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 1 Collection or Record:
Golden Agers Scrapbook No. 1
Collection
Identifier: HQBCA-014
Abstract
This collection includes one (1) scrapbook which previously belonged to a member of the Golden Agers Club at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center. This scrapbook contains mostly newspaper clippings, with some photographs, correspondence, and general biographical works.
Dates:
circa 1940-1970; Majority of material found within circa 1940-1970