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	The Flour Mills of Minneapolis
		Minneapolis might have kept on making low grade flour to this day, Remaining an insignificant town, were it not for the investigating brain of a French savant, Joseph Perrigault, who invented the middlings purifier in 1860.
		Half the milling industry of Minneapolis was obliterated, and the whole city was appalled at the terrific efforts of a destroying agency the existence of which had hardly been suspected.
		The two chief milling firms of Minneapolis are Washburn, Crosby and Co., at the head of which is John Crosby, an associate of the late Governor, and Pillsbury and Co. the Pillsburys have also an ex-Governor of Minnesota in their firm.
	www.angelfire.com /journal/pondlilymill/smalley.html (5249 words)

	Minneapolis Millers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Millers were managed from 1924-1931 by Michael Joseph Kelly, one of the great figures of American Association history.
		In the 19th century a different Minneapolis Millers were part of the Western League.
		They are also various incarnations of minor league hockey teams spanning from 1925-1963, including a 1963 Turner Cup winner in the International Hockey League.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minneapolis_Millers (245 words)

	A History of Minneapolis: Professional Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Minneapolis Millers were the city's source of baseball pride until the Minnesota Twins moved to the area in 1961.
		The Park was home to the Minneapolis Millers from 1896 to 1956, and the Minneapolis Millerettes in the 1940's.
		While Minneapolis had a couple of different teams in the National Football League in the 1920s and early 1930s, it wasn't until the mid-1940s that major league sports really arrived in the area.
	www.mpls.lib.mn.us /demo/histm/sp2.asp (1220 words)

	Minneapolis Millers
		The Minneapolis Millers were a minor-league baseball team that played prior to the arrival of the Twins in Minnesota.
		In 1884 the Millers began playing in the Northwestern League, which consisted of eight teams in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Minnesota, which, besides Minneapolis, was represented by teams in St. Paul, Stillwater, and, later in the season, Winona.
		This is because he was with Minneapolis in 1959 only during the playoffs, and post-season records in the minor leagues are normally not shown in a player’s career records.
	stewthornley.net /millers.html (416 words)

	Minnesota Twins : History : Minnesota Baseball History
		The Millers lasted a year longer than the Saints but were among four teams dropped from the league when Johnson finally reached his goal, turning the Western League (by this time renamed the American League) into a major league in 1901.
		Both the Minneapolis Millers and St. Paul Saints became charter members in a new minor league, the American Association, that began in 1902.
		For Minneapolis, the honor roll includes Rube Waddell, one of the top southpaw’s in baseball in the first part of the 20th century, who pitched for the Millers in the American Association in 1911 and 1912 (as well as briefly in 1913 for the Minneapolis team in the Northern League in 1913).
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/min/history/minnesota_baseball_history.jsp (5886 words)

	Minneapolis Millers vs. Havana Sugar Kings
		The Millers, a Boston Red Sox farm team managed by Gene Mauch, were the defending Junior World Series champions, and were making their third appearance in the minor-league classic in the last five years.
		Minneapolis was bolstered by the recent addition of a young second baseman named Carl Yastrzemski, who had joined the team during the Association playoffs.
		The first three games were to be played in the Millers’ home park, but a premature blast of wintry weather brought an early close to their end of the series.
	stewthornley.net /millers_havana.html (1772 words)

	Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission Metrodome : Metrodome History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bloomington's Metropolitan Stadium was built for the Minneapolis Millers minor league baseball team in 1956.
		Minneapolis Mayor Charles Stenvig promised to vote down the dome proposal (although many said he actually supported the project).
		Minneapolis became a competitor in the battle to be selected as the stadium site.
	www.msfc.com /ann_history.cfm (2476 words)

	Lydon Chapter 1
		The village of Minneapolis outgrew St, Anthony and in 1872, with a population of 12,000, the villages were merged to form the city of Minneapolis.
		It was felt that Minneapolis was at the mercy of Chicago, as all rail routes to the east passed through that city and the railway companies were influenced more by the demands of the larger city than the needs of the smaller.
		Even with the lake competition, the millers were faced with high rates and particularly for fast freights and for all freights in the winter, they were at a disadvantage.
	www.pchswi.org /RRWEB/wiscentral/lyden/chap1.html (2928 words)

	Minneapolis Millers -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Minneapolis Millers were a professional (Click link for more info and facts about minor league baseball) minor league baseball team that played in (Click link for more info and facts about Minneapolis, Minnesota) Minneapolis, Minnesota until 1960.
		The 1994 Millers played as part of the (Click link for more info and facts about Great Central League) Great Central League.
		They are also various incarnations of minor league hockey teams spanning from 1925-1963, including a 1963 (Click link for more info and facts about Turner Cup) Turner Cup winner in the (Click link for more info and facts about International Hockey League) International Hockey League.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/minneapolis_millers.htm (307 words)

