Curious & Fascinating Facts: Minnesota (Sources & References)

About Minnesota’s 10,000 Lakes

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Lakes, rivers, and wetlands facts.” Lakes, rivers & wetlands: Minnesota Facts & Figures: Minnesota DNR.

dnr.state.mn.us/faq/mnfacts/water.html

2. Province of Manitoba. “The Land.”

www.gov.mb.ca/jec/mbadvantage/theland.html&ved=2ahUKEwjEuLn_gIuPAxW2wvACHTzNAiIQFnoECCkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw37QpYEOCEhAPAHMjs87iSn

3. US Census Bureau. “Minnesota”

https://data.census.gov/profile/Minnesota?g=040XX00US27

4. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Lakes, rivers, and wetlands facts.” Lakes, rivers & wetlands: Minnesota Facts & Figures: Minnesota DNR. dnr.state.mn.us/faq/mnfacts/water.html

5. Gibbon, Guy E. Archaeology of Minnesota: The Prehistory of the Upper Mississippi River Region<\i>. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012.

6. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Lakes, rivers, and wetlands facts.” dnr.state.mn.us/faq/mnfacts/water.html

7. Ibid.<\i>

8. BWCA.com Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness Lakes and Streams.” https://bwca.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=maps.list

9. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Lakes, rivers, and wetlands facts.”

dnr.state.mn.us/faq/mnfacts/water.html

10. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. “IDS Center.”

https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/ids-center/968

11. Cook, Mark, and Jerry Younk. “A Recalculation of the Annual Statewide Recreational Fishing Effort and Harvest in Minnesota Lakes.” files.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/fisheries/investigational_reports/493.pdf

12. Ibid.<\i>

13. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Stock fish.”

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fisheries/management/stock.html

14. Millelacs.com. “Minnesota Ice Fishing | Ice Fishing Houses | Lake Mille Lacs.” millelacs.com/activities/icefish/

15. US Census Bureau. “Vineland, MN”

https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=vineland,+mn

16. Lake of the Woods Minnesota. “Experience the Igloo Bar on the Lake of the Woods.” https://lakeofthewoodsmn.com/the-igloo-bar-on-the-ice-on-low/

17. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Minnesota state record fish.”

dnr.state.mn.us/fishing/staterecords.html

18. Ibid<\i>.

19. Dave, Milles. “Pardon Me Myth! Who Owns the Lakebed?.” files.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/waters/Pardon_Me_Myth.pdf

20. Star Tribune<\i>, “Alligator Surprises Anglers: Clyde the Alligator Was Killed by a DNR Officer in a Washington County Lake, but a Search Was Underway for Bonnie,” August 30, 2013.

https://www.startribune.com/alligator-surprises-two-anglers-in-washington-county-lake/221670311

US Geological Survey. “Red Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri<\i>) – FactSheet.” Red Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri<\i>) – FactSheet. nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=429

22.US Geological Survey. “What Are Invasive Carp?

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-invasive-carp

23. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Prohibited Nonnative Species List.”

https://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/prohibited-species-list/

24. Irons, Kevin. “Challenges of Nonnative Fishes in the Illinois River.” ilrdss.isws.illinois.edu/pubs/govconf2011/session2c/Irons.pdf

25. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. “Sources of mercury pollution and the methylmercury contamination of fish in Minnesota.” www.leg.mn.gov/docs/2015/other/150681/PFEISref_2/MPCA%25202013e.pdf

26. Minnesota Department of Health. “Fish Consumption Guidance”

https://www.health.state.mn.us/communities/environment/fish/index.html

Lake Superior

Michigan Sea Grant. “Lake Superior.” Sea Grant Michigan.

www.michiganseagrant.org/topics/great-lakes-fast-facts/lake-superior/

N A Gubin et al 2021 “Combined hydroacoustic research of Lake Baikal” J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1728 01200. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1728/1/012005/meta

US Geological Survey. “Lake Baikal – A Touchstone for Global Change and Rift Studies.”

https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/baikal/

Duluth Seaway Port Authority | Port of Duluth-Superior. “Port Operations.”

duluthport.com/

Duluth Seaway Port Authority | Port of Duluth-Superior. “Port Statistics.”

