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| Paying my last respects at the
grave of Paul Bunyan, the greatest lumber jack of all time,
in the Paul Bunyan Memorial Park in Kelliher. The grave
stone,between the trees, reads "Paul Bunyan, born 1794,
died 1803, Here lies Paul and that's all". |
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| Website : www.state.mn.us |
 Capital
: St. Paul |
 Highest
point : Eagle
Mountain, 2,301 feet |
 Area : 86,943 square miles,
12th largest |
 Population : 4,919,479
(2000 US Census) |
 Motto
: L' Etoil du Nord (Star of the North) |
 Admitted to
Union : May 11, 1858
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 State
Song : "Hail Minnesota" |
 State Bird :
Common Loon |
 State Flower :
Lady's-slipper |
 State Tree : Norway Pine |
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