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A bill for woman suffrage was passed by the Minnesota Legislature in 1870. It...
[image_credit]Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society[/image_credit][image_caption] portrait of Governor Horace Austin, 1873. Artist: Carl Gutherz.[/image_caption]Minnesota’s early woman...
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Minnesota governors didn’t have an official residence until 1965
Minnesota’s governors did not have an official residence until 1965, when the daughters of lumber magnate Horace Irvine donated their family home to the state. Over the years, the house on Summit...
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How Minnesota got to be a top turkey-producing state
The Minnesota turkey industry began with small backyard flocks raised on family farms. The Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, the National Turkey Improvement Plan, and advances in disease prevention...
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A goodie idea: The history of Pearson’s Nut Goodie
The Pearson’s Candy Company has produced some of Minnesota’s best-loved candies since its founding in 1909. The milk chocolate-coated Nut Goodie, introduced in 1912, has survived several changes in...
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A pay cut prompted the 1889 Twin Cities streetcar strike
Wage cuts to employees of the Minneapolis and St. Paul streetcar companies in 1889 prompted a fifteen-day strike that disrupted business and escalated into violence before its resolution. In spite of...
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One of the first women elected to the Minnesota Legislature, Sue Metzger...
[image_caption]Sue M. Dickey Hough, one of the first women elected to the Minnesota Legislature. Photo by the Star and Tribune Company, 1926. Minneapolis Newspaper Photograph Collection, Hennepin...
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For forty years, Walker, Minnesota’s International Eelpout Festival...
The International Eelpout Festival in Walker began in 1980 as a way to bring tourists to northern Minnesota during the long winter months. Centered on what is considered the state’s ugliest fish, it...
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How Minnesota became the top turkey producer in the U.S.
Scientists believe that the domestication of the turkey began with the ancient Maya in Central America, possibly as early as 300 BCE–100 CE. Early inhabitants of what is now the southwestern portion of...
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The 40-year history of the International Eelpout Festival
In 1979, Don and Debbie Overcash, owners of Walker Drug, and Ken Bresley of the Tackle Box bait shop came up with the idea of an International Eelpout Festival to encourage winter tourism in Walker,...
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The history of Northwest Airlines
Minnesota entrepreneur Colonel Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin incorporated Northwest Airways, Inc. in Michigan on Sept. 1, 1926. He based his operations south of Minneapolis at Speedway Field with nine...
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Horse-drawn streetcars go into service in the Twin Cities on July 15, 1872
Horsecars had been operating in New York City since 1832. The St. Paul Street Railway Company was incorporated in 1872 and began running horsecars in July of that year. The Minneapolis Street Railway...
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Twins played their final game at Met Stadium on Sept. 30, 1981
Minnesotans have enjoyed baseball since the mid-1800s. Minneapolis and St. Paul, natural rivals, each had American Association minor league teams that played at Nicollet Park and Lexington Park,...
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