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System. “The St. Lawrence Seaway.”

Ibid.

Hodgson, Bruce. “The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System.”

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System. “300 Years History. https://greatlakes-seaway.com/en/the-seaway/300-years-history/

Trent, Tommy. ABC’s of the Seaway https://greatlakes-seaway.com/en/the-seaway/our-locks-and-channels/

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System. “Locks, Canals & Channels”

https://greatlakes-seaway.com/en/the-seaway/our-locks-and-channels

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System. “Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Seaway (Highway H2O) Facts.”

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. “RMS Titanic.” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. whoi.edu/main/topic/titanic

The St. Lawrence Seaway System Management Corporation. “A Vital Waterway.” Seaway System. Website accessed via Internet Archive Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20140901204400/http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/seaway/vital/index.html

NOAA – Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. “Historical Ice Cover” https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/#historical

Friends of the Apostle Islands Lakeshore. “Visitor Report, 2024.”

National Weather Service. “Great Lakes Waves.”

https://www.weather.gov/media/grr/presentations/Great_Lakes_Beach_Hazards_Overview_2015_2015-07-05_20-57-53.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi65_bSlouPAxUDD9AFHdOPOfEQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3Z6-u1hQlmCH4FIGAJqNQx

Kent, Elizabeth. “Were extreme waves in the Rockall Trough the largest ever recorded?” Geophysical Research Letters<\i>.

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2005GL025238

Pinho, U. F. “Freak waves: more frequent than rare!” Annales Geophysicae<\i>: 1839-1842.

https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/22/1839/2004/

Sea Grant Wisconsin. “Wisconsin Researchers Study “Rogue Waves” Like Ones Thought to Have Sunk the Fitzgerald https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-researchers-study-rogue-waves-like-ones-thought-to-have-sunk-the-fitzgerald/

Lake Superior Shipwrecks

1. Marshall, James R. Shipwrecks of Lake Superior<\i>. Duluth, Minn.: Lake Superior Port Cities, 2005.

2. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. “Shipwrecks.” shipwreckmuseum.com/shipwrecks

3. Thompson, Mark L. Graveyard of the Lakes<\i>. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000.

4. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. “NOAA Chart 14976.” Chart 14976.

5. HathiTrust Digital Library. “Annual report of the Lake Carriers’ Association, for the years 1908, 1911, 1913, 1914, and 1915.” Accessible here: babel.hathitrust.org

6. The Eastland Disaster Historical Society. “The History Eastland Disaster.”

7. Fitzgerald, Bill, Lt. (MSC). “Trident History – 1915 S. S. EASTLAND Capsizing “

www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%2520Documents/5p/CG-5PC/CG-CVC/MIR/Readings/Trident-History-1915-EASTLAND.pdf%3Fver%3D2020-06-30-195529-7509

8. Swayze, David D. “Great Lakes Shipwrecks beginning with the letter A.”

https://greatlakesrex.wordpress.com/

9. Marshall, James R. Shipwrecks of Lake Superior<\i>. Page 12. Duluth, MN: Lake Superior Port Cities, 2005.

10. Ibid<\i>.

11. Ibid<\i>.

12. Ibid<\i>.

13. Swayze, David D. “Great Lakes Shipwrecks beginning with the letter S.”

https://greatlakesrex.wordpress.com/

14. Ibid<\i>.

15. Wagenmaker, Richard, and Greg Mann. “The White Hurricane Storm of 1913: A Numerical Model Perspective.” www.weather.gov/media/greatlakes/1913Retrospective.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiwnKijnYuPAxWpkokEHWECLYoQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0PsOqe7MeX1GxQD6s88nci

16. Boguth, Michael, and Lawrence, David. National Weather Service, (Gaylord, MI). “Interesting Weather of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.” www.weather.gov/media/apx/spotter/Historic_UP_Wx_Events.pdf

17. Ibid.<\i>

18. The Lighthouse Directory. “Lighthouses of the U.S.: Minnesota.”

https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/mn.htm

19. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Split Rock Lighthouse State Park”

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00266

20. The Lighthouse Directory. “Lighthouses of the U.S.: Minnesota.”

https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/mn.htm

21. Detroit PBS. “After 132 years, team finds wreck of the Western Reserve in Lake Superior”

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/03/after-132-years-team-finds-wreck-of-the-western-reserve-in-lake-superior/

Great Lakes Shipwreck Research. “Great Lakes Shipwreck Law.” baillod.com/shipwreck/projects/wrecklaw/

https://baillod.com/shipwreck/projects/wrecklaw/

Shipwreck Explorers. “Steamer Comet.”

