The City of Little Falls is the 2nd biggest city in the state of Minnesota. It is Located on the Mississippi River, North of the Twin Cities. It wasn't as affected by the radiation compared to the rest of the northern area of MN, but was mostly abandoned after Doomsday as it wasn't supplied as well as most of the north in the beginning of Doomsday. As time progressed, the rest of the north ran out of food and clean water except for the towns on rivers as the fallout flew downstream. Food was still a problem but people began moving to Little Falls seeking sanctuary from the famine and suffering of the north. In this wave of refugees, Student Micheal Roman and his friends, who had been at the University of St. Cloud on doomsday, started tinkering with a river barge to see if they could sail down the river to the Caribbean or a stable area in the Americas. Meanwhile, a team of 3M and St Cloud Hydro Electric Plant were fixing up the Little Falls Hydroelectric plant in hopes of bringing power and warmth in the cold harsh Minnesotan winter. By 1991, the power problem was fixed as an expedition by Roman's Barge recovered the Undamaged replacement parts from the Excel Energy wear-house in St Cloud. The Power allowed the greenhouses in the City to produce more food. Before many in other northern cities thought Little Falls was another starving hell hole Until Power came back. Massive waves of migrants came to the city which was at a point where it could only sustain its population. This caused a problem as they had no plan on how to deal with this amount of population, so a few residence toke it into there own hands. 1,403 refugees died at the hand of the citizens of Little Falls, they set up a barricade on Highway 27 near Pine Creek equipped with semi-automatic weapons, given to them by national guard defectors from Camp Ripley, they asked refugee groups to turn around and if they didn't they opened fire and throw homemade bombs at the groups of refugees. By the time the reminder of the troops at Camp Ripley heard it was too late, the national guard put down the people guarding the barricade and the rest were charged with crimes against humanity and were put in prison for life in 1992. When Trade was fully opened up, The oligarchy took over beginning to abuse the people of the iron range becoming a council of rich dictators. They joined the UMC in 2003 to take advantage of more and more communities. after industrializing and producing purifiers and smelting iron, they finally had a monopoly on the economy of the Mississippi forming the Free Trade Federation to combine economies with other towns that were doing well in 2013. in late 2019, a worker's revolt removed the oligarchs for good and finally put a proper democracy and proper workers' rights in place. In 2023, The government put out a vote on Little Falls involvement in the Treaty of Fargo, It is looking like the city is going to join the USA in recent polls.
History of Little Falls[]
Little Falls is a city located in Morrison County, Minnesota. The area was originally inhabited by the Ojibwe and Dakota peoples. The first recorded European to explore the area was Father Louis Hennepin in 1680. However, it was not until 1848 that Little Falls was settled by fur traders and lumberjacks. The city was named after the falls on the Mississippi River, which were an important source of power for sawmills and other industries.
By the late 19th century, Little Falls had become a thriving commercial center, with a variety of industries including lumber, flour milling, and agriculture. The city was also home to several prominent citizens, including inventor Charles A. Lindbergh Sr., father of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh.
Economy[]
HydroMax Barge Passing through Harbor. (2018)
The economy of Little Falls is based on industry and trade from the Mississippi. It is replacing the gap in the Mississippi trade that the TCs once held. It mostly exports Iron from Grand Rapids, Water Purifiers, Lumber, Red Granite, Bullets, AntI-Fallout Chemicals, and Barges and Barge Parts and It mostly Imports Dairy Products, Coffee Beans, Oil, Warmer Weather Crops, Radios, and Electronic parts. It is the richest city in the UMC and the fastest-growing in the Mississippi Free Trade Alliance. It's made strong ties to Brainerd and St Cloud supplying them with power and factory goods. The towns downtown is filled with shops and restaurants that are found no where else in the country. They have a trucking industry and import oil from Cuba and Sending back Minnesotan iron. They have a monopoly on the northern communities using them for cheap trade and labor and not helping there economy. This is most recognizable in Grand Rapids as they use the Iron there and pay the people little to mine it and sell it to countries with no Iron. Their biggest export are water purifiers as all countries on the Mississippi below the Twin Cities water is contaminated. Thanks to technology made by a scientist who formerly worked for 3M, the filters and chemicals can uncontaminated water in a water bottle to a filter and chemicals that can clean a whole cities water.
Districts and Neighborhoods[]
Downtown- The Downtown Is mostly made up of Pre-DD buildings on Main Street and the adjustment streets. Most of the Shops lie In this district and has some of the rarest shops in Minnesota, Like a coffee shop and a Gun Store, Which are supplied by trade.
Map of the Neighborhoods And Districts of Little Falls
Midtown- Mid-town is where most of the Trade companies and shops employees live, It's a suburban neighborhood which is kinda run down and was built in the 70's before doomsday. It has power from 6AM-9PM and cold water as there is only a small amount of gas to heat water. It is a good place to live by modern standards.
Southern Little Falls- Southern Little Falls is where most of the higher classed people who own the biggest trade companies live. It is a fully restored Suburban Neighborhood, With power 24/7, Next to the hospital and the Commercial District, and is walking distance from Downtown
Uptown- Where The Merchants and Shop owner live in a more compact, eco-Friendly, community in the north of the city. It has power 6AM-9PM and hot water. It is know for its gardens, Solar power, and Feeling of community.
East Little Falls- East Little Falls is a shanty town in the East of the city with no power or electricity. It is mostly where the miners and shipbuilders live. It is made up of rundown houses and shacks and is the densest part of the city.
Poormans Village- Poormans Village is a run down pre-DD neighborhood which Is where the factory and dock workers live. It was named by the oligarchs but the population wants it to change to West Little Falls. It has 3 hours of power from 5PM-8 PM, and no running water.
Commercial District- The commercial district is where the biggest businesses in Little Falls are located. It has power during business hours and has running water. all the buildings are new built out of locally made concrete, bricks, and marble. They are built the same as early 1900's office buildings and have been powered by solar and wind power since 2020
Lindbergh Park- The nicer slum in little falls where the soup kitchens and company stores are located. It mostly populated by the shop owners and people with specialized jobs in factories. it has power during store hours and the neighborhood is mostly made up of 2 story stores built out of locally sourced marble and sandstone, Cheap concrete, And a few made with Bricks.
Little Falls Industrial District- The Industrial District is made up of 6 factories, A water purifier factory, A Weapon Factory, Two Iron Smelting facilities, A food processing plant, and a Shipbuilding yard. Most of the factories are made of bricks and imported concrete. It is where most of the jobs in the city are located with 11,290 workers or two/thirds of the jobs.
Education District- The education district includes the High School, Elementary, and Collage in the city are located within this district, which are all pre-Doomsday Buildings except for the wall surrounding the district after a disgruntled man killed seven kids during recess with a pistol. the district is also home to 2 buses, which ar two of the few working vehicles in the cities.