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    MNopedia — A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events and things in Minnesota history.

    Walleye

    The state fish of Minnesota and a perennial fan favorite

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    Vietnamese Community of Minnesota

    A nonprofit organization active since 1981

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    Paul Bunyan Canoe Derby

    A 450-mile race that took place on the Mississippi River between 1940 and 1960

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    Minnesota Lynx

    The women's basketball team that won four WNBA championship titles in six years.

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    Virginia and Rainy Lake Company

    The Minnesota firm that became the world's largest white pine lumber company overnight

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    Fort Ridgely

    A US military base in Nicollet County that operated between 1853 and 1867

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    Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ (Bassett Creek)

    A waterway that flows through nine Minnesota cities

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    Stewart, Jacob Henry (1829–1884)

    A doctor, mayor, congressman, and Civil War veteran

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    Minneapolis-Moline Company

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    First Published: May 22, 2026
    Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Company was created in 1929 by a merger of Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company, Minneapolis Threshing Company, and Moline Implement Company. Together ...
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    Election of Susan Allen to the Minnesota House of Representatives, 2012

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    First Published: May 11, 2026
    In January of 2012, Susan Allen became the first Native American woman elected to serve in the Minnesota Legislature and the first openly queer/Two Spirit Native woman elected to any state ...
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    This Day in Minnesota History (June 02)

    1838

    St. Paul's founder, Pierre Parrant, builds the city's first structure, known as the whiskey seller's cabin, in Fountain Cave. Nicknamed "Pig's Eye" because one of his eyes was surrounded by a "white-ish ring," Parrant had been expelled from the Fort Snelling grounds for selling liquor. The name is also applied to the community when people begin having their mail sent to "Pig's Eye." At Father Lucien Galtier's suggestion, the town's name was changed to St. Paul on November 1, 1849.

    1924

    Congress passes a law extending citizenship to all Native Americans in the United States.

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