Minnesota Land of ten thousand lakes By: Nick

Minnesota’s Facts State Bird: Common lone State Tree: Red Pine Nickname: The North star State State Flower: Pink and White lady’s slipper State Song: Hail! Minnesota State Motto: “The star of the North’’ Capital: St. Paul Minnesota’s Borders: North: Canada South: Iowa East: Wisconsin West: North and South Dakota Abbreviation: MN Other Famous Cities: Duluth and Rochester Population: 5,220,393

Landforms Mississippi river Ten Thousand Lakes Mount Rushmore Great Lakes: Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, and Lake Ontario Natural Resources: Iron Ore and Taconite

Historical Facts Minnesotan baseball commentator Halsey Hal was the first to say “holy cow’’ during a baseball broadcast. Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more then California, Florida, and Hawaii combined. Halsey Hal

Famous People Jean Paul Getty Dune Hanson Garrison Keillor Roger Marls Judy Garland Bob Dylan Judy Garland

State P roducts Flour, corn, soybeans, canned sweet corn, milk, butter, and other dairy products, Honey Crisp and Haralson apples, pine trees are logged Flour, corn, soybeans, canned sweet corn, milk, butter, and other dairy products, Honey Crisp and Haralson apples, pine trees are logged

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