MNopedia: The Minnesota Encyclopedia is a free English-language encyclopedia project from the Minnesota Historical Society. Funded through a Legacy Amendment

2024-02-08. "About Us". 64 Parishes. Retrieved 2021-03-01. "About MNopedia | MNopedia". www.mnopedia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-01. "About NCpedia | NCpedia". ncpedia

Mai Na M. (October 5, 2021). "Hmong and Hmong Americans in Minnesota". MNopedia. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021

Company R.L. Cartwright (9 March 2012). "Northrup, King and Company". MNopedia. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved November 3, 2012. One Hundred

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The Minnesota Historical Society had previously planned to produce a print encyclopedia, but opted for an online site for the sake of affordability and i…

Congress passes the Northwest Ordinance. Authored by Thomas Jefferson, it set up the rules of government for the Northwest Territory of the United States…

Dayton’s The expanded downtown store complex, c.1938. The original store is in the darker shade. Dayton’s began as a single store at Seventh Street and N…

Divorce in Minnesota's nineteenth century Norwegian-Lutheran community was a rarity. Legal separation between a leading pastor and his wife was unheard o…

Map showing the size and location of the Northwest Angle relative to surrounding bodies of water and political divisions, including those demarcating Man…

About MNopedia Welcome Welcome to MNopedia (min-ō-ˈpē-dē-ə | min-oh-PEE-dee-uh), an online encyclopedia about Minnesota developed by the Minnesota Histor…

Twelve-ounce coin bank used to promote the dedication of a SPAM plant in Austin, Minnesota, on September 12, 1982. The lid has a horizontal slit in which …

All Rights Reserved. If an article does not display a Creative Commons License logo, all rights have been reserved by its author. Contact the author for …

The bones of "Minnesota Man" are uncovered by a road crew near Pelican Rapids. Despite its name, this glacial-age human skeleton is likely that of a teen…

Hüsker Dü was a hardcore punk/alternative rock band that formed in St. Paul and performed and recorded between 1979 and 1987. The Hüskers (as they were c…

A cyanotype photograph taken from the site of the town of Nininger c.1890. Nininger, a small town built quickly in 1856 and abandoned only a few years lat…

Many Americans can recognize a Bundt pan or have one at home. But few know that this iconic cake pan, created by H. David Dalquist, founder of the Nordic…

Sired by a champion pacer and born in 1896, Dan Patch was bred to be a racehorse. At first glance, though, his chances didn't look too good. He had long l…

Red Wing and the Mississippi River in 2007, the year of the town's sesquicentennial. In March 1853 Goodhue County was created by Minnesota's territorial …

The Medtronic medical device company was founded in 1949 by Earl Bakken and Palmer Hermundslie. From its beginnings in a converted garage, it has grown i…

If you were a child in Minnesota during the 1950s and 1960s, one of your early memories may be watching a black-and-white cartoon bear in the Hamm’s Beer…

Burma-Shave A nine-ounce aluminum tube of Burma-Shave shaving cream with lanolin, its box, and a pamphlet titled "The Art of Shaving." The box was made i…

On May 31, 1819, a boy was born in a small village near Manchester, England. His father died when the boy was only seven, leaving his mother to raise him…

When 3M began doing business in 1902, it made sandpaper. Soon the sandpaper company invented a line of products that changed household life around the wo…

Donaldson’s, also known as William Donaldson and Company and L. S. Donaldson’s, was a Minneapolis department store located on Nicollet Avenue and Sixth S…

When George D. Munsing came to Minnesota in 1886 to produce a new line of woolen union suits, he founded an underwear empire. While selling everything fr…

Fort Ripley was a nineteenth century army outpost located on the upper Mississippi River in north-central Minnesota. It was situated near government agen…

Camp Ripley The Camp Ripley cantonment area in 2015, looking north. Warehouse and post-wide service areas are in the forefront and to the left. Billets a…

The cover of the first issue of Hmong Pages, published on July 1, 2010. Photograph by Cheu Lee; used with the permission of Cheu Lee. Hmong Pages is a St…

The Miracle on Ice is the name given to the American men’s ice hockey victory over the heavily favored Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics. The team…

Swede Hollow Swede Hollow, St. Paul, ca. 1910. Swedish settlement in St. Paul began in the this ravine along Phalen Creek. Nestled into a small valley be…

St. Cloud Rox Chick Simunek is greeted at home plate after hitting a grand slam during a June 20, 1951 game at Rox Stadium. Photograph from the Myron Hal…

When Minnesotans think about leprosy, they may recall Biblical references to the “unclean,” the National Leprosarium in Louisiana, or a Hawaiian leper co…

Founded in 1882, the Schubert Club is one of the oldest existing arts organizations in the country. It has had a significant impact on the cultural life …

Fur Trade in Minnesota Muskrat fur pelts on display at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading post in Onamia, Minnesota. Created no earlier than 1918. …

The Minnesota Historical Society had previously planned to produce a print encyclopedia, but opted for an online site for the sake of affordability and i…

Archives tell an important story. The people in them—and the people left out—say a lot about our politics, culture, and consciousness. In the 20th centur…

MNopedia: The Minnesota Encyclopedia is a free English-language encyclopedia project from the Minnesota Historical Society. Funded through a Legacy Amendment