Conley, Casey. “Largest laker runs aground bow-to-stern, blocking St. Marys River.” Professional Mariner<\i>. professionalmariner.com/December-January-2013/Largest-laker-runs-aground-bow-to-stern-blocking-St-Marys-River/

National Transportation and Safety Bureau. Mir-25-18. Contact of Bulk Carrier American Mariner with Munuscong Channel Junction Light.

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MIR2518.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjB8Ofu-YyPAxXLlYkEHQ1MN-YQFnoECBsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2Fu__9pHK66dr-on_TBFut

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Lake Superior Safety Information.” dnr.state.mn.us/water_access/harbors/boatingsafety.html

27. National Transportation and Safety Board, Marine Accident Brief. “Sinking of the Tall Ship Bounty.” https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAB1403.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiS-crM-oyPAxX0kYkEHRyMNYcQFnoECBkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2Jn4aDAdhBqEuecSnwilS1

28. Daniel, Stephen B. Shipwrecks along Lake Superior’s North Shore: A Diver’s Guide<\i>. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2008.

29. Minnesota Historical Society Press. “Shipwreck List.” https://mnhs.gitlab.io/archive/shipwrecks/www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/shipwrecks/list.html

30. Johnson, Frederick. MNopedia. “Sea Wing Disaster, 1890.”

https://www3.mnhs.org/mnopedia/search/index/event/sea-wing-disaster-1890

31. Shipwreck Log. “Mataafa”

https://shipwrecklog.com/log/history/mataafa/

32. U.S. Coast Guard “Henry Steinbrenner.”

https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%2520Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/docs/boards/hensteinbrenner.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjVw7XogI2PAxWyl4kEHRxpHYk4ChAWegQIFBAB&usg=AOvVaw2gbgosXKAfYxpfarMzusCG

33. U.S. Coast Guard. Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council. The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald <\i> (accessed on Boatnerd).

https://www2.boatnerd.com/media/fitzmarineproceedings.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiYzbW3gY2PAxW3AHkGHfSpOx0QFnoECBgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3xRgl_75rQfGb07IvPDlf4

34. Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society. “The Fateful Journey.”

35. Ibid

36. National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office. “The Storm of November 9-11, 1998.” https://www.weather.gov/mqt/fitz_galesb

Asteroids

1. University of Minnesota. Minnesota Geological Survey. “Ancient Meteorite Deposit in Minnesota.”
https://cse.umn.edu/mgs/ancient-meteorite-deposit-minnesota
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.

Epidemics

Barry, JM. “The site of origin of the 1918 influenza pandemic and its public health implications. Barry JM. Journal of Translational Medicine<\i>. 2(1), January 20, 2004.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC340389/

Ibid.

Minnesota State Board of Health. Eighth Biennial Report (New Series) Of The State Board of Health And Vital Statistics Of Minnesota, 1918–1919.<\i> Accessed on Babel.Hathitrust.org

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.li1uyl&seq=3

3. Ibid.<\i>

4. Centers for Disease Control. History of 1918 Flu Pandemic.

https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm

5. Library of Congress. Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914 to 1919.“Mobilized Strength and Casualty Losses”

https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-war-i-rotogravures/articles-and-essays/events-and-statistics/mobilized-strength-and-casualty-losses/

6. Minnesota Department of Health. “Polio: Minnesota’s Crucial Role.” (Accessed on MN Legislature Reference Library.) https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2009/other/090796/chapter3.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiStZnbiI2PAxUqAHkGHeAhD0sQFnoECBoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1MutoTPKxk3cE2gOLLfXQe

