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Knute Nelson Memorial Park was the home of the Alexandria Blue Anchors of the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The team's first game was played on June 1, 2001, when former Major League Baseball reliever Goose Gossage threw out the first pitch.
Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was a Norwegian-born American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota.A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures and to the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota, and served as the 12th governor of ...
Knute Nelson Memorial Knute Nelson Memorial. Knute Nelson was born in Evanger, Voss, Norway, on February 2, 1843. He is Minnesota's first foreign-born governor. During the American Civil War he served in the 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (1861–1864). Nelson was governor of Minnesota from January 4, 1893, to January 31, 1895.
Artwork in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda. The Minnesota State Capitol opened in 1905 with roughly 60 artworks that totaled $300,000, or 7% of the $4.5-million project budget. Cass Gilbert, the architect of the Capitol building, had envisioned that the artworks would add "educational value" and provide for the "advancement of civilization and ...
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 ...
April 29, 2024 at 7:24 PM. Knute Rockne burial gravestone at Highland Cemetery 2257 Portage Ave. South Bend, Indiana 46624. SOUTH BEND — Knute Rockne’s original gravestone is placed at his new ...
1872 house (remodeled in 1915) of pioneering Norwegian-American politician Knute Nelson (1843–1923), multiterm U.S. Representative, Governor of Minnesota, and U.S. Senator. Now houses the Douglas County Historical Society. 12: August Tonn Farmstead: September 25, 1985 : County Road 65
The grave of legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne was moved to Cedar Grove Cemetery at the University of Notre Dame on Monday. Rockne had been buried at Highland Cemetery in South Bend ...