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Title: Minnesota Written by Kaylice and Janita
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Minnesota Written by Kaylice and Janita
- Minnesotas official flag was adopted in
- 1957.
- One nickname for Minnesota is the Gopher state.
- The largest lake in Minnesota is Red Lake.
- The hottest temperature recorded in Minnesota was
114 degrees both in 1917 and 1936.
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Major Industries
- Farming corn, soybeans, sugar beets, wheat, and
dairy products. - Mining iron ore
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Tourist Attractions
- Fort Snelling -Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Glensheen Mansion in Duluth, Minnesota
- Iron World Museum- Chisholm, Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic-Rochester, Minnesota
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Famous People
- Sinclair Lewis, novelist and playwright,
- first American Nobel prize winner.
- Henry Hastings Sibley, first Governor of
- Minnesota
- James Jerome Hill, built a railroad system
- stretching from Minnesota to Puget Sound.
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States That Border
- East- Wisconsin
- West- South Dakota and North Dakota
- North- Canada
- South- Iowa
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Minnesota
- The state insect is the Monarch Butterfly
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Minnesota
- The state flag.