7. Ibid.<\i>

8. Ibid.<\i>

9. Mayo Clinic. Diseases and Conditions. “Post-polio syndrome”

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-polio-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20355669

10. UNICEF. “Oral polio vaccine (OPV) price data.”

https://www.unicef.org/supply/media/23696/file/OPV-vaccine-prices-12052025.pdf

polioeradication.org/Financing/Budgetcomponents/Oralpoliovaccinesupply.aspx

Smallpox and Other Diseases

Hodge, Adam R. 2010. “Pestilence and Power: The Smallpox Epidemic of 1780–1782 and Intertribal Relations on the Northern Great Plains.” Historian<\i> 72, no. 3: 543-567.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24454920

Ibid<\i>.

Riedel, Stefan. “Edward Jenner and the History of Smallpox and Vaccination.” Proceedings of Baylor University Medical Center.<\i> 18: 21-25.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1200696/

4. Mann, Charles. “1491.” The Atlantic<\i>. Atlantic Media Company, 1 Mar. 2002. theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/03/1491/302445/

5. George Washington’s Mount Vernon<\i>. “Smallpox.” mountvernon.org/educational-resources/encyclopedia/smallpox

6. Mann, Charles. “1491.” The Atlantic<\i>. Atlantic Media Company, 1 Mar. 2002. Web. 2 June 2014. theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/03/1491/302445/

7. Nelson, Paul. “Smallpox epidemic of 1924-25 claimed the lives of 500 Minnesotans.” MinnPost. minnpost.com/mnopedia/2014/03/smallpox-epidemic-1924-25-claimed-lives-500-minnesotans

8. Minnesota State Department of Health. “Conquered and Almost-Conquered Diseases.” https://www.health.state.mn.us/about/history/Chapter2.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi0xKnnj42PAxWklIkEHSrrAYAQFnoECCEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1ZYSuBTGF4ELh13dyRZ9us

9. Ibid.

10. Minnesota Historical Society. MNopedia. “Establishment of the Minneapolis Waterworks, 1867–1910.” Accessed June 2, 2014.

mnopedia.org/thing/establishment-minneapolis-waterworks-1867-1910

11. Goodell, John. “Minnesota’s Typhoid Fever Record.” American Water Works Association<\i> 7: 280-282. jstor.org/stable/41224654?seq=3

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41224654

12. Armstrong, John. “The Asiatic Cholera in St. Paul.” Minnesota History<\i>. September 1933.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20161064

13. Ibid<\i>.

14. Wesbrook, F. F. “Diphtheria Infection in Minnesota. Recent Experiences with The Disease in School Children and In Institutional Epidemics.” JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association<\i>: 939-943

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/465418

COVID-19

Minnesota Department of Health. News Release. “Health Officials confirm first case of novel coronavirus in Minnesota.”

https://www.ricecountymn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3014/3620-First-case-of-novel-coronavirus-MN

State of Minnesota, Executive Department. “Emergency Executive Order 20-01.”

https://mn.gov/governor/assets/EO%2020-01_tcm1055-422957.pdf

State of Minnesota, Executive Department. “Emergency Executive Order 20-20.”

https://mn.gov/governor/assets/3a.%20EO%2020-20%20FINAL%20SIGNED%20Filed_tcm1055-425020.pdf

State of Minnesota, Executive Department. “Emergency Executive Order 20-19.”

https://mn.gov/governor/assets/2a.%20EO%2020-19%20FINAL%20SIGNED%20Filed_tcm1055-425019.pdf

State of Minnesota, Executive Department. “Emergency Executive Order 20-24.”

https://mn.gov/governor/assets/2020_03_16_EO_20_04_Bars_Restaurants_tcm1055-423380.pdf

Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan

“Governor Walz Announces Timeline to End State COVID-19 Restrictions”

https://mn.gov/governor/covid-19/news/?id=1055-480351

Johns Hopkins University & Medicine. Coronavirus Resource Center.

United States, Minnesota. State Overview.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/us/minnesota

Ibid.

