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Headings: Minnesota
Minnesota
Introduction
Survey of the North Star State
Natural Regions
Central Lowland
Superior Upland
Climate
Natural Resources
People
Cities
Recreation
Education
Economy
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
Industry
Services
Transportation
Government
History
European Exploration and Settlement
Statehood
Additional Reading

Content: Agriculture and food processing, however, remain major industries in Minnesota. General Mills, one of the largest food manufacturers in the world, and Land O’Lakes, a major dairy company, are located in the state. For its bountiful wheat crops, once-abundant flour mills, and high rank in dairying, Minnesota is sometimes referred to as the Bread and Butter State. Since the success of the Farmer-Labor Party in the 1930s, Minnesota has been one of the most politically progressive of the states. Among the liberal Minnesota statesmen considered for the presidential or vice presidential nomination were Harold E. Stassen, Orville L. Freeman, Hubert H. Humphrey, Eugene J. McCarthy, and Walter F. Mondale. Minnesota has inspired many storytellers and other writers. Legends were told about the feats of the giant woodsman Paul Bunyan. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the chronicler of the Jazz Age, was born in St. Paul. Sinclair Lewis became the first American winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930; his major novel Main Street (1920) was modeled on his birthplace, Sauk Centre.