november march american businessman miller publicist raised maine sea captain instead civic leader minneapolis minnesota wealthy flour miller riverside california helped build city hall popular generous man enjoyed friendships business associations remembered influential commissioner president minneapolis park board considered father park system minneapolis encouraged city work landscape architects park city built called best located best financed best designed best maintained public open space america family early life grandfather respected teacher portland maine known master descendant earliest settlers massachusetts charles fifth great grandson immigrant mother relative noted clergyman father captain visited west_indies took young far home cuba prepare life sea captain disliked ocean isolation moved chicago worked wheat successful grain trader enjoyed perfect health fell ill chicago moved doctor advice minneapolis friend helped manager supply store lumber business emily married daughter son managed businesses father emily died march remarried november daughter minneapolis participated civic affairs crazy collection constructed florence shelter protect children lost animals city draft horses known different times animal rescue league today society located near park years built home nurses near hospital riverside california lived winter flour minneapolis founded saint anthony falls mississippi_river potential energy created falling flowing water understood city geography lakes river banks able use unique aspects new home slowly build fortune joined general store specializing supplies avenue prospered years joined convert municipal building flour mill run smallest mississippi west bank district added limestone stories operated holly mill period served city government road supervisor member near north community group sold holly mill purchased galaxy mill principal owners near lake production supervised interests son took responsibility management led purchased galaxy mill beginning operated mills minneapolis early 1900s great depression northwestern holding minneapolis flour market electricity rail business associations contributed major advances infrastructure minneapolis supply electricity director railroad chief executive pray founded later group ran lines bars businesses washington avenue supplied hydroelectric central power plant thirteen years plant went line martin incorporated minneapolis known associations owned real estate director eventually today minnesota flower held july organized member founded opened acted president served president renamed rochester new_york served president vice president park board despite opposition eventually supporters january passed resolutions secure legislation create city ratified park act april natural choice appointed commission president reelected term served insisted resigning property held financial interest park board consideration achievement minneapolis end career thanks spirits founding president maine united love nature system cleveland created characterized use indigenous plants natural environment linking open spaces landmarks distance cleveland thought linked public open spaces early tenure cleveland designed chain lakes history minneapolis park system describes green space preserved minneapolis lake donations acquisitions property came early land affordable example city thought price high acres km2 land lake thirty years later sold received fans 1870s time business people wanted harness power advocated minnesota state park goal state tried failed achieve cleveland presented minneapolis convinced city preserve build city park 1890s cleveland park annexed minneapolis completed today sees visitors year named mile circles northeast minneapolis chain lakes follows mississippi_river upstream past downtown meeting held minneapolis read cleveland influence parks character children learned recruited park superintendent met minneapolis neighborhoods extend cleveland work landmark geographical features street wrapped miles picturesque city like ribbon planned playground reach children trees city home blocks park square feet resident minneapolis park assets included following parks place retired city riverside winter home riverside california constructed office block seat theater floor hosted performers times known theater destroyed fire office building leased city use city hall library jail municipal courts central community acres designed cleveland site farm dedicated renamed near final year park board president named originally office california drive building riverside bore minneapolis community stevens square neighborhood businesses carry named memory planted spruce tree memory south shore lake died home minneapolis age buried helped create near lake minneapolis declared april day dedicated plaque inscribed memorial
Charles M. Loring