BY CARTER BUCHERT

WALLEYE BECAME THE STATE FISH IN 1965.

LOON BECAME SYMBOL IN 1961.

LADY SLIPPER BECAME A STATE FLOWER IN 1902.

THE MOREL MUSHROOM BECAME A STATE SYMBOL IN 1984.

THE BLUEBERRY MUFFIN BE CAME A STATE MUFFIN IN 1988.

THE STATE GEMSTONE IS CALLED LAKE SUPERIOR AGATE.

THE FRUIT IS CALLED A HONEYCRISP APPLE IT BECAME A STATE FRUIT IN 2006.

THE WILD RICE BECAME A STATE GRAIN IN 1977.

THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY BECAME A STATE BUTTERFLY IN 1998.

THE MILK BECAME A STATE DRINK IN 1984.

THE STATE TREE IS THE RED PINE IT BECAME A STATE TREE IN1953.

THE MOTTO STAR BECAME THE STATE STAR IN 1861.

THE STATE FLAG WAS ADOPTED IN1957.

THE PHOTO GRACE WAS DESIGNATED IN 2002.

THE STATE SEAL BECAME A STATE SYMBOL IN1858.

HAIL MINNESOTA WAS WRITEN BY TRUMAN E.R AN ARTHER E UPSON.

HOCKEY IS THE OFFICIAL SPORT.

LESTER SOIL IS THE OFFICIAL SOIL SINCE 1973.