First barge being loaded with corn at Farmers' Union Grain

ID: 106
This file appears in: Origins of City House

Terminal Association elevator, Upper Levee
Date: 1954

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Origins of City House

By Jim Sazevich
Farmers and their allies supported improving the river’s shipping capacity once it became clear that railroad dominance meant higher shipping rates. The Equity Co-operative Exchange was formed in 1911…