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Darin Pomije of New Prague (pop. 4,559) bowled three consecutive perfect games for a 900 series in December 2004. He is the first bowler in the state and the seventh nationally to roll the American Bowling Congress-sanctioned perfect score.

first appeared: 6/4/2006

Built in 1883, the Stone Arch Bridge spans the Mississippi River below St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis. The beloved landmark, with its 23 graceful arches, was a railroad bridge until 1965 and today serves pedestrians and bicyclists.

first appeared: 5/21/2006

Remnants of the old Woods Trail, traveled by ox carts carrying supplies between St. Paul and settlements along the Red River, can be seen at Crow Wing State Park near Brainerd (pop. 13,178).

first appeared: 5/14/2006

The nation's oldest public wildflower garden is the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary, established in 1907 in Minneapolis. A trail meanders for two-thirds of a mile through woodland, swamp and prairie areas blooming with native wildflowers.

first appeared: 4/23/2006

Last September, Minnesota became the nation’s first state to require all diesel fuel sold in the state be at least 2 percent biodiesel, a renewable fuel made from soybean oil and other vegetable oils and fats.

first appeared: 4/9/2006

Actor James Arness, who was born in 1923 in Minneapolis, lassoed the role of Marshal Matt Dillon for the television Western Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1975. John Wayne declined the role and recommended his 6-foot-7-inch friend.

first appeared: 3/26/2006

Millions of undeliverable letters and packages wind up in the U.S. Postal Service’s Mail Recovery Center, formerly called "the dead letter office." The St. Paul office is one of three such centers where letters are shredded and unclaimed items are auctioned.

first appeared: 3/12/2006

Built with native limestone in 1857, Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Minneapolis is the city’s oldest church in continuous use. The Catholic church was scheduled to be closed in 1968, but, at the city council’s urging, was instead restored.

first appeared: 2/26/2006

The history of the state’s forts, development of the Jeep and military weapons, and a tribute to Medal of Honor recipients are showcased at the Minnesota Military Museum at Camp Ripley in Little Falls (pop. 7,719).

first appeared: 2/12/2006

In 1952, Marvin Schwan loaded 14 gallons of ice cream from the family dairy into his panel truck to deliver to rural customers around Marshall (pop. 12,735). The delivery system worked and Schwan Food Co. today sells its products nationwide.

first appeared: 1/29/2006

The largest collection of secondhand theological classic books in the world can be found at Loome Theological Booksellers and Loome Antiquarian Booksellers in Stillwater (pop. 15,143). The stores’ shelves contain 350,000 volumes.

first appeared: 1/15/2006

MISS MINNESOTA 2006—Karyn Stordahl of Owatonna (pop. 22,434) plans to play professional golf. She competed for the University of Minnesota before graduating and currently co-hosts a golf show on TV’s FSN network.

first appeared: 1/8/2006

To celebrate its centennial last year, the Red Wing (pop. 16,116) Shoe Co. built the world’s largest leather boot, size 638 1/2 D, which is 20 feet long and 16 feet tall and weighs 2,300 pounds. The style was Red Wing’s signature work boot.

first appeared: 1/1/2006

Minneapolis’ most famous career woman is portrayed in a downtown statue of actress Mary Tyler Moore tossing her hat in the air as Mary Richards, Minneapolis TV producer on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977.

first appeared: 12/18/2005

Mantorville (pop. 1,054) was settled in 1853 by brothers Peter and Riley Mantor, who were attracted to the area in part by the local limestone. When quarried, the limestone is soft and easily carved into blocks for buildings, bridges and roads and then hardens through the years.

first appeared: 12/4/2005

The Minnesota Orchestra, under the direction of conductor Osmo Vanska, is recording all nine of Ludwig von Beethoven’s symphonies. BIS Records released the orchestra’s recordings of Symphonies No. 4 and 5 in December 2004.

first appeared: 11/20/2005

Hats off to Roger "Bucky" Legried, a farmer in Frost (pop. 251), whose collection of ball caps now tops 70,200 and fills two 48-foot semitrailers. He believes he has the world’s largest collection.

first appeared: 11/6/2005

One of the nation’s largest wholesale nurseries, Bailey Nurseries of Newport (pop. 3,715), celebrates its centennial this year. A fourth generation operates the family business with offices in the original homestead and 4,500 acres under cultivation.

first appeared: 10/23/2005

Nathaniel Cornelius, 13, of Cottonwood (pop. 1,148) won the 2005 National Geographic Bee by answering: Lake Gatun, an artificial lake that constitutes part of the Panama Canal system, was created by damming which river? The answer: Chagres River.

first appeared: 10/9/2005

A survey crew’s error in 1882 left 144 acres of the Chippewa National Forest unlogged. In the Lost Forty, as the old-growth coniferous forest near Blackduck (pop. 696) is known, towering red and white pines are up to 350 years old.

first appeared: 9/25/2005

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