UNTIL THEY BRING THE STREETCARS BACK –PROJECT WEBSITES

 

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mdbquery.html

Library of Congress’ document, map, and photograph database

 

http://www.mississippiheadwaters.org/

For background information about the Mississippi River, go to OldManRiver.com

 

http://www.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/portal/mn/jsp/home.do?agency=NorthStar

The "official" website for the state of Minnesota. It provides a selection of resources that should give you details, facts and figures

 

http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/netscape4.html

Links to information about state government, state symbols, Minnesota trivia, and Minnesota state history.

 

http://www.demography.state.mn.us/index.html

Information on Minnesota's population.

 

http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/

Minnesota House of Representatives

 

http://www.mnhs.org/index.html

Minnesota History Society

 

http://www.mnhs.org/school/classroom/communities/index.html

for online explorations using primary sources from the Minnesota Historical Society . Click on teachers for a large selection of lesson plans on topics including people (Ard Godfrey, John Pillsbury, Julia Nelson, etc.), occupations (milling, pottery, mining), landscapes (falls, river, iron range), and milestones (Civil War, mill explosion, dangers of mining, and many more)

 

http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/mho/mholinks.html

Web Site Links to Minnesota Historical Societies

 

http://www.mtmuseum.org/

Minnesota Transportation Museum

 

http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/

Minnesota Historical Society Photographs

 

http://home.att.net/%7ELocal_History/Minnesota.htm

Minnesota Local History <-> Genealogy Search by County, Era, or Category

 

http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Emngenweb/

Minnesota Genealogy Web Project

 

http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/mnchron.html

Minnesota Chronicle timeline

 

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/index.shtml

From Minnesota State - Mankato, this is a good site to find photos or  learn about a specific historical period. For a Minnesota history timeline, see their page Minnesota History: A Chronology

 

 

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mncultures/index.shtml

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mncultures/links.html

Brief histories of the Dakota, Lakota, Nakota, and Anishinabe.

 

http://dlwgraphics.com/mnexphd2.htm

Information on Zebulon Montgomery Pike and Stephen Harriman Long.

 

http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/hfs/history.html

From the Minnesota Historical Society, this site tells the story not only of this historic fort, but also of the development of the U.S. Northwest.

 

http://www.lareau.org/pep.html

An encyclopedia of St. Paul history.

 

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/mn_migration.html

Information on German, Swedish, and Norwegian immigrants. For data on recent immigration to Minnesota, see http://207.188.212.158/Research/Research.cfm?ID=1342&c=9

 

http://www.indians.state.mn.us/

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council Information about Minnesota Indian tribes, treaties, and resources

 

http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/u_s__states/minnesota/cities/

Information on every city or town in MN

 

http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/ City of Saint Paul’s Official Webpage

 

http://www.minneapolis.org/ City of Minneapolis’ Official Webpage

 

http://climate.umn.edu/

Information about Minnesota weather, including historical data

 

http://www.herald-journal.com/othernpprs.html

Links to all Minnesota newspapers that have online editions.

 

http://www.mnnews.com/

Links and contact information for all Minnesota newspapers, including those which do not have online editions

 

http://terraserver-usa.com/

Terra Server satellite image database

 

http://www.rchs.com/index.htm and http://www.rchs.com/neighborhoods.htm

Ramsey County Historical Society- Find historical information on St. Paul’s neighborhoods

 

http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/maps/

Saint Paul Maps

 

http://www.communitydataworks.org/

Brief, printable summaries of demographics and trends in St. Paul's 17 planning districts.

 

http://www.hmongcenter.org/   Hmong Cultural Center