton and paper, and a large
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| | occasional lobby of a downtown.
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