On This Date in Minnesota History: October 28

October 28, 1908 - The Minneapolis Journal reports that visitors are wearing down the exposed big toe of the Father of Waters statue in the rotunda of the Minneapolis City Hall and Courthouse.

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Father of Waters Mississippi, or the Father of Waters as he is better known, has graced the rotunda of City Hall and Courthouse since 1904. Sculpted from the largest piece of marble taken from the famed Carrara quarries in Italy, he weighs over 14,000 pounds.

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