Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia
- ISBN-10
- 0873513967
- ISBN-13
- 9780873513968
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 718
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press
- Author
- Warren Upham
Description
Tells the stories behind more than 20,000 names of towns and cities, townships and counties, lakes and rivers, of the North Star state of Minnesota.
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