USA Mega series #23; Minnesota Traditional Cache

This is a one of a series of 51 caches (50 traditional (States) and a puzzle bonus (USA)) that will take you around the town of Thornbury.

All the caches are to do with the USA and will give you info on all the states.

To help you navigate the public footways around this area, the Explorer 167 map will be helpful.

                                                  MINNESOTA           

• Origin of name: From the Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water”
• Capital: Saint Paul
• Largest city: Minneapolis
• Population: 5,420,380 (2013 est) Ranked 21^st in the US.
• Nicknames: North star state; Land of 10,000 lakes; The Gopher state
• Highest point: Eagle mountain, 2,301 ft
• Admission to union: May 11^th, 1858 (32^nd)
• State motto: The Star of the North
• State song: Hail! Minnesota
• State tree: Red (Norway) pine
• State flower: Lady’s slipper
• State bird: Common loon
• Area: 86,939 sq mi. Ranked 12th in the US.
  
   

Did you know……...

1) Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined.

2) The first Automatic Pop-up toaster was marketed in June 1926 by McGraw Electric Co. in Minneapolis under the name Toastmaster. The retail price was $13.50.

3) Candy maker Frank C. Mars of Minnesota introduced the Milky Way candy bar in 1923. Mars marketed the Snickers bar in 1930 and introduced the 5 cent Three Musketeers bar in 1937. The original 3 Musketeers bar contained 3 bars in one wrapper. Each with different flavour nougat.

4) Minneapolis’ famed skyway system connecting 52 blocks (nearly five miles) of downtown makes it possible to live, eat, work and shop without going outside.

5) The mall of America in Bloomingtons is the size of 78 football fields – 905 million square feet.