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This index of the History section of the web site cannot include every single business or person, but we hope it will help you navigate between the pages.  Note that entries marked Something in the Water are pages that are only available in the book. 


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A

AAA Minneapolis

S. Earl Ainsworth - Something in the Water

Earl and Olga Ainsworth

Al's Bar

Al's/Brookside Barber Shop

Aldersgate Methodist Church

Ambassador Hotel

Ambassador East

Ambulance Service

American Inn

American Legion

The Ames Family

Earl Ames - Something in the Water

Amusement Parks

Anchor Inn

Anderson Cadillac

Fred G. Anderson Wallpaper and Paint

Camille Andre

Animals

Ann and Andy's Tavern

Anti-War Movement (Viet Nam)

Applequist Ice Co. - Something in the Water

Aquila Elementary School

Aretz Family (Bunny's)

Armistice Day Blizzard

Morton Arneson

Morton Arneson - From the Re-Echo

Ascension Lutheran Church

Automotive Milestones

Axel's Tuck'd Away Inn

B

Baha'is

Bais Yaakov High School

Congregation Bais Yisroel

Bally's Total Fitness

Community Band

Bandstand

Banks and Finance

W. Guy Bannister

The Bartholome(w) Family

Bass Lake

Ethel Baston Elementary School

Ethel Baston

Bert Baston

The Baston Family

Bertha Bates

Tommy Bates

Batteries Plus

Walter Beach

Beek's Pizza

Behning Hardware

Belco Elevator Fire

Park High's Bell - From the Re-Echo

Belt Line Industrial Park

Beltline Pay Dump

Beltline Pay Dump - From the Re-Echo

H.A. Bengston

Benilde-St. Margaret's High School

Louis Berkowitz (grocer)

Bernie's Park Deli

Best Western Motel

Better Government League

The Billman Family

Billman's Park Funeral Home

Michael Blodgett

B'Nai Abraham Synagogue

B'Nail Emet Synagogue

The Bolmgren Family

Bon Giorno Restaurant

Boulevard Furniture

Boy Scouts

Blanche Boyce

Dr. Glenn D. Braatz

The Bradley Family (Bradley Transfer) - Something in the Water

Braun's

Brick Block (Walker and Hamilton Buildings)

The Bridgeman Family

Brookside Antiques

Brookside Ave. Historic Houses

Brookside Civic Club

Brookside Community Church

Brookside Drug

Brookside Drug Memoir - Something in the Water

Brookside Elementary School

Brookside Market

Brookside Neighborhood

Brookside School

Brookside School Development - From the Re-Echo

Aaron Brown

Charlie Brown

Doc Brown

Doc Brown - Something in the Water

Doc Brown's Barbershop - From the Re-Echo

Henry F. Brown

Sid Brown

Sid Brown and Norman Moldestad - Something in the Water

Browndale Neighborhood

Browne Plumbing - Something in the Water

(Postwar) Building Boom

Bunny's

Buses

Business Mens' Association

Byerly's

Don Byers Memoir - Something in the Water

C

Calhoun Dairy

Calvary Worship Center

Canfield-Dietrick Lumber Yard - Something in the Water

Kid Cann

Caring Youth Program

Herbert Carleton

The Carlstrom Family - Something in the Water

Candlestick Park

Carney Company

Bertram W. Carpenter - Something in the Water

Cars and Roads

Cedar Lake Heights

Cedar Manor Elementary School

Central Junior High

Chamber of Commerce

Christian Science Church

Christie's Gas Station

Park Celebrations

City Centennial Celebration:  1986

St. Louis Park Becomes a City/City Charter

City Hall

City Managers

City Parks

Civic and Commerce Association

Civil Air Patrol

Civil Defense

Margaret and David Chatelaine (Colonial Inn)

The Chick-Inn

Children First

The Christy Family/Gas Station - Something in the Water

Citizens State/Independent Bank

City Charter - Re-Echo

Civic Milestones

Clarke Chapel

Classic Motor Company

Classical Academy

Cliff's Drive In

Joel Barber Clough

Coast to Coast Headquarters

Coast to Coast Store - Lilac Way

Cobble Crest

Cobble Crest - From the Re-Echo

The Coen Brothers

Colonial Inn

Commercial Club

Community Band

Community Center (Lake Street)

Community Center and Rec Center

Community Council

Community Fund/United Way

Community Development Tour

Community Theater

Marjorie Congdon

Cooper Theater

Cotton Club

Creosote Memoir - Virgil Neitzel - Something in the Water

Creosote Memoir - J. Frank Williams

Creosote Plant

Crime and Police

Cronstrom's Heating and Air Conditioning

Crosbie House - 4349 Brookside Ave.

