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2. Goldy Gopher - Wikipedia

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   Goldy Gopher is the mascot for the University of Minnesota and the associated sports teams, known as the Golden Gophers, as well as a four-time UCA Mascot National Champion (2011, 2013, 2017, and 2018). [1]

3. Val Bjornson - Wikipedia

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   Bjornson was born in Minneota, Minnesota of Icelandic descent. [2] In World War II, he served in Navy intelligence, stationed in Iceland. [3] Besides English, he was fluent in Icelandic, Finnish, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian. [4] He was part owner of the Minneota Mascot newspaper and an associate editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. [5]

4. List of Minnesota state symbols - Wikipedia

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   The 1857 anti-railroad political cartoon that gave Minnesota the nickname "Gopher State" Minnesota has three nicknames: "Land of 10,000 Lakes", which evolved from the desire of early settlers to advertise the state's large number of lakes to attract more people; "Gopher State", which was inspired by an early political cartoon criticizing the construction of several railroads in the mid-1800s ...

5. Conan O'Brien's parents died 3 days apart. Both were Boston ...

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   Dr. Thomas O'Brien died Monday at age 95, and his wife Ruth Reardon O'Brien died at 92 years old on Thursday, according to their obituaries. They were married for 66 years and raised six children.

6. University of Minnesota - Wikipedia

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   Goldy Gopher is the mascot for the Twin Cities campus and the associated sports teams. The gopher mascot is a tradition as old as the state, which was tabbed the "Gopher State" in 1857 after a political cartoon ridiculing the $5 million railroad loan that helped open up the West. The cartoon portrayed shifty railroad barons as striped gophers ...

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8. Minneota, Minnesota - Wikipedia

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   Minneota is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,366 at the 2020 census. [3] ... City of Minneota – Official Website; Minneota ...

9. Minneota overwhelms Springfield in Class 1A for ninth state title

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   Mistakes mounted early for Minneota in the Class 1A Prep Bowl state championship rematch against Springfield. A fumble. An overthrown pass. Costly penalties. "We were a little unfortunate ...