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Hennepin Avenue Bridge

Black and white, daguerreotype-style photograph of the Hennepin Avenue Bridge, c.1857.

First suspension bridge, looking toward Nicollet Island

The first suspension bridge in Minneapolis (Hennepin Avenue Bridge), looking toward Nicollet Island, c.1860.

Black and white photograph of the Hennepin Bridge from Nicollet Island, c.1868.

First suspension bridge in Minneapolis

View of the Hennepin Bridge from Nicollet Island, c.1868.

Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge

The Father Louis Hennepin Bridge was built in 1855 to take advantage of the transport possibilities provided by the Mississippi River above St. Anthony Falls. It was the first bridge built to span the Mississippi river, and made crossing its length above the Falls much easier. The rushing rapids helped to create industry on the river and spurred a population boom that made Minneapolis the most populated city in Minnesota.

View of St. Paul from the Ramsey County courthouse

Photograph taken by Benjamin Franklin Upton from the steeple of the Ramsey County Courthouse in St. Paul, 1857. The Day and Jenks drug store appears in the middle-left of the image.

Office of the St. Paul Pioneer and Democrat

Watercolor on paper of the office of the St. Paul Pioneer and Democrat newspaper as the building appeared in 1858.

Ramsey County courthouse

Oil on canvas painting (1888) by Alexis Jean Fournier of the Ramsey County courthouse in St. Paul as it appeared at the time of Ann Bilansky's trial in 1859.