Eveleth Recreation Building, ca. 1919. The facility, built around that same year, was the first indoor hockey arena in Minnesota.

Eveleth Recreation Building

Eveleth Recreation Building, ca. 1919. The facility, built around that same year, was the first indoor hockey arena in Minnesota.

Sayles Hill Gymnasium, ca. 1910. The gym, on the campus of Carleton College, in Northfield, hosted the first state high school basketball tournament in 1913.

Sayles Hill Gymnasium, Northfield

Sayles Hill Gymnasium, ca. 1910. The gym, on the campus of Carleton College, in Northfield, hosted the first state high school basketball tournament in 1913.

The Lady Warriors (a basketball team representing Cedar-Riverside, a neighborhood in Minneapolis) pose with the University of Minnesota mascot Goldy Gopher and Minnesota Lynx mascot Prowl during project recognition at a Minnesota Lynx WNBA game, August 30, 2015.

Minneapolis women’s basketball team at a Lynx game

The Lady Warriors (a basketball team representing Cedar-Riverside, a neighborhood in Minneapolis) pose with the University of Minnesota mascot Goldy Gopher and Minnesota Lynx mascot Prowl during project recognition at a Minnesota Lynx WNBA game, August 30, 2015.

How Sports and Recreation Have Shaped the State

Gophers, Vikings, and Saints: Highlights from the History of Minnesota Sports

In an eleven-month span between May 1991 and April 1992, the Twin Cities metropolitan area played host to five major national sports championships: the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, Golf’s US Open, the World Series, the Super Bowl, and the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four. This series of events put Minnesota in the national sports spotlight.

A Hamm’s poster celebrating the Minnesota Twins’ 1965 season. Hamm’s Brewing Company collaborated with professional sports teams in Minnesota and the Midwest as an advertising partner.

Twins/Hamm’s poster

A Hamm’s poster celebrating the Minnesota Twins’ 1965 season. Hamm’s Brewing Company collaborated with professional sports teams in Minnesota and the Midwest as an advertising partner.

Polaris 500 Indy Classic snowmobile at Jay Cooke State Park, Minnesota. Photograph by Flickr user Tony Webster. CC BY 2.0.

Polaris 500 Indy Classic

Polaris 500 Indy Classic snowmobile at Jay Cooke State Park, Minnesota. Photograph by Flickr user Tony Webster. CC BY 2.0.

Polaris RMK series snowmobile. Introduced in 1996, the RMK series of snowmobiles Polaris’s entry into the deep snow mountain sled market. Photograph taken in Island Park, Idaho, by Flickr user MotoWebMistress. CC BY 2.0.

Polaris RMK Series

Polaris RMK series snowmobile. Introduced in 1996, the RMK series of snowmobiles Polaris’s entry into the deep snow mountain sled market. Photograph taken in Island Park, Idaho, by Flickr user MotoWebMistress. CC BY 2.0.

1996 Polaris sales catalog. From Polaris 1996 Snowmobiles (Minneapolis: Polaris, 1995). Available at the Minnesota Historical Society library as TL234.2 P64 1995.

1996 Polaris catalog

1996 Polaris sales catalog. From Polaris 1996 Snowmobiles (Minneapolis: Polaris, 1995). Available at the Minnesota Historical Society library as TL234.2 P64 1995.

The cover of this 1970 sales brochure featured Polaris’s full snowmobile line. From “Pamphlets relating to snowmobiles and snow cruisers, 1939–.” Pamphlets collection (TL234), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

1970 Polaris brochure

The cover of this 1970 sales brochure featured Polaris’s full snowmobile line. From “Pamphlets relating to snowmobiles and snow cruisers, 1939–.” Pamphlets collection (TL234), Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Promotional photo of the 1969 Polaris Playmate, including wheel kit.

1969 Polaris Playmate

Promotional photo of the 1969 Polaris Playmate, including wheel kit.

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