Minnesota (state)
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Coordinates:
Lat: 46 00 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 46.0000 decimal degrees
Long: 094 00 00 W degrees minutes Long: -94.0000 decimal degreesInhabited in Pleistocene epoch (18,000 BCE); major groups were Ojibwa and Sioux when French fur traders arrived in 17th cen.; made of sections from Louisiana Purchase & NW Territory; supported Union in Civil War; homesteaded by Scandinavians in 1880s. Name derives from name for Minnesota River, from Sioux term meaning "water-cloudy"
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Nine men standing around a table, circa 1955
Item — Box 10, Folder: 1
Identifier: 006.10.01.4
Scope and Contents
Black and white photo of nine men standing together around a wooden table, all dressed in suits and ties. Behind them on the wall is a political campaign ad for Orville L. Freeman, the 29th Governor of the state of Minnesota.
Dates:
circa 1955
"Two Old Coons", November 1968
Item — Box 2, Folder: 6
Identifier: 006.02.06.4
Scope and Contents
Black and white photo of Mr. Blakely, a farmer and minister, holding 2 dead raccoons. There is a cabin in the background. A hand written note on the back reads:
Lindstrom, Minn. Master Ike and "Two old Coons."
Dates:
November 1968