Minnesota

Minnesota is the 32nd state of the United States, having joined the Union on May 11, 1858.

Miscellaneous information

Symbols and emblems

• State bird – Loon
• State butterfly – Monarch
• State drink – Milk
• State fish – Walleye
• State flower – Pink and White Showy Lady Slipper
• State gemstone – Lake Superior Agate
• State grain – Wild rice
• Territory Motto (intended) – Quae sursum volo videre ("I wish to see what is beyond")
• Territory Motto (actual) – Quo sursum velo videre ("I cover to see what is above" is the closest translation)
• State motto – L'Étoile du Nord ("Star of the North")
• State muffin – Blueberry (adopted as part of a school project on how a bill becomes law)
• State mushroom – Morel (sponge mushroom; honeycomb morel)
• State picture – Grace
• State song – "Hail! Minnesota"
• State tree – Norway Pine
• Nicknames – "Gopher State," "North Star State," "Land of 10,000 Lakes"

Naval ships named for Minnesota

• USS Minnesota, a steam frigate named for the Minnesota River, commissioned in 1855.
• USS Minnesota (Battleship No. 22), one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships
• USS Saint Paul, a converted merchant cruiser which served during the Spanish-American War and World War I
• USS Minneapolis (Cruiser No. 13, later CA-17), a Columbia-class protected cruiser which also served during World War I
• USS Minneapolis (CA-36), a New Orleans-class heavy cruiser which served during World War II.
• USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30), a dock landing ship which served during World War II
• USS Saint Paul (CA-73), a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser which served from late in World War II until the Vietnam War
• USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (SSN-708), a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine presently serving as the flagship of SubRon 6
• SS Gopher State (ACS-4), a Gopher State-class crane ship serving with the Military Sealift Command, Prepositioning Force.
• USS Duluth (CL-87) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser commissioned late in World War II.
• USS Duluth (LPD-6) is an amphibious transport dock commissioned in 1966.

Early explorers

• Michel Aco
• Father Louis Hennepin
• Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut
• Zebulon Pike
• Henry Schoolcraft
• Joseph Nicollet
• Father Jacques Marquette

Famous people from Minnesota

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Eddie Albert,

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Loni Anderson,

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Louie Anderson,

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Richard Dean Anderson,

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James Arness,

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Soul Asylum,

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Ann Bancroft,

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Bill Berry,

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Jessica Biel,

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Herb Brooks,

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Warren Burger,

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Bob Casey (Baseball Annoucer),

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Mitch Clem,

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Joel and Ethan Coen,

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Rachael Leigh Cook,

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Morris Day,

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Bob Dylan,

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Tammy Faye,

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F. Scott Fitzgerald,

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Al Franken,

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Judy Garland,

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Terry Gilliam,

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Peter Graves (actor),

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Sid Hartman,

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Josh Hartnett,

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Mitch Hedberg,

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Hubert H. Humphrey,

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Hüsker Dü,

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Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis,

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Jolly Green Giant,

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Garrison Keillor,

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Frank B. Kellogg,

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Tom Kelly,

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Craig Kilborn,

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Peter Krause,

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Don LaFontaine,

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Jessica Lange,

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Tom Lehman,

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Sinclair Lewis,

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Charles Lindbergh,

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Lipps Inc,

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John Madden (football),

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Roger Maris,

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Charles Mayo,

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William Mayo,

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William Worrall Mayo,

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Eugene J. McCarthy,

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Kevin McHale,

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George Mikan,

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Paul Molitor,

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Walter F. Mondale,

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Lorenzo Music,

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Gena Lee Nolin,

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David Oreck,

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Carl Pohlad,

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Prince,

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The Replacements,

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Marion Ross,

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Winona Ryder,

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Flip Saunders,

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Charles Schulz,

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Seann William Scott,

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Phil Solem,

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Kevin Sorbo,

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Harold Stassen,

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Will Steger,

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Glen A. Taylor,

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Lea Thompson,

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Cheryl Tiegs,

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Jesse Ventura,

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DeWitt Wallace,

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Roy Wilkins,

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Dave Winfield,

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Steve Zahn

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