Guide to Minnesota Place Names The Stories Behind 1,200 Places in the North Star State

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Within Minnesota's borders you will find such exotic place names as Amor and Darling, Fertile and Conception, Comfort and Happyland, Looneyville and Nimrod, Flour Lake and the Diarrhoea River, Great Scott and Eureka, Home and Nowhere, Moonshine and Whiskey Creek, Stringtown and Pig's Eye, Snowball and North Pole, Embarrass and Kiester, Coin and Money Creek, and Chickentown and Bull Moose. But how did these places get such unusual names? Wonder no longer as Michael Fedo relates the curious and prosaic ways in which a place gets named. Place names tell a rich history of how our state was settled. This compact guide presents the fascinating stories behind over 1,200 Minnesota place names. Included are all the names you would expect -- counties, larger towns and cities, major lakes and rivers -- as well as the curious and odd. This concise guide is the perfect companion for anyone who travels the highways and waterways of the North Star state.