On This Date in Minnesota History: November 22
Nov. 22, 1862 – Born on this date in Featherstone Township,
Goodhue County, Minn., Alexander P. Anderson, the inventor of puffed rice,1
held an additional claim to fame. In
1876, as a 13-year-old farmboy, he gave” water and directions to seven
strangers on horseback looking for Northfield, [Minn.]. The riders were the
James and Younger gang.”2
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_P._Anderson
2http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/199806/19_engerl_wheat-m/
Alexander P. Anderson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_P_Anderson_1933.jpg
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