Lydia Rogers was unique in the St. Louis Park community – a married woman/divorcee/widow who ran her own business and was accepted and respected by everyone. Everything she did served the community, whether it be by publishing directories, renewing license…

1967   Robin Hood Days was instituted in 1967 by the Chamber of Commerce, taking place from August 12-19. The celebration featured the crowning of Miss St. Louis Park, who was called Maid Marian. The week of civic programs and…

Thanks to Douglass K. Daniel, author of Harry Reasoner:  A Life in the News (University of Texas Press, 2007) for information about Reasoner’s life in Minnesota.   Harry spent many important years in Minneapolis. He moved there as a child…

St. Louis Park was basically started by a band of stalwart New Englanders. In came the Germans and then the Scandinavians. The population of the Park was to remain homogeneous for many years. This page outlines some of the events…

Disease has been with us throughout time, and St. Louis Park has not been immune. From the Spanish flu to smallpox to polio, all have touched the lives of Park residents. The following is a chronology of the kinds of…

The following are somewhat random facts about electricity and gas in St. Louis Park.  Please contact us if you have corrections or additions. In 1880 Thomas Edison is often credited for inventing the electric light bulb, although many other inventors…

These are just some events, local and national, that have to do with the Post Office.  Special thanks to Ben Brown for his recollections – see his memoir in Something in the Water.  Another great source is an article “Minnesota Mail…

See City Parks for more information on individual parks. In the earliest days of the Village, parks were not seen as a high priority, simply because there was so much vacant land for kids to play in. Probably the first…

St. Louis Park was and continues to be a collection of neighborhoods.  One of the oldest is Oak Hill.  It is bounded on the north by Minnetonka Blvd., on the south by Highway 7, on the east by Louisiana Ave.,…

The following is a history of Minnetonka Blvd. “the street,” if you will.  For information on the individual buildings, click here.  Please contact us with any corrections or additions. Minnetonka Blvd. is a very old road, dating back to at…