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MNopedia
Raymond, Leona Evelyn (1908–1998)
A sculptor who got her start in the WPA Federal Art Project

St. Peter and St. Paul Russian Orthodox Church, Bramble
A sanctuary for Russian immigrants in Koochiching County

1975 Minneapolis Non-Discrimination Ordinance
Civil rights protection that was the first of its kind in the US

Flooding of the Red River, 1997
The eighth-costliest flood in US history

Frontenac State Park
A dramatic landscape 500 million years in the making

Flour City Ornamental Iron Works Strike, 1935
A conflict between workers and police that led to two deaths

Ulrich, Mabel S. (1876–1945)
From sex education to the Federal Writers' Project

Washburn A Mill
The birthplace of one of the biggest modern food companies in the world

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Spotlight On Schools
This Day in Minnesota History (September 13)
1900
The Chicago Electric Vehicle Company test-drives its first car, in Faribault.
1930
Duluth's municipal airport is dedicated and a crowd of 15,000 attends the ceremony and air show.
1955
Commercial production of taconite at the Reserve Mining Company's plant in Silver Bay begins. Taconite had been developed in 1919, in Babbitt, but large-scale production wasn't begun until Edward W. Davis had perfected a method to process it and the richer parts of the iron ranges had been mined out.
2015
The Hmong American Farmers Association hosts an open house to celebrate the second successful harvest from its 155-acre Vermillion Township farm.
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