From the National Park Service:
The Bureau of Mines was first created as the Federal Department of Mines in 1896. The conservation movement at that time envisioned a federal role in helping the Nation use its mineral resources responsibly. Concern over the waste of both human and natural resources was reflected in the President’s 1907 recommendation [...]
Over the past few years no community has been harder hit by the foreclosure crisis in the Twin Cities than the Jordan and Hawthorne communities on the north side. The four square blocks of 31st Ave N. and 6th St N are said to be the epicenter of the crisis. Since 2006, fifty-four of the [...]
I was in Shakopee, MN this afternoon and I stopped to have lunch under a bridge. The bridge apparently has been closed to vehicle traffic for a couple years now. I see the bridge was actually still open to pedestrians and is now a park. I would think a bridge in this kind of shape [...]
