Minnesota: A History of the Land, Episode 4

[@dianealden9293]

I was born at Grand Rapids. Lived in Minneapolis and graduatrd from Wayzata High School and University of Minnesota many decades ago. My dad was an executive with Pillsbury for 30 years. He died in 2020 at age 102 up in Chisholm, Mn. My mom was born in Virginia, Mn. and died in 1988. Its a beautiful place or was. Dad lived a few miles from the place where the rivers run north to Hudson Bay just outside Chisholm. My entite family is buried there back at least 3 or 4 generations. The ancestors survived the 1862 Minnesota Massacre snd farmed near Little Falls, Staples, Belle Plaine, Crosby Ironton, and other places . My grandpa Alvah Alden was a lineman and eventually an electrical engineer for Minnesota Power amd Light. My uncles and aunts , parents and cousins are buried there. My brother snd sister still live there. I married a Minnesota boy who flew for Delta for 30 years. We moved south decades ago. But every time I hear the sound of a loon cry and see a field of corn or wheat or feel the fall wind on my face knowing winter is near - I think of home.

[@korybird8076]

Brainerd boy here

[@kph2858]

What year did you graduate from wayzata ?

[@larryolimb9980]

I'm 67. Born and raised in Warroad. Our house was on the river, a block from Lake of the Woods. Many great memories, l miss Minnesota. Thanks for these documentaries.

[@annettejenson69]

What a wonderful series of programs! I am 76 and have wonderful memories of visiting the museum as a child when it was on the Minneapolis campus. I loved the dioramas.

[@blakegordon6914]

Thankyou for this series on the history of Minnesota. My father was born in Tenny and the family farm was close to Wheaton. It has given me a much better understanding of the country. In about 1898 his family moved to western Canada.

[@glbaker5595]

Such a great series enjoying these immensely thank you

[@paulgemme6056]

"Only after the last tree has been cut down... Only after the last river has been poisoned... Only after the last fish has been caught... Only then, will so called civilized men, find out that money cannot be eaten!" "CREE INDIAN PROVERB"

[@lucienvandegaart3611]

Only tomorrow is how mans greed is playing out when mother nature says Ive had enough and she just lets him go extinct out of necessity. When you do the math humans havent been on earth for .0001 percent of existance. Like a flash in the pan then youre gone physically forever. Losts of spirits wondering this universe some very happy because they only were true love some never to exsist for God has no place for them and hell has been overflowing for a long time. Its evident with those who only truly love thrmselves and they sure star in government and authority trickling. Downbto the children whoi become adults. The wotld is turning its back on God and his blessimgs to think its in property money and prestige. Wrong to all you banker brains. Justnlove they neighbor and be a steward of the land water wind and fire you might last longer thanbthe next jerk

[@davegreene1198]

Those Cree were real humanitarians... until you were beaten in battle over land and either killed or worse yet, taken as a slave.

[@Ryantrock8888]

@@davegreene1198go bang your cousin

[@KyleThill]

Thank you for this and your work in the museum. In the late sixties, it was an immense joy to visit.

[@BellMuseum]

Thank you! If you're ever in the area, we hope you can visit again at our new location!

[@jeffreyhershey5754]

@@BellMuseum where is the museum located and what All is in there just pictures?

[@BellMuseum]

We're over on the Saint Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota now! g.page/BellMuseum?share

[@goonigal7758]

MN is beautiful. 3 hours of griping. Got old

[@kyled3660]

What a fantastic series! I have learned that politicians and developers suck.

[@mathiasniemeier4359]

THIS IS GREAT SHOW. IT MAKES ME ILL TO THINK, HOW PEOPLE ARE SO STUPID. WE HAVE ONLY 1 PLANET, BUT SEVERAL JOBS. My Grandparents homestead in St.james, known as THE SOUTH BRANCH AREA.IT pretty much looks the same today as yesterday. It's ALL farming except for the animals. The original house STILL BEING used. MY dad's old Lutheran school is gone now, BUT, he said GOD MADE Minnesota, FOR his PEOPLE. MY dad was a great man. So maybe THEY WERE right. Minneapolis was NOTHING like IT IS today! VERY SAD..

[@davegreene1198]

Minneapolis has been run by democrats forever. Surprised?

