40's (and 50's?) Next Week - Great Time to Experience the Minneapolis Historical Mobile Tour Smartphone App

The Minneapolis Historical Mobile Tour app is available for free for iPhones and Androids.  The upcoming forecasted warm temps present the perfect opportunity to use this app to take a self-paced tour the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood.

With this app you can walk to/bike to and learn about the 24 historical sites in this tour (see website for the list) that tell stories of the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood—what was once the town of Saint Anthony Falls—from 1849 through the early twentieth century. Historical information was drawn from Penny Petersen’s 1999 book, "Hiding in Plain Sight: Minneapolis’ First Neighborhood" and the stops on the tour correspond with the 24 bronze sculptures lining the neighborhood's 6th Avenue Gateway.

Each stop on the tour consists of a present day image of the site, the corresponding bronze sculpture, an historic image (when available), brief text and two audio recordings by an individual somehow related to the site.  Approximately 3 miles total.