Curious Minnesota podcast host Eric Roper talks with reporter M.L. Smith to unravel the mystery behind Minnesota's unofficial Gopher State nickname.
Listen: How did Minnesota become the Gopher State?
May 6, 2020 at 3:01PM
Further reading:
How did Minnesota become the Gopher State? (October 2019 Curious Minnesota story)
A Minnesota Weekly Times reader suggests calling Minnesota the Gopher State in 1856.
The Strib is as old as the city of Minneapolis. It grew out of several strikingly different papers.