{"product_id":"minnesota-history-quarterly-spring-2006-60-1","title":"Minnesota History Magazine Spring 2006 (60:1)","description":"\u003cp class=\"small\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eARTICLES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Twenty-Six Feet and No Bottom”: Surveying and Constructing the Northern Pacific Railroad\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby M. John Lubetkin\u003cbr\u003e Corruption, mismanagement, and financial panic—together with Minnesota’s wetlands, mosquitoes, and weather—spell trouble for the nation’s second planned transcontinental line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Smith and the First Minnesota Monument at Gettysburg \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eby Thomas Rice\u003cbr\u003e Who was Samuel Smith, and why is that monument on his grave in Morris?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Sisters in Toil”: St. Paul’s First Union of Garment Workers \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Mary Christine Bader\u003cbr\u003e Before Social Security, paid benefits, and the National Labor Relations Act, women battle for better wages and working conditions—for themselves and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"small\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eDEPARTMENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEyeWitness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bonnie Wilson meets a Lanesboro saloonkeeper, thanks to a local amateur photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLandMarks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Laura Weber tours a Civil War-era farmhouse, still standing within the St. Paul city limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinnesota’s Greatest Generation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e U. S. Army motion-picture cameraman Walter T. Halloran remembers the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp, as told to Randal Dietrich.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Minneapolis \u0026amp; St. Louis Railway * Women of the Northern Plains * Upper Mississippi River *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNews \u0026amp; Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisit Minnesota History at: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mnhs.org\/mnhistory\"\u003ewww.mnhs.org\/mnhistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MNHS PRESS OFFICES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41284368859316,"sku":"12030","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/6261\/8702\/products\/v60n01f.jpg?v=1645992075","url":"https:\/\/mnhs-shop-test.myshopify.com\/products\/minnesota-history-quarterly-spring-2006-60-1","provider":"mnhs_shop_test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}