Wednesday
Dec082010
A 19th Century Idea Flows Again
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 10:50AMFrom the Star Tribune:
A pair of natural Mississippi River waterfalls could be re-created where they once flowed around an island near historic Main Street in downtown Minneapolis.
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