Cross of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church

Cross of Glory Baptist Church

Culbertson's

Cusack and Carlson

D

Dairy Queen

Dairy Wipt

Shorty Dale

Dan Patch the Horse

Dan Pat the Railroad

Dance and Drill Teams

Dancing Lessons

Dr. Harry Darby

Herb Davis - Something in the Water

Herb Davis - From the Re-Echo

LeRoy DeBoom

Milwaukee Road Depot

Desnick Pharmacy

Dewey House

City Directories

Diseases

Docken's Store

Doctors and Dentists

Dogs

Don's Park Market

Doubletree Hotel

Downings on Hanke Avenue - Something in the Water

The Downings of "Center" - Something in the Water

The Dresser Family on Salem - Something in the Water

Downtown St. Louis Park - From the Re-Echo

Driving Ranges

Mildred Dudding - From the Re-Echo

Duff's in the Park

Duggan's

Beltline Pay Dump

Public Dumping

The Dunne Brothers and the Strikes of 1934

E

O.K. Earle

Early Park Businesses

The Echo

The Echowan

Eclipse Electric Co. - Something in the Water

Econ-o-Wash Laundry

El Patio

Elayne Galleries

Elderly Housing

Electricity

Eliot School

Employment Agencies

Harold Enestvedt

Enga Funeral Home

Engell Dairy

Esterly Harvester Company

Environmental Activities

Ethel Baston Elementary School

Evangelic Missionary Fellowship

Evangelical Free Church

Evanoff Gardens

Excelsior Amusement Park

Excelsior and Grand

Excelsior Blvd.:  Gasoline Alley

Excelsior Blvd. Historic Buildings

Historic Excelsior Blvd. - From the Re-Echo

Excelsior Quick Shop

F

Faith Assembly of God

The Falvey Family

Famous Parkites - From the Re-Echo

George Faust's Restaurant and Liquor Storium

Fern Hill Elementary School

Fern Hill Neighborhood - Something in the Water

Fern Hill Store

Russell C. Fernstrom

Mary Monica Ferris

Adolph Fine

Marshall Fine

The Finnegan Family - Something in the Water

Firemen's Carnivals

Fires and Firefighting

     North Side Fire

First Church of Christ, Scientist

First Federal Savings and Loan

First Foursquare Gospel Church

First Lutheran Church

First Ukranian Evangelical Baptist Church

Dr. Ernest Fitch (Veterinarian)

Fitch Pet Hospital - Something in the Water

Kleve J. Flakne

Frank Fleetham

The Fletcher Family - Something in the Water

Donald Fletcher - From the Re-Echo

Early Flight Milestones

Arne Fogel

Foo Chu Cafe

Ford Dealer - Highway 100

The Forsythe Family - Something in the Water

Martin Fowler

Fox and Mink Farming

Al Franken

Freeland's Grocery

Charles M. Friedheim

Thomas Friedman

The Friegang Family

Full Gospel Temple

G

Amelita Galli-Curci

Amelita Galli-Curci - Something in the Water

Gamble Skogmo

Garbage

Garden Clubs

Gasoline Alley  (Excelsior Blvd.)

Gemelus Chesed

George's in the Park

George W. Gibson

Giller Drug

Giller Liquors

Gipper's

Girl Scouts

Glen Lake County Home School

Glen Lake Sanitarium

Golden Auto Parts

Golf Memories - Something in the Water

Church of the Good Shepherd

Gopher Glass

Nate Goldstone

Golf History

Good Shepherd Church

Calvin Goodrich

George Goodrich

Goodyear Tires

M.L. Gordon Sash and Door

Grain Elevators

Grange

Gravel Pits

Gravel Pit Memoir - Something in the Water

The Grimes Family

Groves Academy

Doug Gullifer

Guthrie Theater

H

Art Hager

Halsey Hall

Halsey Hall Memoir - Something in the Water

Hamilton Building

Joseph Hamilton

Joseph Hamilton - Something in the Water

The Hanke Family

Lyle Hanks

Hansen Family Memoir - Something in the Water

George Hartmann

Marie Hartmann

Marie Hartmann - Something in the Water

Hatch Family Memoir

The Hautman Family

Hedberg-Friedheim

Hennepin County Home School

Dorothy Henry

High School - 33rd Street

High School - Walker Street

High Spirits (Band)

Highway Hobby Shop

Highway 7

Highway 12 (Roads)

Highway 12 (Buildings)

Highway 100

Highway 100 Historic Buildings

Highway 100's Roadside Parks

Min Himmelman

Peter Himmelman

The Hobart Family

Peter Hobart Elementary School

Hobby Shop (Highway)

Hockey - From the Re-Echo

Hodroff's Food Market

Agnes Hodgedon - From the Re-Echo

Hodgkinson Family Memoir - Something in the Water

Hoigaard's

Lloyd Holm

Holy Family Academy

Holy Family Catholic Church

Honeywell - From the Re-Echo

Honeywell Project

Hotels

Greg Howard

Howard's Pharmacy

Scotty Hudson

Hullaballoo Scene (Club)

