John Anfinson

3 Collection Items

• Nature sanctuary blends early local history

  MPR’s Dan Olson reports on the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary on the edge of downtown St. Paul. The land occupies an area that used to be the home of Native Americans, and Dakota want to reclaim Wakan Tipi, a cave they consider a sacred site.

  Oct. 9, 2006Save
• John Anfinson on historical Mississippi River photographs

  MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews Mississippi River researcher and historian John Anfinson about the photographs of Henry Peter Bosse, who captured images of the waterway during the 1880s.

  Aug. 23, 19916 minSave
• Rare photo find by Army Corps

  MPR’s Tom Meersman reports on local find of over a hundred Henry Peter Bosse photographs found in a captain’s desk of a dredge.

  Jul. 12, 19914 minSave