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Minnesota -- History, Local.

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Gazetteer of Minnesota railroad towns, 1861-1997

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Identifier: 5828-RefShelf-Minnesota & Regional
Dates: Copyright: 1998

Minnesota place names : a geographical encyclopedia

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Identifier: 9997-RefShelf-General
Abstract

Tells the stories behind more than 20,000 names of towns and cities, townships and counties, lakes and rivers, of the North Star state of Minnesota.

Dates: Copyright: 2001

Old rail fence corners : frontier tales told by Minnesota pioneers

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Identifier: 6471-RefShelf-General
Scope and Contents Illustrations: Survivors who were at Traverse des Sioux at the time of the treaty in 1851: Mrs. Richard Chute, General William G. Le Duc, Mrs. Gideon Pond; with Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris -- Group of contributors taken at a party at the home of Mrs. James T. Morris, May 26, 1915 -- Mrs. Margaret King Hern (St. Paul); Medal (Defender of Fort Ridgely) presented to Margaret King Hern by the State [of Minnesota] in 1896; Late type of Red River Cart, taken in the [Eighteen] Fifties. Earlier...
Dates: Publication: Reprint edition 1976

Southwest Minnesota : a place of many places

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Identifier: 6255-RefShelf-General
Abstract "This book's immediate predecessor drew on the writings of many southwest Minnesota authors to create a portrait of the land and its peoples. In this book, Amato and Pichaske explore the region's rich culture in their own words. From Amato's analysis of regional lead cities like Worthington and New Ulm to Pichaske's meditations on smaller towns like Minneota, Slayton, and Hanley Falls, the authors examine the ways this region has reacted to the changes and challenges of the late twentieth...
Dates: Copyright: 2007