A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped the North Star State, It Happened in Minnesota describes everything from harrowing shootouts with Sioux Indians to the mass execution of thirty-eight men, a bank robbery by Jesse James to the opening of the Mall of America. In an easy-to-read style that is entertaining as well as informative, It Happened in Minnesota will interest people of all ages.
A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped the North Star State, It Happened in Minnesota describes everything from harrowing shootouts with Sioux Indians to the mass execution of thirty-eight men, a bank robbery by Jesse James to the opening of the Mall of America. In an easy-to-read style that is entertaining as well as informative, It Happened in Minnesota will interest people of all ages.
Darrell Ehrlick is the editor of the Winona Daily News in Minnesota. He was born in Billings, Montana and attended graduate school at Emory University and Bennington College. He is an avid reader and baseball fan. He and his wife, Angie, keep an eye on Minnesota, from their home right across the Mississippi River in Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
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(1) Foreword (2) Hennepin's Wild Adventures 1680 (3) Pike's Forgotten Discovery 1806 (4) Pipestone 1831 (5) Instant City: Just Add Residents 1852 (6) Robbing St. Peter to Pay St. Paul 1857 (7) Dakota Sioux War 1862 (8) Hangmen: The Largest Execution in U.S. History 1862 (9) Just What the Doctor Ordered: The Founding of the Mayo Clinic 1865 (10) Good Medicine: Watkins at Your Front Door 1868 (11) Frozen Stiff: The Minnesota Blizzard 1873 (12) The Wild Wild West of Minnesota 1876 (13) The End of an Era: Minnesota is Settled 1878 (14) Burning Down the House: The State Capitol Burns 1881 (15) Virginia Minnesota: The Town So Nice it Burned Twice 1893 and 1900 (16) Two Trains to Salvation 1894 (17) History Set in Stone: The Discovery of the Kensington Rune Stone 1898 (18) Black Mass 1915 (19) Walking On Water: Water Skiing is Invented 1922 (20) The Birth of Betty Crocker 1924 (21) Out of this World: The Milky Way in Minnesota 1924 (22) The Milford Mine Tragedy 1924 (23) Minnesota's Oldest Residents 1931 (24) SPAMtastic: The Birth of SPAM 1936 (25) The Armistice Day Blizzard 1940 (26) The Night that Music Lived 1959 (27) It's a Hit: Homer Hankies 1987 (28) The Ninth Wonder of the World 1992 (29) The Ragin' Red: The Flood of East Grand Forks 1997 (30) The Body Becomes The Governor 1998 (31) The Death of the American Conscience: Paul Wellstone Passing 2002 (32) The Spirit that Wouldn't Die: Grain Belt Beer 2003 (33) Minnesota Potpourri (34) Bibliography (35) About the Author
(1) Foreword (2) Hennepin's Wild Adventures 1680 (3) Pike's Forgotten Discovery 1806 (4) Pipestone 1831 (5) Instant City: Just Add Residents 1852 (6) Robbing St. Peter to Pay St. Paul 1857 (7) Dakota Sioux War 1862 (8) Hangmen: The Largest Execution in U.S. History 1862 (9) Just What the Doctor Ordered: The Founding of the Mayo Clinic 1865 (10) Good Medicine: Watkins at Your Front Door 1868 (11) Frozen Stiff: The Minnesota Blizzard 1873 (12) The Wild Wild West of Minnesota 1876 (13) The End of an Era: Minnesota is Settled 1878 (14) Burning Down the House: The State Capitol Burns 1881 (15) Virginia Minnesota: The Town So Nice it Burned Twice 1893 and 1900 (16) Two Trains to Salvation 1894 (17) History Set in Stone: The Discovery of the Kensington Rune Stone 1898 (18) Black Mass 1915 (19) Walking On Water: Water Skiing is Invented 1922 (20) The Birth of Betty Crocker 1924 (21) Out of this World: The Milky Way in Minnesota 1924 (22) The Milford Mine Tragedy 1924 (23) Minnesota's Oldest Residents 1931 (24) SPAMtastic: The Birth of SPAM 1936 (25) The Armistice Day Blizzard 1940 (26) The Night that Music Lived 1959 (27) It's a Hit: Homer Hankies 1987 (28) The Ninth Wonder of the World 1992 (29) The Ragin' Red: The Flood of East Grand Forks 1997 (30) The Body Becomes The Governor 1998 (31) The Death of the American Conscience: Paul Wellstone Passing 2002 (32) The Spirit that Wouldn't Die: Grain Belt Beer 2003 (33) Minnesota Potpourri (34) Bibliography (35) About the Author
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