Kolls, Jay. KSTP. Nurse reflects on being first person in Minnesota to receive COVID vaccine nearly 5 years ago

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/nurse-reflects-on-being-first-person-in-minnesota-to-recieve-covid-vaccine-nearly-5-years-ago/

Minnesota Health Department. Case & Variant Data “COVID-19 Situation Update”

https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/stats/case.html

Minnesota Department of Health. “Influenza & Respiratory Illness Activity 2020-2021”

https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/flu/stats/2020summary.pdf

Mine Disasters

1. NewsHopper. “Milford Mine Disaster.”

crowwing.us/DocumentCenter/Home/View/118

2. Ibid.<\i>

3. United States Mine Rescue Association. “All Minnesota Mine Disasters in Descending Fatality Order.”

https://usminedisasters.miningquiz.com/Mine_Disasters/search_all_state_high.asp?ACC_STATE_NAME=Minnesota

Trennery, Walter. Minnesota History “The Minnesota Legislature and the Grasshopper: 1873-1877.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/20176169

5. Ibid.<\i>

Plane Crashes

National Transportation Safety Board. “Controlled Collision with Terrain: Northwest Airlink Flight 5719

www.ntsb.gov/safety/safety-studies/Documents/SS9402.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjTs5zUmY2PAxVKw_ACHVyzO-kQFnoECDQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1JViPPlTdJWsjDVlFMaNqC

<H3>The I-35W Bridge Disaster

1. National Transportation Safety Board. “Collapse of I-35W Bridge, National Transportation Safety Board Accident Report.” www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/HWY07MH024.aspx&ved=2ahUKEwjD0Mujmo2PAxXRrYkEHbebFh8QFnoECBsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0m7MErKHk1kS5Z0ZyYbMp0

2. FEMA. “U.S. Fire Administration Technical Report Series, I-35W Bridge Collapse and Response.”

www.agspecialtyservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/USFA-TR-166-I-35W-Bridge-Collapse-and-Response-Minneapoli.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiF9s2ymo2PAxXCjokEHb9qO8wQFnoECB0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2BFOEwI48KMydk_RM7z3O2

Fires

1. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. “Glossary Entry for Temperature Inversion.” https://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=temperature+inversion

2. The City of Hinckley. “The Great Hinckley Fire of 1894.” hinckley.govoffice2.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BFD8DC19D-5036-4403-8C87-061FFE2E781A%7D

3. Wilkinson, William. Memorials of the Minnesota forest fires in the year 1894: with a chapter on the forest fires in Wisconsin in the same year<\i>. Minneapolis: N.E. Wilkinson, 1895.

http://archive.org/download/memorialsofminne00wilkiala/memorialsofminne00wilkiala.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj71aH1mo2PAxWkpIkEHTKSI5MQFnoECBgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2Gsca4i2vNKitRnwo98mgc

4. Mazan, Joe. KTSP. So Minnesota: The great Hinckley fire mystery

https://kstp.com/special-coverage/so-minnesota/so-minnesota-the-great-hinckley-fire-mystery-2/&ved=2ahUKEwi2yZS7m42PAxVDC3kGHehiFsU4ChAWegQIIxAB&usg=AOvVaw0fgAnd3EVjOOf6T43I2Wo9

The City of Hinckley. “The Great Hinckley Fire of 1894.” hinckley.govoffice2.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BFD8DC19D-5036-4403-8C87-061FFE2E781A%7D5.

Minnesota Digital Library. Minnesota Historical Society. “The Great Fires of 1918, MN 150.” https://collection.mndigital.org/exhibits/fires-of-1918

Rogers, David. “How Geologists Unraveled the Mystery of Japanese Vengeance Balloon Bombs in World War II.” web.mst.edu/~rogersda/forensic_geology/japenese vengenance bombs new.htm

8. Rizzo, Johnna. “Japan’s Secret WWII Weapon: Balloon Bombs.” National Geographic. www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/130527-map-video-balloon-bomb-wwii-japanese-air-current-jet-stream&ved=2ahUKEwjnsJS7nI2PAxWjkokEHZ6WOssQFnoECBcQAw&usg=AOvVaw1UkLG6ETRHrfLb_Tk9igRC

Mill and Industrial Disasters

Mill City Museum. “Building History.” Mill City Museum.

https://www.mnhs.org/millcity/learn/history/building

2. Pennefeather, Shannon. Mill City: A Visual History of The Minneapolis Mill District<\i>. Minnesota Historical Society Press. 2003.

