City of Minneapolis

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Excerpt from City of Minneapolis: A Review of Her Growing Industries and Commercial Development, Historical and Descriptive, Prominent Places and People and Local ReminiscencesThe first real estate transfer in Minneapolis occurred in 1838. In the fall of that year there were only two houses at the falls, one being the old government house, built in 1822, on the west side, and the other Mr. Steele's log house, which stood on the east side, and for some years after this, all the real estate operations were confined to St. Anthony, on the east side of the river. In 1845, the settlement contained a scattered and mixed population of about fifty persons, but the most valuable portion of the property, including the falls, belonged _to Mr. Steele. In 1847 Charles Wilson arrived and settled in St. Anthony, and in June, of the same year, came Wm. A. Cheever, and through his negotiation a sale was made by Steele to Caleb Cushing and other eastern parties, of his nine-tenths interest in'the water power of the falls, they paying him therefor. Thus, then, was formed the nucleus of the world's great milling center.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.