Tuesday, June 19, 2012

On This Date in Minnesota History: June 19

June 19, 1852 – “Acting upon a request from the Minnesota territorial legislature, the United States Congress decreed the aboriginal name for the river, Minnesota, to be the river’s official name and ordered all agencies of the federal government to use that name when referencing it.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_River

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