Minnesota
Hi! I’m Amanda. I chose to do my report on
Minnesota because that's where
I’m from. In fact, my whole family is from
Minneapolis. I thought it would be
interesting to know more about where I
came from. So sit back, relax, and enjoy
my report on Minnesota. Like all
other states, Minnesota has many special
qualities of its own. The Norway
pine is the state tree. The loon is the state
bird. The pink and white lady
slipper is the lovely state flower. "Star of the
North" is the state
motto. Last but not least, the gopher is the state animal.
They are all
very interesting and unique to Minnesota. Minnesota is a weird name
as many
might think. That is because Indians made it up. In their language,
minne
means "water", and sotah means "sky-tinted". In that case, the
nickname is
"Land of Sky Blue Waters". There are over 4,757,757 people
living in
Minnesota. The four biggest cities are Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth,
and
Bloomington. Minneapolis is the biggest, but St. Paul is the
capitol.
Minnesota is surrounded by the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, South
Dakota, and
North Dakota and Canada. I’ve visited many of these states,
and I can tell you
that some of the nicest people live in Minnesota. In
Minnesota, there are many
interesting places to go. Some of the most popular
are the Boundary Waters Canoe
Area, the Mayo Clinic, Fort Snelling, the
Glensheen Mansion, Ironworld USA, the
Minnesota Zoo, Murphy’s Landing,
the Science Museum of Minnesota, Paul Bunyan
Land, The Guthrie Theater,
and one of the most popular of them all (especially
me), the Mall of
America. There are also many lakes, forests, state parks, and
sporting
events. I never knew there could be so many places to go in one
state.
Like many other states, Minnesota has its own ways of doing
things. With natural
resources of fertile soil, important minerals, and thick
evergreen forests, the
major industries are farming, mining, and the building
of roads, office
buildings and hotels. The crops farmers grow are corn, oats,
wheat, potatoes,
soybeans, peas, and many others. With all the big cities, I
never knew there was
so much farming in Minnesota. Minnesota’s climate has
four definite seasons.
Temperatures average around 68 degrees F in July
and 2 degrees F in January.
Also, throughout the year, they get about 19
inches of rain and snow. It’s a
fun place to live if you like both summer and
winter activities. There are many
historical facts about Minnesota. Long ago
glaciers covered most of the land
that we now call Minnesota. Two famous
French fur traders, Pierre Esprit
Radisson and Medart Chouart were the
first white men to set foot on this land.
Before that, only Indians lived
here. Another famous person, Sinclair Lewis (an
American novelist) lived
in Minnesota. Some other interesting facts about
Minnesota are that it
has the biggest mall in America (the Mall of America), and
one of the most
well known rivers in America (the Mississippi river) begins
here. There are a
lot of interesting things about Minnesota. When I chose to
write about
Minnesota, I just did it because that's where I was born. Until I
did this
report, I never knew how interesting one state could be. Now that I
picked
it, I feel I made a good choice. If I had to chose over again I
wouldn't
change my mind. After studying Minnesota, I’m very proud to say
that’s where
I’m from.