3. Winkley’s Orthotics and Prosthetics. “Family History.” History.

www.winkley.com

Other Disasters and Accidents of Note

Wilmar Tribune.<\i> “Deadly Dynamite.” June 1, 1897.

https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85025620/1897-06-03/ed-1/?sp=2&q=dynamite

Reading Eagle.<\i> “Santa Claus Unhurt as Plane Crashes.” December 18, 1949.

Crime

1. Meier, Peg. “The Shame of Minneapolis.” Star Tribune<\i>, January 8, 2003.

https://startribune.newspapers.com/image/250424527/?match=1&terms=the%20shame%20of%20minneapolis

2. Ibid<\i>.

3. Northfield History Center. “1876 Bank Raid.”

https://www.northfieldhistory.org/1876-bank-raid

4. Tuskegee University. “Lynchings by State and Race.”

https://archive.tuskegee.edu/repository/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Lynchings-Stats-Year-Dates-Causes.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjc88yYn42PAxW2l4kEHTmtElAQFnoECBsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0V7mLJsdPnlEDPQkIPy0DB

5. The Appeal<\i>. “3,000 Lynchings in Twenty Years.” September 14, 1901. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016810/1901-09-14/ed-1/seq-1/

6. Minnesota Historical Society. “Duluth Lynchings Online Resource: Timeline.” Duluth Lynchings Online Resource: Timeline.

www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/timeline

7. Ibid<\i>.

8. Burgan, Michael. Famous Crimes of Minnesota<\i>. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications, 2013.

9. South Dakota Public Broadcasting. “Paul Maccabee Interview.” sdpb.sd.gov/vernemiller/maccabee.asp

10. Burgan, Michael. Famous Crimes of Minnesota<\i>. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications, 2013.

11. Ibid.<\i>

12. Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Latent Prints in the 1933 Hamm Kidnapping.” fbi.gov/news/stories/2003/september/hamm090803

13. Federal Bureau of Investigation. “The Lindbergh Kidnapping.” FBI.

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping

14. Ibid<\i>.

A Brief Look at Sports

Minnesota Twins

Baseball Reference “Minnesota Twins Team History & Encyclopedia”

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/

MLB.com. “Longest home runs for every MLB team”

https://www.mlb.com/news/longest-home-runs-for-every-mlb-team-c271050576

Nathan, Allan. The Physics of Baseball. “Mantle’s Griffith Stadium Home Run Revisited”

https://baseball.physics.illinois.edu/mantle565.htm

Fox Sports. “Fastest Pitches in MLB History”

https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/fastest-pitches-mlb-history

MLB.com. “Buy Tickets—Single Game Tickets, Minnesota Twins”

https://mlb.tickets.com/?agency=MLB_MPV&orgid=9&pid=9486326&tfl=Minnesota_Twins-Tickets-Buy_Twins_Tickets-Single_Game_Tickets_Buy_Tickets_Button-x0-Desktop-Landscape&adobe_mc=MCMID=14370346824327849683091825903819367445|MCORGID=A65F776A5245B01B0A490D44%4

MLB.com. “Hall of Famers Broken Down by MLB Team”

https://www.mlb.com/news/hall-of-famers-broken-down-by-mlb-team-c302916132

Minnesota Vikings

Pro Football Reference. “Minnesota Vikings Franchise Encyclopedia.”

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/min/index.htm

Pro Football References. “NFL Points Scored Career Leaders”

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/scoring_career.htm

Alan Page. Lerner Books (author page).

https://lernerbooks.com/contributors/15902?srsltid=AfmBOopG0KXxOJaMbL2v0dAWXia99sP_ezhbsx81HcDshZr9W9moZP2E

Minnesota Timberwolves

Basketball Reference. “Minnesota Timberwolves.” https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIN/

Kare 11. “Honk if You Love Naz Reid: How a sign spurred a Timberwolves movement”

Minnesota Wild

Hockey Reference. “Minnesota Wild.”

https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MIN/history.html

Minnesota Lynx

Basketball Reference. “2025 Minnesota Lynx Stats.”

https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/MIN/2025.html

Ibid.

