TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 The Land of (cid:29)(cid:30),(cid:30)(cid:30)(cid:30) Lakes CHAPTER 2 Small Market Major Accomplishments ATHLETE BIO Dave Winfield CHAPTER 3 The Gopher State CHAPTER 4 The State of Hockey ATHLETE BIO Zach Parise CHAPTER 5 Minnesota Nice or Minnesota Ice Focus on Minnesota Glossary To Learn More Index
Minnesota Welcomes You
CHAPTER 1 THE LAND OF 10,000 LAKES Long before Minnesota had a hockey team called the North Stars the state was known as the Star of the North That motto shows the pride Minnesotans take in their state They feel the same way about the teams that represent it Long before Europeans arrived in Minnesota American Indian tribes called it home The first tribes settled in what is now Minnesota nearly 9,000 years ago Europeans arrived in the 1620s Minnesota welcomes more than 30 million tourists each year 5
