A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
Minnesota State Hospital for the Insane in St. Peter, ca. 1868. The institution was renamed St. Peter State Hospital in 1893.
Paper sheet with game rules and information on winning odds for the Minnesota State Lottery game sponsored by Hormel (and featuring SPAM), 2000.
A strip of unused, voided scratch-off tickets from the Minnesota State Lottery game sponsored by Hormel (and featuring SPAM), 2000.
Minnesota state monument, Vicksburg National Military Park, 1907.
Governor Hubbard with state officers standing on the capitol steps, 1884.
Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, ca. 1895. Photo by Briol Studio.
Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, 1886.
Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, ca. 1900.
View of Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, 1909. Photo by John Runk Jr.