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This Day in Minnesota History

July 16, 1858

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The state seal is adopted. Modifying the territorial seal, the design includes the slogan L'Etoile du Nord (Star of the North) and depicts a white man plowing eastward and looking over his shoulder at a Native American man on horseback riding toward the setting sun. Minor changes have been made to the seal since then, including the addition of Norway pines in the background and a shift of the Native man's route so that he rides toward the south.

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