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Excelsior, Minnesota, the Glossary

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Populated places established in the 1850s

Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815 April 22, 1903) was an American politician.

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Area code 952

Area code 952 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the southwestern suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Brent Sass

Brent Sass (born January 2, 1980, in Excelsior, Minnesota) is an American dog musher who is one of only six people to have won both the Iditarod and Yukon Quest sled dog races.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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Dance hall in its general meaning is a hall for dancing, but usually refers to a specific type of twentieth-century venue, with dance clubs (nightclubs) becoming more popular towards the end of the century.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Don Shelby

Donald Gilbert Shelby (born May 27, 1947) is a retired American journalist who was a news anchor on WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota for much of his career.

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European Americans

European Americans are Americans of European ancestry.

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Excelsior Public School (Excelsior, Minnesota)

Excelsior Public School is a former school building in Excelsior, Minnesota, United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Film poster

A film poster is a poster used to promote and advertise a film primarily to persuade paying customers into a theater to see it.

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Fort Snelling

Fort Snelling is a former military fortification and National Historic Landmark in the U.S. state of Minnesota on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers.

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Fred Waring

Fredrick Malcolm Waring Sr. (June 9, 1900 – July 29, 1984) was an American musician, bandleader, choral director, and radio and television personality, sometimes referred to as "America's Singing Master" and "The Man Who Taught America How to Sing".

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.

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Golden Retriever

The Golden Retriever is a Scottish breed of retriever dog of medium size.

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Grandmaster (chess)

Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.

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Greenwood, Minnesota

Greenwood is a community on Saint Albans Bay on Lake Minnetonka in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States just northeast of the community of Excelsior, Minnesota. Excelsior, Minnesota and Greenwood, Minnesota are cities in Minnesota.

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Haley Kalil

Haley Kalil (née O'Brien; born August 6, 1992) is an American former model and current social media personality.

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Hennepin County, Minnesota

Hennepin County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Heritage streetcar

Heritage streetcars or heritage trams are a part of the efforts to preserve rail transit heritage.

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Hopkins, Minnesota

Hopkins is a suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, located west of Minneapolis. Excelsior, Minnesota and Hopkins, Minnesota are cities in Minnesota.

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Hutchinson, Minnesota

Hutchinson is the largest city in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. Excelsior, Minnesota and Hutchinson, Minnesota are cities in Minnesota.

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Jimmy Hutmaker

Jimmy Hutmaker (April 18, 1932 – October 3, 2007), also known as "Mister Jimmy", was a celebrity in Excelsior, Minnesota until his death on October 3, 2007.

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John Berkey

John Berkey (August 13, 1932 – April 29, 2008) was an American artist known for his space and science fiction themed works.

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John Mark Nelson

John Mark Nelson (born November 23, 1993) is an American songwriter and producer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Joseph R. Brown

Joseph Renshaw Brown (1805–1870) was an American politician, pioneer, fur trader, newspaper editor, businessman, inventor, speculator, and Indian agent who was prominent in Minnesota and Wisconsin territorial and state politics for over 50 years.

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Lake Minnetonka

Lake Minnetonka (Dakota: Mní iá Tháŋka) is a lake located about west-southwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Lawrence Welk

Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982.

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Liberty (dog)

Honor's Foxfire Liberty Hume (February 8, 1974 – 1984) (AKC Registration Number SB578950) was the Golden Retriever presidential pet of Betty Ford and Gerald Ford.

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List of counties in Minnesota

There are 87 counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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List of transport museums

A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and coaches—but can also include air transport or waterborne transport items, along with educational displays and other old transport objects.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Martha Sheldon

Martha A. Sheldon (May 22, 1860 — October 10, 1912) was an American medical missionary in India, Nepal, and Tibet.

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Mary Monica Pulver Kuhfeld

Prolific author of several series of mysteries as Monica Ferris, Mary Monica Pulver, Margaret Frazer, Ellen and Mary Kuhfeld.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Mick Jagger

Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer.

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Mike Love

Michael Edward Love (born March 15, 1941) is an American singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist of the Beach Boys which he co-founded with his cousins Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson and their friend Al Jardine.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Excelsior, Minnesota and Minneapolis are cities in Minnesota.

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Minneapolis–Saint Paul

Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a metropolitan area in the Upper Midwestern United States centered around the confluence of the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Minnehaha Creek

Minnehaha Creek (Mniȟáȟa Wakpádaŋ) is a 22-mile-long (35 km) tributary of the Mississippi River that flows east from Gray's Bay Dam on Lake Minnetonka through the suburban cities of Minnetonka, Hopkins, Saint Louis Park, and Edina, and the city of Minneapolis.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Minnesota State Highway 100

Minnesota State Highway 100 (MN 100) is a state highway in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate 494 (I-494) in Bloomington and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with I-694 in Brooklyn Center.

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Minnesota State Highway 7

Minnesota State Highway 7, or Trunk Highway 7, (MN 7, TH 7) is a state highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 28 near Beardsley and continues east to its terminus with MN 100 and County Road 25 (CR 25) in St. Louis Park.

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Minnesota Streetcar Museum

The Minnesota Streetcar Museum (MSM) is a transport museum that operates two heritage streetcar lines in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the western suburb of Excelsior.

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Minnetonka High School

Minnetonka High School, or MHS (locally referred to as Tonka or Tonka High), is a four-year public high school in Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States, a western suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

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Miss Minnesota USA

The Miss Minnesota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss USA pageant.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Ryan McCartan

Ryan Jerome McCartan (born June 14, 1993) is an American actor and singer.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Excelsior, Minnesota and Saint Paul, Minnesota are cities in Minnesota.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Shorewood, Minnesota

Shorewood is a city nestled in the woods along on the shores of Lake Minnetonka in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Excelsior, Minnesota and Shorewood, Minnesota are cities in Minnesota.

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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by American magazine Sports Illustrated and features female fashion models, celebrities and athletes wearing swimwear in various locales around the world.

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St. Louis Park, Minnesota

St. Excelsior, Minnesota and St. Louis Park, Minnesota are cities in Minnesota.

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Star Tribune

The Star Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Terry Katzman

Terry James Katzman (March 8, 1955 – November 8, 2019) was a producer, sound engineer, archivist, and record-store owner in Minneapolis, Minnesota, known for his work with the Twin Cities music scene, particularly during the formative early years of Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, and The Suburbs.

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The Andrews Sisters

The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras.

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The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.

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Third party (U.S. politics)

Third party, or minor party, is a term used in the United States' two-party system for political parties other than the Republican and Democratic parties.

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Tram

A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excelsior,_Minnesota

Also known as Excelsior, MN, History of Excelsior, Minnesota.

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Populated places established in the 1850s

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