Local Interest & History

January 2008

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100 Influential Minnesotans: At the turn of the twenty-first century, the Star Tribune compiled this list of people who have had the most impact on the state's history in a wide range of fields. startribune.com/news/variety/influential2k

Minnesota Digital Library—Minnesota Reflections: Browse through old photos of Native Americans, famous Minnesotans, historic weather events, and much more. This treasure trove of more than 20,000 historical images was culled from museums across Minnesota by the Minnesota Digital Library. reflections.mndigital.org

Minnesota Transportation Museum: For fans of trains, old depots, and classic buses, this site is a wonderful nostalgia trip, rich with photos, film clips, and maps. mtmuseum.org

St. Paul Photo Tour: Web designer Joe Hoover has created an extensive collection of photos of St. Paul and its neighborhoods with side trips to gangster history, Charlie Brown statues, Irvine Park, and more. But not all the photos have captions. geomyidae.com

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Minnesota Historical Society: You could spend weeks exploring the fascinating nooks and crannies of this massive website. Naturally, you'll find wonderful photos, facts on pioneers and Native Americans, accounts of major events, and biographies of important figures. But what makes the site so rich and enjoyable are the unexpected pages: Unusual maps to highway oddities and oversized statuary (www.mnhs.org/places/other/roadside). A comic book version of true stories of early Minnesota lumbering, saw milling, flour milling, and farming (discovery.mnhs.org/ConnectingMN). Historic shipwrecks (www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/shipwrecks). Info on how Anoka got its name and the derivation of hundreds of towns and lakes (mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham). mnhs.org

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