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Mississippi River southwest of downtown St. Paul, 1937

Aerial photograph of the Mississippi River southwest of downtown St. Paul, with Cherokee Park visible in the lower left, 1937. Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online, John R. Borchert Map Library, University of Minnesota.

Mississippi River southwest of downtown St. Paul, 1953

Aerial photograph of the Mississippi River southwest of downtown St. Paul, with Cherokee Park visible in the upper right, 1953. Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online, John R. Borchert Map Library, University of Minnesota.

Mixed Blood Theatre

The former firehouse in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis that has served as a headquarters for Mixed Blood Theatre since 1976. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user theopie, May 1, 2009. CC BY-SA 2.0.

MN 90: Ranee Ramaswamy's dance company

Britt Aamodt shares the history of Ragamala Dance Company.

Color photograph of MN Cartooning Historian David Mruz with Curt Swan, October 2, 1993.

MN Cartooning Historian David Mruz with Curt Swan and Proclamation Making October 2, 1993 Curt Swan Day

Minnesota cartooning historian David Mruz was among those who invited Curt Swan to Minneapolis for Curt Swan Day, October 2, 1993.

MN Valley Floodway

An aerial shot of the MN Valley Refuge site, showing a floodplain view.

MN90: 91 Votes That Changed History

The 2008 Norm Coleman–Al Franken US Senate race recount wasn’t the first time the state’s voters had to endure a messy battle over ballots. In 1962, incumbent Republican governor Elmer L. Andersen and his challenger, Karl Rolvaag, ran a tight race and then duked it out in a contentious recount lasting 139 days. MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports that when it comes to recounts, political gamesmanship never goes out of style.

MN90: A 19th Century Grasshopper Disaster

During the 1870s, grasshopper plagues made life miserable for Minnesota's farmers. The insects traveled in swarms so large they darkened the sky, destroying crops and farmers’ livelihoods along the way. Learn more about the government response to the crisis and the lasting damage that was left behind.

MN90: A Bomb of a Joke

When enterprising Wilford Fawcett came home to Robbinsdale, MN, after World War I, he thought it would be good business to publish the dirty jokes he heard in the trenches overseas. He called his magazine "Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang" and it became a huge success. MN90 producer Marisa Helms tells us Fawcett made a small fortune off of his bawdy humor magazine and went on to build a publishing empire of hobby magazines and comic books, including Captain Marvel.

MN90: A Boy Called Sparky

In this segment of MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds, Britt Aamodt looks at the life of cartoonist Charles Schulz.

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