Featured Maps
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Maps Featuring the Saint Anthony Falls
The Falls are featured on many of the maps from our collection, including early documents of the Upper Mississippi River, geology maps, 19th century bird's-eye views of Minneapolis, and drawings created to illustrate the industrial development of the Minneapolis Milling District.
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Saint Paul Ward Maps
The changing boundaries of Saint Paul's election districts are illustrated in this series of maps published by the City Clerk's Office between 1869 and 1988.
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Minneapolis Ward Maps
The changing boundaries of Minneapolis's election districts are illustrated in this series of maps published between 1905 and 1982.
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Map showing the mill sites and water power belonging to the St. Anthony Falls Water Power Co.
This map from January 1869 shows engineer Franklin Cook's plan for a tunnel under the Saint Anthony Falls that could bring water power to Nicollet Island.
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Fosston Map
This map shows the land on the Red Lake and White Earth Indian Reservations that was scheduled to be opened to outside settlement in 1896.