Via David Rumsey’s great website, here’s a fun map you can check out from 1897, a colorful atlas view of the Twin Cities during the early heyday of streetcars.

The overview:

Here’s the close-up of the downtown areas:

It’s fun to Imagine all the farmland that surrounded the streetcar lines that had just been laid out through the southern parts of both cities.

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