Excerpt from Suggestions for a System of Parks and Parkways, for the City of Minneapolis The growth of Minneapolis and St. Paul into one great metropolis is as certain as the existence of the vast wealth now lying latent in the regions beyond, awaiting the development which will be wrought by the peaceful hosts of emigrants who are daily pouring through your streets and marching onward to its conquest. N 0 one can study the question and make himself familiar with the resources which are thus being opened without being impressed with his own inadequacy to grasp the conception it awakens in his mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.