| State Information | Important Cities | State History | Important People | Industry |
| State Information
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Most northern state in the continental U.S. State Grain: Wild rice State tree: Norway Pine Capital: St. Paul State bird: common loon Size:84,8402 sq. miles Song: Hail! Minnesota Motto: Star of the North Population:4,657,758 Date of state hood:1858 Places to visit- Fort Snelling near Minneapolis, Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, Mall of America in the suburbs of Bloomington, Science Museum of Minnesota in Saint Paul |
| Important Cities
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Minneapolis(368,383) Saint Paul (272,235) Bloomington(86,335) Duluth(85,493) Rochester(70,745) |
| State
History
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8000BC-Indians begin moving into Minnesota AD1500-Dakota Indians construct homes and begin to hunt 1680-Louis Hennepin names the Falls of St. Anthony 1736-Ojibway and Dakota start fighting over land in Northern Minnesota 1803-Louisiana Purchase 1820-Fort Snelling is built 1858-Minnesota becomes the 32 state 1862-US-Dakota conflict 1873-Grasshoppers destroy crops in southwestern Minnesota 1929-Great Depression begins and farm prices fall 1989-Community recycling programs begin throughout Minnesota |
| Important People | Charles Shultz (Born
1922) Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) Halsey Hall (1898-1977) |
| Industry
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Services-56%(servicesinclude jobs in trade, community,
social,& personal services; finance, insurance,& real estate;
transportation, communication,& utilities0 Manufacturing-18% Government-15% Agriculturre-6% Construction-4% Mining-1% |