Place details
Place nameMinnesota
Other namesMN
CountryUnited States
Latitude46
Longitude-94
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inhabited in Pleistocene epoch (18,000 BC); major groups were Ojibwa & 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.