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Location of Minnesota in the United States

Land of 10,000 Lakes, the Minnesota state nickname on a U.S. quarter coin

Minnesota (<phonos file="en-us-Minnesota.ogg">pronounced ˌmɪnɨˈsoʊtə</phonos>) is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. The 12th-largest state by area in the U.S., and the 21^st most populous, with approximately five million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the 32^nd state on May 11, 1858. The state is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and those lakes and the other waters for which the state is named, together with the national forests and parks, offer residents and tourists a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities.

Approximately 60% of Minnesota's residents live in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area known as the Twin Cities, the center of transportation, business, and industry, and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state, often referred to as "Greater Minnesota" or "Outstate Minnesota", consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; eastern deciduous forests, also heavily farmed and settled; and the less populated northern boreal forest. (Full article) Template:/box-footer

Hampton, Minnesota Hampton is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 434 at the 2000 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.5 km²), all of it land. U.S. Highway 52; and State Highways 50 and 56 are three of the main routes in the community. (Full article)

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Lange in 2014

Jessica Phyllis Lange (/læŋ/; born April 20, 1949) is an American actress who has worked in film, theater and television. The recipient of several awards, including two Academy Awards, three Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award and three Dorian Awards; in 1998, Entertainment Weekly listed Lange among The 25 Greatest Actresses of the '90s. In 1982, she became the first performer in forty years to receive two Oscar nominations within the same year; she won her second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a soap opera star in Tootsie and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the troubled actress Frances Farmer, in Frances. Lange was born in Cloquet, Minnesota. In addition to acting, Lange is a photographer with two published works. She has also been a foster parent and currently holds a Goodwill Ambassador position for UNICEF, specializing in HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Russia. In 2014, Marc Jacobs chose her to be the premiere model of his new high-end beauty line, Marc Jacobs Beauty. (Full article)

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• ...that Albert Hofstede (pictured) was Minneapolis's first Catholic mayor?
• ...that the Skyline Towers apartment building in Saint Paul, Minnesota is often referred to as a "ghetto in the sky"?
• ...that the horses in the Minneapolis Police Department mounted patrol commute to Minneapolis from a nearby ranch?

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Ramsey's house in Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1960.

Although Minnesota was a new state when the American Civil War started, it was the first to contribute troops to the Union effort, with about 22,000 Minnesotans serving. Alexander Ramsey (R), the first governor of Minnesota, was in Washington on April 13, 1861, when the war broke out. He sent a telegram back to Saint Paul urging his lieutenant governor, Ignatius L. Donnelly (R), to call out volunteers. The 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry was particularly important to the Battle of Gettysburg. (Full article)

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• Apple Butter Day is held October 23 in Forestville near Preston, Minnesota. Fees and a state park vehicle permit apply. (See the website.)
• President Obama will headline a rally for Democratic-Farmer-Labor party gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton on October 23 in Minneapolis.
• Vertical Currency: Five Years of Emerging Artists at Rochester Art Center is exhibited at the Rochester Art Center from September 25, 2010 to January 9, 2011. (See the website.)

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