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How the University of Minnesota ended up operating a showboat on the Mississippi for 50 years
Finding a paddleboat wasn’t easy.
Linda A. Cameron
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For Minnesota farmers, the Roaring Twenties were anything but
Minnesota farmers’ gross cash income fell from $438 million in 1918 to $229 million in 1922. In 1932, it fell to $155 million.
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The Capitol that nobody wanted: Minnesota’s short-lived second capitol building
The second capitol, completed in 1883, served as the seat of Minnesota state government for just ten years before state officials began planning a grander, more efficient capitol.
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Minnesota’s first capitol building lasted about 30 years — until it burned down
The building was completed in 1853, four years after Minnesota became a state.
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Power to the farmer: Minnesota and the Rural Electrification Administration
The program revolutionized life in rural Minnesota and across the country.
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The making of Minnesota’s Metropolitan Stadium
Metropolitan Stadium — “the Met” — hosted Minnesota’s professional baseball, football, and soccer teams until the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome replaced it in 1981.
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Minnesota gained more than 123 million trees thanks to the Civilian Conservation Corps
Minnesota CCC projects centered mainly on forestry and state and national park projects.
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The rise and fall of Northwest Airlines
In 1926, Northwest Airways, Inc. began carrying airmail between the Twin Cities and Chicago. It would grow to become a major international carrier.
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Why the Quadriga sculpture at the state Capitol has pineapple wheels, and other fun facts
Architect Cass Gilbert commissioned Daniel Chester French, best known for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to create “The Progress of the State.”
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For thirty years, electric streetcars ruled Twin Cities streets
Ridership of the electric lines peaked in 1920 with 238 million passengers, in spite of an increase in the fare from five to six cents.