On April 14, 1886, a devastating "cyclone" tore through St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids, and Rice, killing 72 people and injuring 213. It's still remembered as Minnesota's deadliest tornado.
Do these mascots of the Great Minnesota Get-Together actually have names? Of course, they do! (I'm pretty sure this is a trivial pursuit question, so remember this story and thank me later when you win).
The grant, totaling more than $120,000, was awarded by the Minnesota Historical Society to help inventory more than 3,500 items in the Stearns History Museum’s three-dimensional collections.