Newspaper editor Horace Greeley gives the principal address at a Hennepin County agricultural fair held in Minneapolis. In his speech he advocates federal…

2024-02-08. "About Us". 64 Parishes. Retrieved 2021-03-01. "About MNopedia | MNopedia". www.mnopedia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-01. "About NCpedia | NCpedia". ncpedia

Mai Na M. (October 5, 2021). "Hmong and Hmong Americans in Minnesota". MNopedia. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021

Company R.L. Cartwright (9 March 2012). "Northrup, King and Company". MNopedia. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved November 3, 2012. One Hundred

tape Sellotape Velostat List of adhesive tapes "Scotch Tape | MNopedia". www.mnopedia.org. Retrieved 18 May 2023. "Scotch US – History of Scotch Brand

The Minnesota Historical Society had previously planned to produce a print encyclopedia, but opted for an online site for the sake of affordability and i…

Congress passes the Northwest Ordinance. Authored by Thomas Jefferson, it set up the rules of government for the Northwest Territory of the United States…

Dayton’s The expanded downtown store complex, c.1938. The original store is in the darker shade. Dayton’s began as a single store at Seventh Street and N…

Divorce in Minnesota's nineteenth century Norwegian-Lutheran community was a rarity. Legal separation between a leading pastor and his wife was unheard o…

Map showing the size and location of the Northwest Angle relative to surrounding bodies of water and political divisions, including those demarcating Man…

About MNopedia Welcome Welcome to MNopedia (min-ō-ˈpē-dē-ə | min-oh-PEE-dee-uh), an online encyclopedia about Minnesota developed by the Minnesota Histor…

Twelve-ounce coin bank used to promote the dedication of a SPAM plant in Austin, Minnesota, on September 12, 1982. The lid has a horizontal slit in which …

All Rights Reserved. If an article does not display a Creative Commons License logo, all rights have been reserved by its author. Contact the author for …

The bones of "Minnesota Man" are uncovered by a road crew near Pelican Rapids. Despite its name, this glacial-age human skeleton is likely that of a teen…

Hüsker Dü was a hardcore punk/alternative rock band that formed in St. Paul and performed and recorded between 1979 and 1987. The Hüskers (as they were c…

A cyanotype photograph taken from the site of the town of Nininger c.1890. Nininger, a small town built quickly in 1856 and abandoned only a few years lat…

Many Americans can recognize a Bundt pan or have one at home. But few know that this iconic cake pan, created by H. David Dalquist, founder of the Nordic…

Sired by a champion pacer and born in 1896, Dan Patch was bred to be a racehorse. At first glance, though, his chances didn't look too good. He had long l…

Red Wing and the Mississippi River in 2007, the year of the town's sesquicentennial. In March 1853 Goodhue County was created by Minnesota's territorial …

The Medtronic medical device company was founded in 1949 by Earl Bakken and Palmer Hermundslie. From its beginnings in a converted garage, it has grown i…

If you were a child in Minnesota during the 1950s and 1960s, one of your early memories may be watching a black-and-white cartoon bear in the Hamm’s Beer…

Burma-Shave A nine-ounce aluminum tube of Burma-Shave shaving cream with lanolin, its box, and a pamphlet titled "The Art of Shaving." The box was made i…

On May 31, 1819, a boy was born in a small village near Manchester, England. His father died when the boy was only seven, leaving his mother to raise him…

When 3M began doing business in 1902, it made sandpaper. Soon the sandpaper company invented a line of products that changed household life around the wo…

Donaldson’s, also known as William Donaldson and Company and L. S. Donaldson’s, was a Minneapolis department store located on Nicollet Avenue and Sixth S…

When George D. Munsing came to Minnesota in 1886 to produce a new line of woolen union suits, he founded an underwear empire. While selling everything fr…

Fort Ripley was a nineteenth century army outpost located on the upper Mississippi River in north-central Minnesota. It was situated near government agen…

Camp Ripley The Camp Ripley cantonment area in 2015, looking north. Warehouse and post-wide service areas are in the forefront and to the left. Billets a…

The cover of the first issue of Hmong Pages, published on July 1, 2010. Photograph by Cheu Lee; used with the permission of Cheu Lee. Hmong Pages is a St…

The Miracle on Ice is the name given to the American men’s ice hockey victory over the heavily favored Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics. The team…

Swede Hollow Swede Hollow, St. Paul, ca. 1910. Swedish settlement in St. Paul began in the this ravine along Phalen Creek. Nestled into a small valley be…

St. Cloud Rox Chick Simunek is greeted at home plate after hitting a grand slam during a June 20, 1951 game at Rox Stadium. Photograph from the Myron Hal…

When Minnesotans think about leprosy, they may recall Biblical references to the “unclean,” the National Leprosarium in Louisiana, or a Hawaiian leper co…

Founded in 1882, the Schubert Club is one of the oldest existing arts organizations in the country. It has had a significant impact on the cultural life …

Fur Trade in Minnesota Muskrat fur pelts on display at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading post in Onamia, Minnesota. Created no earlier than 1918. …

The Minnesota Historical Society had previously planned to produce a print encyclopedia, but opted for an online site for the sake of affordability and i…

Archives tell an important story. The people in them—and the people left out—say a lot about our politics, culture, and consciousness. In the 20th centur…