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Resource Guide
Articles and resources related to Minnesota
Encyclopedia Articles
A guide to Minnesota
Biographies
Cities
Colleges and universities
Economy
History
Land and climate
National park system
Native American groups
Monuments and historic sites
Plant and animal life
Sports teams
Other related articles
Selected Media
Books to Read
Newspapers
Study Skills
Web Sites
Magazine Articles

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Minnesota shoreline

The Minnesota shoreline stretches along Lake Superior in the northeast part of the state. Rugged cliffs and thick forests provide beautiful wilderness scenery in this region, making it one of Minnesota's most popular vacation areas.



(c) Steve Solum, West Stock





Encyclopedia articles


in World Book include:




A guide to Minnesota

• Minnesota
• Minnesota (table: Interesting facts about Minnesota)
• Minnesota (table: Minnesota in brief)

• Minnesota (table: Annual events in Minnesota)
• Minnesota (table: Places to visit in Minnesota)
• Minnesota (Visitor's guide)


Biographies


Athletes

• Berg, Patty
• Maris, Roger
• McHale, Kevin

Artists

• Bly, Robert
• Eberhart, Richard
• Manship, Paul

Business leaders and inventors

• Getty, J. Paul
• Hill, James J.

Entertainers

• Andrews Sisters
• Coen, Ethan and Joel
• Dylan, Bob

• Garland, Judy
• Keillor, Garrison
• Schulz, Charles Monroe


Explorers and frontiersmen

• Duluth, Daniel Greysolon, Sieur
• Groseilliers, Sieur des
• Hennepin, Louis

• Le Sueur, Pierre-Charles
• Pike, Zebulon M.
• Radisson, Pierre E.


Political leaders

• Blackmun, Harry A.
• Burger, Warren E.
• Coleman, Norm
• Dayton, Mark
• Donnelly, Ignatius
• Douglas, William Orville
• Franken, Al
• Freeman, Orville Lothrop
• Grams, Rodney Dwight
• Humphrey, Hubert H.

• Kellogg, Frank Billings
• Klobuchar, Amy
• McCarthy, Eugene J.
• Mondale, Walter F.
• Pillsbury, John Sargent
• Rice, Henry M.
• Stassen, Harold E.
• Ventura, Jesse
• Volstead, Andrew John
• Wellstone, Paul David


Publishers and writers

• Del Rey, Lester
• Fitzgerald, F. Scott
• Lewis, Sinclair
• Paulsen, Gary

Scientists and professionals

• Agre, Peter
• Mayo, Charles H.
• Mayo, William J.
• Mayo, William W.
• Nier, Alfred Otto Carl

Other biographies

• Banks, Dennis
• Lindbergh, Charles A.
• Madden, John


Cities

• Duluth
• Hibbing
• Minneapolis
• Northfield

• Saint Cloud
• Saint Paul
• Stillwater


Colleges and universities

• Minnesota (table: Universities and colleges in Minnesota)
• Carleton College
• Macalester College
• Minnesota, University of
• Saint Scholastica, College of


Economy

• Minnesota (table: Minnesota's economic production and workers)
• Minnesota (Economy)
• Agriculture
• Communication
• Computer (The computer industry)
• Corn (Corn in industry)
• Dairying
• Electric power
• Farm and farming
• Fishing industry
• Food (The food industry)
• Livestock

• Manufacturing
• Meat packing
• Mining
• Natural resources
• Real estate
• Retailing
• Service industries
• Taconite
• Tourism
• Transportation
• Wheat


History

• Minnesota (table: Important dates in Minnesota)
• Minnesota (table: Governors of Minnesota)
• Minnesota (History)
• Assiniboia
• Civil War, American
• Farmer-Labor Party
• Indian wars
• Louisiana Purchase
• Matanuska Valley

• Nonpartisan League
• Northwest Ordinance
• Northwest Territory
• Pioneer life in America
• Prohibition
• United States, History of the
• Volstead Act
• Western frontier life in America
• Westward movement in America


Land and climate

• Minnesota (Land and climate)
• Minnesota (table: Average monthly weather in Minnesota)
• Bog
• Canadian Shield
• Dalles
• Inland waterway
• Kettle hole
• Lake Agassiz
• Lake Itasca
• Lake of the Woods

• Lake Superior
• Loess
• Mesabi Range
• Minnehaha Falls
• Minnesota River
• Mississippi River
• North Central States
• Rainy Lake
• Red River of the North


National park system

• Voyageurs National Park


Native American groups

• Indian, American (Indians of the Plains)
• Chippewa Indians
• Mound builders
• Sioux Indians
• Winnebago Indians


Monuments and historic sites

• Grand Portage National Monument


Plant and animal life

• Aspen
• Birch
• Blackberry
• Bunchberry
• Deer
• Geranium
• Gopher
• Honeysuckle

• Lady's-slipper
• Loon
• Moose
• Pheasant
• Pine
• Sunfish
• Trout
• Wolf


Sports teams

• Minnesota Timberwolves
• Minnesota Twins
• Minnesota Vikings
• Minnesota Wild


Other related articles

• Bunyan, Paul
• Hockey Hall of Fame
• Mayo Clinic


Selected Media

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Minnesota state quarter
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Population density in Minnesota
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Minneapolis, Minnesota


Books to read

Level I
• Bircher, William. A Civil War Drummer Boy: The Diary of William Bircher, 1861-1865. Ed. by Shelley S. Sateren. Blue Earth Bks., 2000.
• Hasday, Judy L. Minnesota. Children's Pr., 2003.
• Hintz, Martin. Minnesota. Children's Pr., 2000.
• Pollack, Miriam H., and Jaffe, Peter. Minnesota. World Almanac Lib., 2002.
• Porter, A. P. Minnesota. Rev. ed. Lerner, 2002.

Level II
• Anfinson, Scott F. Southwestern Minnesota Archaeology: 12,000 Years in the Prairie Lake Region. Minn. Hist. Soc., 1997.
• Clark, Clifford E., Jr., ed. Minnesota in a Century of Change: The State and Its People Since 1900. Minn. Hist. Soc., 1989.
• Delton, Jennifer A. Making Minnesota Liberal: Civil Rights and the Transformation of the Democratic Party. Univ. of Minn. Pr., 2002.
• Elazar, Daniel J., and others. Minnesota Politics and Government. Univ. of Neb. Pr., 1999.
• Kjarum, Roxanne, and Thorkelson, Berit. Only in Minnesota. Voyageur Pr., 2003. A book of photographs.
• Lass, William E. Minnesota. 2nd. ed. Norton, 1998.
• Millett, Larry. Twin Cities Then and Now. Minn. Hist. Soc., 1996. A history in photographs.
• Moe, Richard. The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers. 1993. Reprint. Minn. Hist. Soc., 2001.
• Stuhler, Barbara, and Kreuter, G. V., eds. Women of Minnesota. Rev. ed. Minn. Hist. Soc., 1998.
• Valdes, Dennis N. Barrio Nortenos: St. Paul and Midwestern Mexican Communities in the Twentieth Century. Univ. of Tex. Pr., 2000.
• Wills, Jocelyn. Boosters, Hustlers, and Speculators: Entrepreneurial Culture and the Rise of Minneapolis and St. Paul, 1849-1883. Minn. Hist. Soc., 2005.
• Wingerd, Mary L. Claiming the City: Politics, Faith, and the Power of Place in St. Paul. Cornell Univ. Pr., 2001.




Newspapers

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The Pioneer Press (Minneapolis-Saint Paul)


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