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• Minnesota Farm Tour SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
<br /> 14 8am-1 pm
<br /> r cosy:$55 Exploring Local Foods
<br /> Agriculture is a central story in Minne- 8:30 am-12:30 pm
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<br /> sota's past,and much of what is now COST:$25
<br /> F, I t 4 the Twin Cities used to be farmland.This Explore two different aspects of the Twin
<br /> .. 't,4.-,` ,,,, y�,, tour features two farms that survived as Cities'food heritage in one morning-
<br /> WI" public resources,and just as their histo both in historic places that have been
<br /> •i, ries are different,so are their current
<br /> reimagined in creative ways.Start with
<br /> 5 I. 1' 0r '• operations.The Gibbs Farm dates to the g y s •
<br /> I 1 territorial era, but is remarkable for the breakfast,chef demonstrations,and
<br /> a chat with the founders of the Mill
<br /> i � story of Jane Gibbs and her relationships City Farmers Market,a destination for
<br /> -- with Dakota Indians—come hear their foodies set in the historic train shed of
<br /> Ijoint story as told at the Gibbs Museum
<br /> I , of Pioneer and Dakotah Life.Oliver Kelley Mill City Museum.Seasoned veterans
<br /> T I ; ill' like the irony of enjoying local,organic
<br /> was one of the founders of the National
<br /> foods in the cradle of the industrialized
<br /> Grange,and Grange members first
<br /> preserved his farmstead in the 1930s. food movement.On the way back to the
<br /> Cass Gilbert's Capitol Tour His farm is now a National Landmark conference hotel,stop at the Midtown
<br /> and living history site portraying a farm in Global Market,formerly the largest Sears
<br /> the 1860s.The tour includes lunch. Roebuck catalog distribution center, but
<br /> Tour will include a stop at Minnesota now the home of a wide variety of foods
<br /> Saloon,winner of the Twin Cities Best from recent immigrants to Minneapolis.
<br /> Burger in 2013. Note:The tour does not From Pig's Eye to Summit: St. Paul's Note:The tour does not include the cost
<br /> include the cost of food or beverages. Brewing History of food or beverages.
<br /> 1-4:30 pm
<br /> Cass Gilbert in St. Paul COST:$50 0 .�-u ,qa„
<br /> 1-4:30 pm Seek out a new go-to brew and learn
<br /> COST:$45 about St. Paul's hoppy past.This -_ `'° .„
<br /> Cass Gilbert,a prominent American three-hour bus tour features samples, ;i .>
<br /> architect whose buildings include the conversation,and a few hidden gems , * e
<br /> Woolworth Building and the Alexander of St. Paul's brewing history along the / '
<br /> Hamilton Customs House in New York, way. New breweries springing up around
<br /> started his career in St. Paul.This tour St. Paul are a powerful testament to
<br /> will focus on Gilbert's early work: homes today's fascination with the sudsy stuff,
<br /> located in the Ramsey Hill neighborhood, but German immigrant Anthony Yoerg Alexander Ramsey House
<br /> the largest historic district in the country, opened St. Paul's first brewery in 1849.
<br /> the Minnesota State Capitol,and several The tour will visit remnants of St. Paul's
<br /> buildings in downtown St. Paul. historic brewing past including the
<br /> imposing old Hamm's and Schmidt Exploring the Minnesota River
<br /> FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 breweries,which are now part of St. 8am-5 pm
<br /> Paul's aggressive adaptive reuse and COST:$75
<br /> redevelopment strategy. Note:All partici- The first major tributary of the Mississippi
<br /> Walking Tour: St. Paul's Landmarks pants must be over twenty-one and no is rich with sites that are central to the
<br /> and Parks open-toed shoes are allowed. history of the state of Minnesota.Start
<br /> 7-8:30 am your day on the river at The Landing,a
<br /> COST:$15 ' living history village depicting life from
<br /> Proceed along St. Paul's Kellogg's Blvd., .' the 1840s-1890s. From there,travel
<br /> ,, "+ �� downriver to the Sibley House Historic
<br /> which offers an expansive view of the 11
<br /> Mississippi River to Rice Park,estab-
<br /> lished +" , r - ,r'� Site in Mendota,a major center of the fir .d region's fur trade.Conclude your day
<br /> in 1849.Visit the park's lovely T with an afternoon in the area known
<br /> fountain and walk by other neighborhood i , t°i'
<br /> treasures including the Ordway Center ' ,.` -�" .� as B'dote—where the Minnesota and
<br /> for the Performing Arts,St. Paul Public {-" ?•; d Mississippi Rivers meet.Considered by
<br /> Library,James J. Hill Reference Library, many to be the place of origin for the
<br /> and the Landmark Center(formerly �.. Dakota people, it is also the place where
<br /> head-
<br /> the Federal Courthouse)where John the U.S.government set up its head
<br /> Dillinger,Creppy Karpis,and Ma Barker quarters at Fort Snelling—first to protect
<br /> and her boys were tried. y business interests in the fur trade, but
<br /> ultimately to manage settlement of the
<br /> Farmer's Market 32nd state.Visit Historic Fort Snelling
<br /> and learn not only continued page 13
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