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Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Minnesota ( / ˌmɪnəˈsoʊtə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" but actually has 14,380 bodies of fresh water covering at least ten acres ...
Nicknames and unsuccessful proposals The 1857 anti-railroad political cartoon that gave Minnesota the nickname "Gopher State" Minnesota has three nicknames: "Land of 10,000 Lakes", which evolved from the desire of early settlers to advertise the state's large number of lakes to attract more people; "Gopher State", which was inspired by an early political cartoon criticizing the construction of ...
Website. www .mnsu .edu. Minnesota State University, Mankato ( MNSU, MSU, or Minnesota State) [9] [10] is a public university in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. It is Minnesota's second-largest university [11] [12] and has over 145,000 living alumni worldwide. [6] Founded in 1868, it is the second-oldest member of the Minnesota State ...
L'Étoile du Nord. The motto, as it appears on the 1879 Seal of Minnesota. L'Étoile du Nord is a French phrase meaning " The Star of the North ". It is the motto of the U.S. state of Minnesota, [1] and the only U.S. state motto in French. It was chosen by the state's first governor, Henry Hastings Sibley, and adopted in 1861, three years after ...
The Minnesota State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Minnesota, in its capital city of Saint Paul. It houses the Minnesota Senate, Minnesota House of Representatives, the office of the Attorney General and the office of the Governor. The building also includes a chamber for the Minnesota Supreme Court, although court ...
Minnesota's first state park, Itasca State Park, was established in 1891 at the source of the Mississippi River. By 1925, Minnesota had 23 parks. [210] During the Depression, with nine of its parks used as housing for the Civilian Conservation Corps, a division of state parks was created to administer the park system. [210]
Current as of October 12, 2023. Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. [6] Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center of Minnesota's government.