Thanks for this fascinating journey! My family moved-from Duluth to South Minneapolis in 1956 so we totally missed the street car era. After seeing the Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, I signed up for a walking tour through Preserve Minneapolis. Though the cemetery was officially closed for new burials in 1919 there have been a few since then. The most recent burial was in 2021 of John Walter Ferman who held a deed from 1897. I have incorporated a visit to the Holmes and Lagoon street car shelter in a ride I am leading for a seniors bike group. Amazing it survived all these years.
Wonderful post. What are the contraptions mounted on the front of the street cars used for? Is it a safety device to keep pedestrians back? Maybe something to haul bicycles on?
Fascinating! I didn't know about the bath house.
Thanks for this fascinating journey! My family moved-from Duluth to South Minneapolis in 1956 so we totally missed the street car era. After seeing the Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery, I signed up for a walking tour through Preserve Minneapolis. Though the cemetery was officially closed for new burials in 1919 there have been a few since then. The most recent burial was in 2021 of John Walter Ferman who held a deed from 1897.
I have incorporated a visit to the Holmes and Lagoon street car shelter in a ride I am leading for a seniors bike group. Amazing it survived all these years.
Miss the days of the Lake Street Sears
Remember how the busses would crawl across the old Lake St bridge restricted to 10 mph thinking the bridge could collapse any minute
Ate at “The Embers” on East lake street 1980-81. Great times when I was young
Crazy the #17 bus still has the same route
Wonderful post. What are the contraptions mounted on the front of the street cars used for? Is it a safety device to keep pedestrians back? Maybe something to haul bicycles on?
I have a grandma that is buried in that cemetery. Mare S.