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  2. History of Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    The history of the U.S. state of Minnesota is shaped by its original Native American residents, European exploration and settlement, and the emergence of industries made possible by the state's natural resources. Early economic growth was based on fur trading, logging, milling and farming, and later through railroads and iron mining.

  3. Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Minnesota produces ethanol fuel and is the first to mandate its use, a 10% mix . [116] In 2019 there were more than 411 service stations supplying E85 fuel, comprising 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. [117] A 2% biodiesel blend has been required in diesel fuel since 2005. Minnesota is ranked in the top ten for wind energy production.

  4. Glacial history of Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    The glacial history of Minnesota is most defined since the onset of the last glacial period, which ended some 10,000 years ago. Within the last million years, most of the Midwestern United States and much of Canada were covered at one time or another with an ice sheet .

  5. History of Saint Paul, Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Minnesota's first newspaper, the Minnesota Pioneer, the forerunner of today's St. Paul Pioneer Press, was established by James M. Goodhue in 1849. [18] Just west of downtown Saint Paul is the neighborhood of Irvine Park ; it was platted by John Irvine and Henry Mower Rice in 1849, and Saint Paul's oldest house, the Charles Symonds House (1850 ...

  6. Territorial era of Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Many of the facets of Minnesota culture that are perceived as the area's early history in fact originated after this period. Notably, the heavy Scandinavian immigration for which the state is known, and the pioneering days chronicled by author Laura Ingalls Wilder occurred after statehood in the later 19th century.

  7. Category:History of Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Articles related to the history of Minnesota Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Minnesota . See Category:People from Minnesota for Minnesota people.

  8. Minnesota Territory - Wikipedia

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    The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, [1] until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Minnesota and the western portion became unorganized territory and shortly after was reorganized as part of the Dakota Territory.

  9. History of Minneapolis - Wikipedia

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    Hubert Humphrey got his start in Minnesota politics in the early 1940s. He was an organizer of the Minnesota Democratic Party at the time, and he realized that the party's best chance of success would come if the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party merged with the Democratic party. Other party leaders had been discussing the merger, but Humphrey's ...