Strutwear Knitting Company Strike

The longest of three major labor disputes in Minneapolis between 1935 and 1936

Strutwear Knitting Company strike

Hungry Mind (bookstore)

A tiny St. Paul bookshop that grew into a regional favorite with a national reach

Hungry Mind interior

Bohemian Flats

A resilient immigrant community in Minneapolis that outlasted floods and disease

Bohemain Flats

Jun Fujita Cabin, Rainy Lake

The North Woods hideaway of an internationally renowned photographer

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Raymond, Leona Evelyn (1908–1998)

A sculptor who got her start in the WPA Federal Art Project

Evelyn Raymond, 1959

St. Peter and St. Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Bramble

A sanctuary for Russian immigrants in Koochiching County

St. Peter and St. Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Bramble

1975 Minneapolis Non-Discrimination Ordinance

Civil rights protection that was the first of its kind in the US

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Flooding of the Red River, 1997

The eighth-costliest flood in US history

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This Day in Minnesota History (October 24)

1871

A railroad line reaches Breckenridge in the Red River valley.

1988

Duluth mayor John Fedo goes on trial, charged with accepting a bribe and misusing city money. He was later acquitted.

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