Bohemian Flats

A resilient immigrant community in Minneapolis that outlasted floods and disease

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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

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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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Frontenac State Park

A dramatic landscape 500 million years in the making

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Washburn A Mill

The birthplace of one of the biggest modern food companies in the world

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Of the 262 Minnesotans who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg as part of the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1863, only forty-seven survived. One of them was Alonzo Pickle, a ...
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The Strutwear strike was the last, least violent, and longest of three bitter labor disputes that shook Minneapolis between 1934 and 1936. It pitted the anti-union leaders of Strutwear ...

This Day in Minnesota History (October 03)

1887

Horsecars begin hauling passengers in St. Cloud.

1951

Dave Winfield is born in St. Paul. He may be the most versatile athlete the state has produced. Based on his performance at the University of Minnesota, professional teams in three different sports basketball, football, and baseball would draft him. His choice would be baseball and he would play for several teams, including the Twins, accumulating twelve all-star game appearances, 3,110 career hits, and 465 home runs. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.

1977

Rosalie Wahl is the first female justice appointed to the state supreme court.

1997

International passenger ship traffic returns to Minnesota when the Columbus, carrying a load of German passengers, visits the Duluth-Superior harbor.

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