Witchflower Days: Hello, Minnesota!

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Hello, Minnesota!

On this day, in 1858, Minnesota was admitted into the Union. It's the home of the world's largest Paul Bunyan statue, and it was from Minnesotans that we got the stapler, water skis, and roller blades—not to mention Scotch tape, Bisquick, and Spam. I took this directly from The Writer's Almanac,... Sign in to see full entry.

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