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Minnesota is from a Dakota Sioux Indian word that means "cloudy water" or "sky water" and refers to local rivers.
Minnesota's official flag was adopted in 1893. The flag has a blue background. The central seal pictures a farmer plowing a field and an Indian riding a horse toward the sun. The scene is surrounded by ladyslippers, Minnesota's state flower. A red banner with yellow letters has the state motto, "L'ETOILE DU NORD," meaning "the star of the north" in French. Three dates are on the flag: 1858 (at the top), the year Minnesota became a state; 1819 (at the left), the year Fort Snelling was established; and 1893 (at the right), the year this flag was adopted. Nineteen yellow stars surround the seal on a white band; these stars symbolize that fact Minnesota was the 19th state to enter the union after the first 13. "MINNESOTA" is written in red on the white band.
10 Largest cities in Minnesota (2003): Minneapolis, 373,188; St. Paul, 280,404; Rochester, 92,507; Duluth, 85,734; Bloomington, 83,080; Plymouth, 69,164; Brooklyn Park, 67,781; Eagan, 64,006; Coon Rapids, 62,310; Burnsville, 59,805
Number of counties in Minnesota : 87
Largest county in Minnesota by population: Hennepin, 1,120,897 (2004)
Largest county in Minnesota by area: St. Louis, 6,226 sq mi.
Minnesota State Parks & Beaches: 66 (226,000 ac.)
Minnesota Land Area: 86,939 sq mi. (225,171 sq km) (12th)
Minnesota Geographic Center: In Crow Wing Co., 10 mi. SW of Brainerd
Minnesota Population: (2004 est) 5,100,958 (#21)
Following the visits of several French explorers, fur traders, and missionaries, including Jacques Marquette, Louis Joliet, and Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, the region was claimed for Louis XIV by Daniel Greysolon, Sieur Duluth, in 1679.
The U.S. acquired eastern Minnesota from Great Britain after the Revolutionary War and 20 years later bought the western part from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Much of the region was explored by U.S. Army lieutenant Zebulon M. Pike before the northern strip of Minnesota bordering Canada was ceded by Britain in 1818.
Minneapolis is the trade center of the Midwest, and the headquarters of the world's largest super-computer and grain distributor. St. Paul is the nation's biggest publisher of calendars and law books. These "twin cities" are the nation's third-largest trucking center. Duluth has the nation's largest inland harbor and now handles a significant amount of foreign trade. Rochester is home to the Mayo Clinic, a world-famous medical center.
Tourism is a major revenue producer in Minnesota, with arts, fishing,
hunting, water sports, and winter sports bringing in millions of
visitors each year. Among the most popular attractions are the St. Paul
Winter Carnival; the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, the Institute of Arts,
Walker Art Center, and Minnehaha Park, in Minneapolis; Boundary Waters
Canoe Area; Voyageurs National Park; North Shore Drive; the Minnesota
Zoological Gardens; and the state's more than 10,000 lakes.
Minnesota Agriculture: Corn, wheat, rye, alfalfa, sugar beets, butter, eggs, milk, potatoes, green peas, barley, soybeans, oats, and livestock.
Minnesota Industry: Nonelectrical machinery, fabricated metals, flour-mill products, plastics, electronic computers, scientific instruments, and processed foods. The state is also a leader in the printing and paper-products industries. A few square miles of land in the north in the Mesabi, Cuyuna, and Vermilion ranges produce more than 75% of the nation's iron ore.
Coldwell Banker Burnet
7550 France Avenue South
Edina, Minnesota 55435
952-844-6015
Real Estate in Eden Prairie, Edina, Minnetonka, Chanhassen, St. Louis
Park, Lake Minnetonka, Wayzata, Excelsior, and Hennepin County. Find
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Bruce Fagan & Associates
30345 Newlander Trail
Lindstrom, MN 55045
651-257-3465
Agent licensed in MN & WI. Free searches for your dream home through the
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The Evans Team
15252 West Freeway Drive
Forest Lake, MN 55025
651-464-5555
Specializing in single family homes, townhomes and but not limited to
condos. Several FREE real estate services, MLS Searches, determination
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