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This Day in Minnesota History

June 17, 1913

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The first "Minnesota Good Roads Day" is declared. The national Good Roads Movement was spurred by two forces: bicyclists who wanted to ride on better surfaces than muddy country lanes, and Rural Free Delivery, the post office's promise to deliver mail to and from farms that were easily accessible by road.

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