Ryan, Patrick. Mankato Free Press. “Mankato Native Jillian Hiscock’s Minneapolis Sports Bar, A Bar of Their Own Still Thriving.”

https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/mankato-native-jillian-hiscocks-minneapolis-sports-bar-a-bar-of-their-own-still-thriving-still/article_ebbd0352-bc1c-11ef-afc5-db861b0236e0.html

Minnesota Books, Movies, and Culture

The Nobel Prize. “All Nobel Prizes in Literature”

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/all-nobel-prizes-in-literature/&ved=2ahUKEwi3kNrYpo2PAxV7jokEHSXDOhQQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1sweJEI88QjGomUJqhE1jY

IMBD. “Advanced Title Search, Locations, Minneapolis, Minnesota.”

https://m.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=minneapolis,%20minnesota,%20usa

Ibid.

Conrad, N. “Eden Prairie highlighted in new ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ documentary.” Sun Current

https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_current/news/local/eden-prairie-highlighted-in-new-mystery-science-theater-3000-documentary/article_5eb2caf5-cc10-5207-b623-d8ebf9e62a84.html

IMBD. “The Good Son, Filming and Production.”

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107034/locations/

SewDude. IMBD. “People from Minnesota”

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls002578171/?view=compact

Muppet Wiki. “Jerry Juhl.”

https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Jerry_Juhl

Quirky Minnesota

1. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. “2024 Minnesota Statutes, 97C.601.

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/97C.601

2. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. “145.365 Trafficking in Skunks.”

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/145.365

4. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. “149A.72 Funeral Industry Practices; Misrepresentations.” https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/149A.72

5. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. “169.22 Hitchhiking; Solicitation of Business. “ https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/169.22

6. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. “609.36 Adultery.”

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.36

7. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. “609.34 Fornication.”

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.34

8. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. “181.75 Polygraph Tests of Employees or Prospective Employees Prohibited.” https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/181.75

9. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. “617.23 Indecent Exposure; Penalties.”

www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/617.23

10. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. “550.37 Property Exempt.”

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/550.37

11. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. “145.425 Pay Toilets in Public Places.” https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/145.425

12. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. “97B.645 Wolves.”

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/97B.645

13. “St. Urho, Legendary Patron Saint of Finland.”

sainturho.com/mattson.htm

14. Asbury Park Zombie Walk.

https://asburyparkzombiewalk.com/

15. Guiness Book of World Records. “Largest gathering of people dressed as zombies.”

Largest gathering of people dressed as zombies

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-gathering-of-zombies

16. Minnesota State Legislature. “Looking back: ‘Fast time’ causes tense time at Capitol.” house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/swkly/1995-96/select/time.txt

17. Minnesota State Legislature. “103G.651 Removing Sunken Logs from Public Waters.” revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=103G.651&year=2013

18. Lowry, Ray. “Hill’s Folly; The Building of the Stone Arch Bridge.” gngoat.org/stone_arch_bridge.htm

19. CBS Interactive. “The Odd Truth: Feb. 13, 2004.”

cbsnews.com/news/the-odd-truth-feb-13-2004/

20. Roadside America. “Eveleth, MN: World’s Largest Free-Standing Hockey Stick.” RoadsideAmerica.com. roadsideamerica.com/tip/717

21. Roadside America. “Big Tom: World’s Largest Turkey.”

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2130

22. Roadside America. “Big Smokey Bear, International Falls, Minnesota.” RoadsideAmerica.com. roadsideamerica.com/story/2132

23. Roadside America. “North St. Paul, Minnesota: World’s Largest Stucco Snowman.” roadsideamerica.com/tip/724

24. Roadside America. “Minnesota Tourist Attractions.” roadsideamerica.com/location/mn