[@thomasfoss9963]

@@davegreene1198 There you go--- running your mouth again you sicko--- Why don't you seek professional help soon, before it's too late??

[@tootired76]

Great video. Now let's stop copper/nickel mining because it will ruin the Boundary Waters forever, hundreds of years after the mining companies went bankrupt....

[@nobrenobre1]

The well known, land of opportunities, take all you can, don't look back, and see the deflagrating after, but, continue to take what you can!

[@zack_120]

48:38- It seems the urben dept didn't foresee the problem coming during city planning?

[@kenaidog6974]

Let's dump all our waste in the greatest fresh water system on the planet. Just aweful.

[@mathiasniemeier4359]

With today population, would YOU really think people care? It's all about ME ME. ONE day SOON, I BELIEVE,we will see people will want Us.I know ,TO those people, I will say. I do not know you...Amen

[@davegreene1198]

That was the only way known to man... until we became wealthy and informed. Life was a real struggle. Let's not make the mistake of judging our ancestors by todays standards.

[@corruptduboiscountyindiana5058]

there is no mention of this pollution or the mine company on wikipedia

[@lisaabramovich7656]

Im looking for any information of the Smith family. Willis, Verona and Bonita Smith. Looking for family Stories and history.

[@corywalker9498]

Great info. But it shows you they will hunt an farm until nothing is left stupidity

[@davegreene1198]

Would you rather live in a grass hut? Move to Mexico.

[@thomasfoss9963]

Why don't you move somewhere far away jerk... Your comments are as ignorant as you are......

[@corywalker9498]

@@davegreene1198 yes

[@corywalker9498]

@@davegreene1198 not mexico but Panama yes

[@corywalker9498]

@@thomasfoss9963 stop crying

[@corywalker9498]

Pitty for adults but harsh punishment for teens. We have to rethink an stop making excuses. Or we will fail

[@3nastychildren318]

Is anyone watching this for school lol

[@johnfree2833]

Greed makes me sick....maggots stole the land

[@vogel1124]

so they were not bad ppl just ignorant....

[@scarborosasquatchstation1403]

no they were not bad people just a tad greedy to completely deplete everything around them !

[@thomaskirchoff2027]

They only had money on their minds just like now is that sustainable?you think Texans don't want water hah

[@luecha1238]

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[@dayerotth8273]

Please Stop the adds now. Why you not stop this site. KZbin No Good.

[@calcrappie8507]

Yet the sprawl largely began with court-ordered forced busing. I remember seeing all the for sale signs pop up across south Minneapolis in the early 1970s. Everyone with kids packed up and moved to the far new suburbs. They didn't stop at Hopkins, Bloomington, Crystal and Richfield etc. They went for Lakeville, Burnsville, Minnetonka, Maple Grove and beyond. All those fields, woods, prairies and wetlands paved with homes and shopping malls. Downtown Minneapolis was where we shopped and it was wonderful. Packed transit buses with shoppers and workers. There were years with fewer than 10 murders in Minneapolis back then. This is the other side of the results of leftist idealism/activism. Changed the central cities from vibrant centers of commerce into welfare supported/crime-infested zones with sprawl in the outer rings and exurbs. Treated people like pawns on a chess board.

[@trig5454]

Court -ordered forced busing largely began because of the racist infrastructure of the education and financial system which 'red lined' neighborhoods created a paucity of quality education in black areas. The nostalgic remembrance of the 1950s is a memory of Jim Crow and huge disparities in economic and educational opportunities based on race. The central problem of race based inequality of opportunity has not been adequately addressed and is still contributing to horrible outcomes among those disadvantaged. The 'pawns' on a chessboard are still being manipulated with gerrymandering and voter suppression. Leftist 'idealism/activism' actually believes the Constitutional declaration that "all 'men' are created equal" and works to create a world where that 'ideal' is expressed. PS: Great video series. A serious look at how our past created the present - warts and all.

[@EmperorOfCats]

@@trig5454 Nonsense leftist rhetoric.

[@tempestvideos9834]

The Caspian Sea is the world's largest lake. Get over it lake Superior.

[@prairiegold6870]

Lake Baikal in Russia is easily the world's largest lake.

[@tempestvideos9834]

@@prairiegold6870 Look it up my good golden grass/field/meadow/glade/lawn friend