On this Date in Minnesota History: September 5

September 5, 1920 - The main attraction on the opening day of the 1920 Minnesota State Fair “was a ‘Gigantic Locomotive Collision’ at the grandstand, with two 160,000-pound engines slamming into each other at 60 mph.”

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Photo from Heritage Square, Minnesota State Fair