Caroll Hurd

Carroll Hurd - Something in the Water

1914 Hurricane

I

Infinity

"Invasion of the Colored People" - From the Re-Echo

Sharon Isbin

Dan Israel

J

The Jackley Family

Ernie Jacobson

Japs-Olson

Jarless Spring Carriage Company

Mel Jass

Jaycees

The Jenkins Family - Something in the Water

Jennings

Jewish Community Center

Jewish Migration to St. Louis Park

Jiffy Car Wash

Esther Johnson (Yngve)

(Glenn) Johnson Lake

Harald N. Johnson (Mink Farm)

Jack Johnson (Pest House)

Dr. Reinald G. Johnson

Robert Johnson

Torval Jorvig - Something in the Water

Jorvig Park

Judd Group

Junior High

Joe Justad

K

Mark Kalman

Kay Motors

Keefe's Men's Wear

Kenesseth Israel Congregation

Kid Cann

Theodore Kidder

Kilmer Neighborhood

Klein's Market - Minnetonka Blvd.

Kmart - Highway 100

King's Inn

Knights of Columbus

Knollwood Christian Church

Knollwood Plaza/Mall

Ben Koval/Koval's Appliances

Kow Loon Chow Mein

Bud Kraehling

Kuempel Chime Clocks

L

La Miracle Dining

Mary Lahammer

Lake Conference - From the Re-Echo

Lakeland Hotel

Dorothy Hatch Langlie

Lewis M. Larson

The Laycock Family

Laycock Family Memoir - Something in the Water

League of Women Voters

Herbert P. Lefler - Lefler Loan Fund

Legislators

Lenox Neighborhood - Something in the Water

Lenox School

Dr. B. Robert Lewis

Woodfin Lewis

Library

Peter Liepke

Skip Liepke

Skip Liepke - From the Re-Echo

Lilac Lanes Cafe

Lilac Lanes Recreation Center (Bowling Alley)

Lilac Way Riding Academy

Lilac Way Shopping Center

Lincoln Del

Lincoln School

Susan Lindgren Elementary School

Liquor and Other Vices

Lithium Plant

Little League

Lloyd's Hardware

Lutheran Church of the Reformation

M

McBee Building

McCarthy's

McDonald's

McGarvey Coffee

The McGary Family

Fire Chief Omar McGary - From the Re-Echo

Phyllis McQuaid

Macedonian Evangelical Missionary Baptist Church

Maimonides High School

Manhattan Park Neighborhood - Something in the Water

Manhattan Park School

Edwin F. Martin

Martin Manufacturing Co.

Wayne P. Martin

William N. Martin

Masons

Mass Transit

A.T. Masters

Mayors

Meadowbrook Country Club

Meadowbrook Manor

Meadowbrook Medical Building

The Melbourne Family

Messianic Jewish Congregation

The Metalloy Co. (Lithium)

Methodist Hospital

Methodist Meeting House

Metropolitan Open School

MicroCenter

Charles J. Miller

Mills

Milt's Supermarket

Milwaukee Road Depot

Minneapolis Golf Club

Minneapolis Jewish Day School

Minneapolis Moline

Minnehaha Creek

Minnesota Poultry and Egg Company

Minnesota Rubber

Minnesota Rubber Memoir - Something in the Water

Minnesota Rubber - From the Re-Echo

Minnetonka Blvd. Historic Buildings

Minnetonka Blvd. (Street)

Minnetonka Park Mall

Minikahda Motor Lodge

Minikahda Vista Neighborhood

Miracle Mile Shopping Center

Miss St. Louis Park

Modern Floors

The Moldestad Family

The Moldestad Family - Something in the Water

Monitor Houses

Monitor Drill

Moscrip's Grocery

Mosquito Control

Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church

Movies

Dudley Moylan - from the Re-Echo

Music Highlights

Musicland

N

How St. Louis Park Got its Name

National Lead

National Lead - Something in the Water

Andy Nelson

Dorothea Nelson

Earnest W. Nelson

Frank Nelson - Something in the Water

New Dimensions School

Newspapers

Nordic Ware

Nordic Ware Tower

Carl Noren

North Side Neighborhood

North Side Community Church

North Side Elementary School

North Side Lutheran Church

North Side Sunday School Union

North Side Mothers Club

Northland Aluminum (Nordic Ware)