	BallparkTour - Former ballparks of Minnesota
		To account for the additional $1.3 million, 50 Minneapolis businessmen put their markers out in the community and produced the dough.
		Ground was broken on June 20, 1955, but not before a farmer named Paul Gerhardt, who had grown onions, melons and sweet corn on the 50-acre parcel he was selling to the committee, lined up his farm machinery as a barricade along what would become the first-base line.
		After five years of negotiations between the Minneapolis Baseball Committee and the Griffiths, the American League voted on Oct. 26, 1960, to award an expansion franchise to Los Angeles, move the Senators to Minnesota and replace the Senators with another expansion franchise.
	www.ballparktour.com /Former_Minnesota.html (1984 words)

	Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission Metrodome : History : Nicollet Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1955, the year before its razing, Nicollet Park saw the old Minneapolis Millers win their first and only Little World Series in the final game played in the cozy matchbox.
		The Millers were perhaps as well known for their rhubarbs as their home runs.
		In the Little World Series of 1955, the Miller pitching hero was big Allan Worthington, who won three games and saved the final and last game for the Millers in a harbinger of the relief role he was to play with the Twins a decade later.
	www.msfc.com /ann_before_nicollet_park.cfm (2129 words)

	Old C.H.L. Minneapolis Bruins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Minneapolis Bruins were one of the original five teams to enter the newly formed C.P.H.L..
		Minneapolis had been without a professional team for 13 years since the Minneapolis Millers were part of the United States Hockey League in 1950.
		The Minneapolis franchise will be operated locally by three dedicated hockey fans: Walter Bush Jr., attorney with a long association with amateur hockey which includes manager of the 1964 United States Olympic hockey team.
	pages.prodigy.net /oldchl/bruins.htm (252 words)

	Wheat Farms, Flour Mills, and Railroads --Reading 3
		In the late 1880s, the Minneapolis millers were looking for better rail connections with the wheat growing areas in the west.
		In 1880, agreement was reached that Hill would build new facilities in Minneapolis, including a new passenger station, and share them with all the railroads serving the city.
		The new Minneapolis Union Railway, with Hill serving as president, built a new stone arch bridge across the Mississippi.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/106wheat/106facts3.htm (746 words)

	Minneapolis Local Guide, Minneapolis Hotels, Minneapolis Real Estate-Areaguides.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Some people from St. Paul may say that Minneapolis is a den of vice, whereas people from Minneapolis may think of St. Paul as being too quiet, with its empty nighttime sidewalks.
		You then will be able to view Relocation Information in Minneapolis, Minnesota by category which include Minneapolis real estate, find a realtor, Minneapolis, Minnesota mortgages, title companies, Minneapolis apartments, find a roommate, appraisal, Minneapolis home builders and property management.
		If you're looking for Minneapolis Information you may want to visit the community info section, Minneapolis newspapers, libraries, religion, school section and the social service link for Minneapolis Minnesota.
	minneapolismn.areaguides.net (657 words)

	Home of the Minneapolis Millers of the United States Retro League
		The Millers first win came in game six against fellow expansion club, the Greeley Gophers when Dick Drago threw a messy 8 hit shutout.
		The Millers showed some improvement in their second season.
		Pitcher Vida Blue was selected in the first round of the draft (3rd overall) and is expected to lead the pitching staff despite his rookie status.
	www.angelfire.com /retro2/minneapolismillers (905 words)

	minneapolis lakers and other minneapolis related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Minneapolis Lakers Minneapolis Lakers The 1947-48 Lakers Compiled by Stew Thornley Author of Basketball’s Original Dynasty: The History of the Lakers Professional basketball first came to Minnesota in...
		Minneapolis Lakers Minneapolis Lakers vs. Harlem Globetrotters By Stew Thornley Author of Basketball’s Original Dynasty: The History of the Lakers The Minneapolis Lakers and Harlem Globetrotters were two...
		History of the Los Angeles Lakers The original Minneapolis Lakers were one of the dominant teams of the fledgling NBA, as well as its predecessors the National Basketball League and the Basketball...
	www.nethorde.com /minneapolis/minneapolis-lakers.html (351 words)

	Minneapolis Millers Baseball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Millers are getting ready to head south for their annual trip to the Roy Hobbs World Series in Fort Myers, Florida but hurricane Wilma isn't making the trip easy.
		The Millers are a group of guys that play summer baseball for a variety of teams in the Twin Cities metro area.
		The old Millers team played in the American Association from 1902 to 1960 and spent most of their tenure with the Red Sox and Giants organizations.
	www.millersbaseball.com (470 words)

	Minneapolis Millers Individual Statistics-1951-1960
		The Millers defeated Denver and Omaha in the American Association playoffs to advance to the Junior World Series, in which they defeated the Rochester Red Wings of the International League, 4 games to 3.
		The Millers defeated Wichita and Denver in the American Association playoffs to advance to the Junior World Series, in which they defeated the Montreal Royals of the International League, 4 games to 0.
		The Millers defeated Omaha and Fort Worth in the American Association playoffs to advance to the Junior World Series, in which they lost to the Havana Sugar Kings of the International League, 4 games to 3.
	www.stewthornley.net /millers_1951_1960.html (513 words)

