"The New All-too-True-Blue History of Minnesota" is a creative history of Minnesota (or an "alternative" history, if you will). Events that are covered include, but are not limited to: TIME IMMEMORIAL - There Goes the Neighborhood 1683 -- Geographic Confusion Reigns 1805 -- Pike's Purchase 1815 -- Peace Treaty & Fur Traders 1832 - Source of Mississippi Located 1838 - First Non-Indian Resident of Pig's Eye 1848 - Minnesota Goes Anarchic 1862 - Dakota War / Sioux Uprising 1870s and 1880s -- Ingalls Family 1876 -- James/Younger Gangs Attempt to rob Northfield Bank 1889 -- Mayo Clinic Founded 1894 - Great Hinckley Fire 1905 -- Aerial Ferry 1920 -- "Main Street" Book 1923 -- Mars Creates the Milky Way 1935, 1937 - "Little House on the Prairie" and "On the Banks of Prune Creek" Books 1970 to 1977 -- Mary Tyler Moore Show 1974 to 1984 -- "Little House on the Prairie" Television Show Most of the events have explanatory images to help you visualize the history lessons.
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