Minneapolis, the largest city of Minnesota, stands on both sides of the Mississippi. The Falls of St Anthony, with a perpendicular descent of 16 feet, afford a water-power which has been a chief source of the city's prosperity. The streets are wide and handsome, and there are beautiful public parks. Notable buildings are the masonic hall, the post-office, the Exposition Building, and the Guarantee Loan edifice. This last is twelve stories high, built of granite and sandstone; it contains 400 offices, and on the roof is a garden where concerts are given. The state university here has nearly four thousand students of both sexes. There is a public library of over 150,000 volumes. The lumber and flour mills of Minneapolis, which dates only from 1838, are among the largest in the country. Pop. (1870) 13,066; (1880) 46,887; (1900) 202,718, many of them Scandinavians. - Five miles by rail SE. of Minneapolis are the Falls of Minnehaha (' Laughing Water'), celebrated in Longfellow's Hiawatha.