Northwest Airlines

Nurseries

Nursing Homes

O

Hugh O'Brien

Oak Hill Baptist Church

Oak Hill Neighborhood - Something in the Water

Oak Hill Neighborhood Secedes

Oak Hill School

Odd Fellows

Olfelt/Frank Lloyd Wright House

Scott Olson

Optimist Club

Norm Ornstein

Martha Ostenso

P

Palm Bakery

Andraes Papandreaeu

Park Assembly of God

Park Baptist Church

Park Bus Co. - Something in the Water

Park High

Park Hill Elementary School

Park Knoll Elementary School

Park Music Center

Park Nicollet Medical Center

Park Nicollet Medical Center - From the Re-Echo

Park Pet Hospital

Park Shores

Park Spanish Immersion School

Park Studio

Park Terrace

Park Theater

Park Theater Memoir - Something in the Water

Park Village

Parkettes

Parks and Recreation

City Parks

Parktacular

Parkview Treatment Center

Party in the Park

Jeff Passolt

Pastime Riding Arena

Patchin Appraisals

Pavek Museum of Broadcasting

Peace Presbyterian Church

Emil Pearson

The Pearson Family - Something in the Water

Peavey-Hauglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator

Peavy-Hauglin Grain Elevator - from the Re-Echo

Pentel Pontiac

Howard W. Perkins

Pest House

Peter Hobart Elementary School

Jim Petersen

Axel Peterson

Pickwick Records

Piggly Wiggly 4000 Minnetonka Blvd.

Piggly Wiggly 6312 Minnetonka Blvd.

Pizza Hut

Planning Board

Plumbing

Pockrandt Lumber Co.

Police and Crime

Polio

Pollution

Pomperettes

Hennepin County Poor Farm

Post Office

Post Office - Something in the Water

Postwar Building Boom

Power:  Gas and Electricity

Powers

The Pratt Family

Pratt School

Prest-o-Lite Company

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

Private Schools

Public Health

Frank Pucci

Purple Cigar (Club)

Q

Quadion Corporation

R

Race, Creed, and Color

Radio

Railroads

Pete Ralles

Pete Ralles - Something in the Water

Evelyn Raymond

Harry Reasoner

Rebekah Lodge

Rec Center

Recycling

Red Owl Country Store - Highway 100

Red Owl Store - Miracle Mile

Reddy Rents

Jack Reed's Drive In

Lutheran Church of the Reformation

Bob Reiss

Douglas Rees Associates

The Rees Family

Dutch Reider

Reilly Tar and Chemical (Creosote Plant)

Reiss's Restaurant

Bob Reiss

Reiss Corner - Something in the Water

The Renner Family

Renner Drilling - Something in the Water

Republic Creosoting Company

Republican Club

Resop Realtors

Reynolds Welding Supply

Eddie Rickenbacker - From the Re-Echo

Riding Stables

The Rivkin Brothers

Ritularium Society of Minneapolis

The Rixon Family

Robin Hood Days

Robinson Rubber Co.

Rock 'n' Roll in the Park

Rodgers Hydraulic

Rodgers Hydraulic - Something in the Water

Lydia Rogers

Lydia Rogers - Something in the Water

Roller Rink

Mark Rosen

Percy Ross

Rotary Club

Ruth's Toggery

S.J. Rutherford and Co.

The Rutherford Building

C.N. Ruedlinger

The Rye Family - Something in the Water

S

S. Clein

St. Dunstan's Anglican Church

St. George's Episcopal Church

St. L Loader Company

St. Louis Park Medical Center

St. Luke's Lutheran Church

Salkin and Linoff

Sand and Gravel

The Sandvig Family

Sandvig and Sandvig Accountants - Something in the Water

Dusty Sauter

Lee Savold

Gene E. Schadow

Schmitt Music

Schools

Schuler Shoes

Schussler's Mill

The Seirup Family

The Seirup Family - Something in the Water

Senior Center

Senior High

Early Senior Organizations

Sewall Family

The Sewall Family - Something in the Water

The Shaft-Pierce Shoe Company

Shalom Scripture Studies

Sheraton Park Plaza Hotel

Sharei Chesed Synagogue

Shink Drug

Shelard Park

Sheraton Park Place Hotel

Hennepin County Sheriffs

The Shinn Family

Shoppers' City

Silver Fox Farm

Sixty-Plus Club

Skippy Peanut Butter

Skippy Field - From the Re-Echo

Skunk Hollow

Smallpox

Smith Ambulance

Clara and Norwood Smith (Colonial Inn)

Snyder Drug - Miracle Mile

Snyder Electric

Sons of Norway

The Sorensen Family

Soroptomists

South Side Civic Club

Southdale Shopping Center

Spanish Flu of 1918

Spanish Immersion School

Sports

Sports and Health Club

Sportsmen's Clubs

Standard Plumbing and Heating

The Stasney Family - Something in the Water

State Legislators

Bob Stein

STEP

Irving Stern

Bruce Stillman

Stillman's Grocery

Street Names

Street Names - From the Re-Echo

Streetcars

Stone Structures (Highway 100 Roadside Parks)

Min