	Minneapolis Baseball History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Author of On to Nicollet: The Glory and Fame of the Minneapolis Millers...
		The Minneapolis Millers were the city's source of baseball pride until the Minnesota...
		During their entire history, the Millers had 15 players who eventually ended...
	www.baseballdirectory.co.uk /dir/minneapolis-baseball-history.html (338 words)

	Minneapolis, United States - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A Minneapolis woman was charged Monday in the malnourishment death of her 2-month-old son, who weighed less at death than at birth, prosecutors said.
		Minneapolis police chief William McManus says a fatal shooting in north Minneapolis Monday morning does not appear to be random and may have been drug-related.
		Minneapolis (AP) The family of a 15-year-old girl who died nearly a decade after a fire left her with brain damage and in a wheelchair are frustrated by...
	www.4newz.net /world/am/Minneapolis.html (7814 words)

	A History of Minneapolis: Sports: Resources
		Hopkins, MN : R. Bernstein; Minneapolis, MN : Distributed by The Bookmen, c1997.
		Minneapolis: Nordin Press: Dristributed by The Bookem, c1999.
		Newspaper clippings file from daily presses on City of Minneapolis, majority of clippings from the early 1970s to mid 1990s.
	www.mpls.lib.mn.us /history/spresources.asp (247 words)

	NealKarlen.com: Articles > Stranded On Third
		Ballplayers were already calling the major leagues The Show when the New York Giants signed him in 1949, and sent him to their best team in the minors, the Minneapolis Millers, for what everyone thought would be a brief tune-up.
		Dandridge didn’t mind when he was asked to make a whistle-stop in Minneapolis on his way to the Polo Grounds; after all, even the Brooklyn Dodgers had sent Jackie Robinson to the bush leagues for a year before bringing him up to Ebbets Field in 1947 to integrate America’s so-called National Pastime.
		It didn’t matter that during those years in Minneapolis he posted the prodigious statistics everyone had expected, that he thrilled fans with his vaunted fielding and batting talents, that he was named the American Association’s Rookie of the Year, and its Most Valuable Player, and that he led Minneapolis to the league championship.
	www.nealkarlen.com /articles/misc/stranded3rd.shtml (2375 words)

	MCW News
		It lacked parking facilities; the dressing rooms housed termites and were barely heated; the bleachers delivered slivers to the unwary; and the press had to stand up and lean forward to see the field from the press box.
		For Millers fans, baseball at the Park was always fine, even during losing seasons, and every now and again, the baseball was transcendent.
		The Millers played their last season at Nicollet Park in 1955 before relocating to the newly built Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington.
	www.midtowncommunityworks.org /mcwnewsurbanrene.html (1329 words)

	Bill Millers Bbq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Barnes Lake-Millers Lake, Michigan 1: '''Barnes Lake-Millers Lake''' is an unincorporated area within De 3: tween the lakes, with Barnes Lake on the east and Millers Lake on the west.
		Millers Creek, North Carolina 1: '''Millers Creek''' is a census-designated place located 4: 3: re major leaguers who played for the Millers.
		The Millers won nine pennants in the Association from 1902] 5: the Saints were resurrected in the mid-1990s; the Millers folded after one season (1994) but the Saints sur
	www.daikaiju.com /edge/39667-bill%20millers%20bbq.html (710 words)

	Metropolitan Stadium
		Metropolitan Stadium was built on a farm in 1956 for the American Association Minneapolis Millers.
		The owner of the New York Giants (the parent team of the Millers) was quote as saying that the Met "is the finest minor league park in the country, and there are not two in the majors that are better."
		In 1961, when the Washington Senators moved in and became the Twins, permanent bleachers were added along the left field line, a temporary bleacher was installed in left field and the first and second decks were extended down the right field line.
	www.ballparks.com /baseball/american/metrop.htm (555 words)

	Minneapolis Millers - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Minneapolis Millers - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Minneapolis Millers contains research on
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Minneapolis_Millers (231 words)

	Rob Neyer
		Russell spent most of 1919 in the American Association, with the Minneapolis Millers.
		Still with Minneapolis in 1920, Russell played in only eighty-five games (including three mound appearances), but batted.339 with pretty good power.
		At the time of his purchase, Russell had played seventy-seven games with Minneapolis and was batting.331 with seventeen doubles, eight triples, seventeen home runs, forty-one walks, and sixty-three runs responsible for (i.e.
	www.robneyer.com /book_03_CHA.html (1691 words)

	Mill City: New museum recalls the flour-milling history of Minneapolis
		The walls themselves are revealing, from the uneven sandstone brick of the original 1878 building to the smoother, yellow brick used to fill in windows decades later.
		For half a century, from 1880 until the Great Depression, Minneapolis was a flour-milling giant — the Silicon Valley of its age.
		The Washburn-Crosby mill — once the world's largest flour mill, and part of what was to become General Mills — burned in 1991, but the Minneapolis Community Development Agency, persuaded by Meyer and other preservationists, spared it from demolition.
	web.naplesnews.com /03/06/travel/d780272a.htm (912 words)

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