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Minnesota's settlement and organization were influenced by three factors: force, as it was conquered by European powers and later the United States; accident, as some European settlers arrived following the fur trade and American civilians drifted into the territory seeking opportunities; and choice, as the American settlers in the territory decided to establish a civil society.
One of those original counties, Benton, had its southern section partitioned off on February 25, 1856, to form a new county. It was named Sherburne, to recognize Moses Sherburne (1808-1868), a prominent area attorney, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Minnesota Territory (1853-1857), who retired to the county and spent his final ...
Alexander Ramsey (1815–1903), first governor of Minnesota Territory (1849–1853) 536,075: 155.78 sq mi (403 km 2) Red Lake County: 125: Red Lake Falls: 1896: Polk County: Red Lake River, a river that flows through Minnesota. 3,911: 432.43 sq mi (1,120 km 2) Redwood County: 127: Redwood Falls: 1862: Brown County: Redwood River, a river that ...
Minnesota statute 1.141 states that "The design of the state flag as certified in the report of the State Emblems Redesign Commission... is adopted as the official state flag." [8] The text of the law defers the details of the current flag's appearance and design to the Commission's report, which was dated January 1, 2024. [9]
The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota.Also known by its slogan, "The Great Minnesota Get-Together", it is the largest state fair in the United States by average daily attendance [2] and the second-largest state fair in the United States by total attendance, [3] trailing only the State Fair of Texas, which generally runs twice as long as the Minnesota State ...
Cooperative Television Association of Southern Minnesota 5.4 Antenna TV: 5.6 This TV: 9.2 K34NU-D (WFTC Translator) Ind. FOX 9 Plus: 9.3 Movies! Cooperative Television Association of Southern Minnesota 9.1 FOX: 11.4 K19HZ-D (KARE Translator) NBC: KARE 11: 11.5 Court TV: Cooperative Television Association of Southern Minnesota 11.6 True Crime ...
Some students attend public schools in other districts chosen by their families under Minnesota's open enrollment statute. [8] Golden Valley High School was founded in 1957, and the adjacent Golden Valley Middle School opened in 1964. [9] Both closed in the early 1980s after the Golden Valley School District merged with the Hopkins School District.