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One of Coyle’s biggest achievements was the 1991 passage of Minneapolis’s Domestic Partners Ordinance, which allowed same-sex and different-sex couples to register as domestic partners.
Lovelace published thirteen Betsy-Tacy books between 1940 and 1955.
The breaking of the strike cemented the power of the Minneapolis Citizens Alliance, a group of business owners who banded together to limit workers’ rights.
Argento recognized by his fourth year teaching at the University of Minnesota that Minneapolis would be his home for the rest of his life.
When George Hormel founded the company, large processors relied on centralized operations — mostly in Chicago.
The capitol construction made use of cutting-edge technology for the time, such as steam-powered hoists.
Thomas Barlow Walker worked his way through school in a number of professions before gaining knowledge of northern Minnesota forests through a tip.
Promotional materials for the book ran afoul of the Comstock Act, which made using the U.S. mail to distribute obscenity (including specifically any information about abortion) a felony.
Women Airforce Service Pilots didn’t receive recognition for their service for many years.
The area has provided clues about the lives of a group of people who remained relatively isolated from Upper Mississippi trade networks.
The building is located on the banks of Lake Bemidji in Library Park.
The incident is considered one of the most credible UFO encounters in American history.
The protesters had gathered to insist on a $17 million aid package for the unemployed.
Around 1802, George Bonga was born to an African American father and his Ojibwe wife.
Owned by an enterprising Chinese immigrant, the restaurant served classic American Chinese, authentic Chinese, and down-home American food to a broad swath of customers with humor and hospitality.
Minnesota NFO and county chapters encouraged farm communities to support each other and challenge the farm-product pricing system.
The Twins included a statue of the owner that brought the team to Minnesota in a series of memorials erected when Target Field opened in 2010. By 2020, the organization removed the statue, acknowledging Griffith’s open racism.
The Grand Portage is an ancient overland trail used by Indigenous peoples since at least the start of the first millennium CE.
Hough was described in the local press as “one of the ardent advocates of hanging.”
In 2001, the Librarian of Congress selected “Cologne” as one of twenty-five films that year for the National Film Registry, an inventory of significant American films.
