"Horace, North Dakota Horace is a city in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. In 2017 the population was estimated at 2,717. From 2000 to 2010, Horace was the fastest-growing city in North Dakota in terms of percent increase, increasing 165.6% over that decade from a population of 915 in 2000. The city is a suburb of the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. It is the nineteenth-largest city in North Dakota. Horace was founded in 1882 at a time of widespread European-American settlement in the territory. A post office has been in operation at Horace since 1875. The city is named after"
"front of the building. In the ""Little House on the Prairie"" television series, Mankato is a trading town that the citizens of Walnut Grove visit. It does not appear in the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. The 1972 film ""The New Land,"" a sequel to ""The Emigrants"" (1971), both by Swedish director Jan Troell, depicts the mass execution of the 38 Dakota Indians at the end of the 1862 Dakota War. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The Minnesota, Blue Earth, and Le Sueur Rivers"
"while the script was originally set in Minnesota, he chose Michigan as the actual setting as Kowalski is a retired car plant worker. Metro Detroit was the point of origin of the Ford Motor Company. Schenk said that sometimes the lines in the movie feel out of place with the Detroit setting; for instance a line about one of Walt's sons asks if Walt still knows a person who has season tickets for Minnesota Vikings games was changed to being about a person with Detroit Lions tickets. Schenk said ""They don't sell out in Detroit. And so that bothered me."
"in the Twin Cities. It is now known as the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT). Mee Moua was elected as the nation's first Hmong American State Senator. She was elected in 2002 and served until 2010. She represented District 67 in the Minnesota Senate, which includes portions of the city of Saint Paul in Ramsey County. The film ""Gran Torino"" by Clint Eastwood, though set and filmed in Detroit, Michigan, stars five Minnesotan Hmong Americans, and the original story was based on a neighborhood in St. Paul. It was the first mainstream US film to feature Hmong Americans."
"native; she played Sandy in the 2007 Broadway run of ""Grease"". A statue of Mary Tyler Moore downtown on the Nicollet Mall commemorates the 1970s television situation comedy ""Mary Tyler Moore"", awarded 3 Golden Globes and 31 Emmy Awards. Minnesota's winters are the setting of several Hollywood films, including the comedies of ""Grumpy Old Men"" (1993) and ""Grumpier Old Men"" (1995), set in Wabasha, but filmed in St. Paul. The Coen Brothers' 1996 dark comedy film ""Fargo"", along with its 2014 spin-off series, also feature the backdrop of a Minnesota winter. The film primarily takes place in Minneapolis and Brainerd,"
"I. The scene was filmed in Montevideo, Minnesota. Ed Schultz, former MSNBC anchor of the eponymous ""Ed show"", often taped or broadcast his show live from a studio in Detroit Lakes. The 2016 Netflix documentary, ""The Seventh Fire"", exposing gang culture on American Indian Reservations, was filmed on location in Detroit Lakes, surrounding towns, and the nearby White Earth Indian Reservation. Detroit Lakes, Minnesota Detroit Lakes is a city in the State of Minnesota and the county seat of Becker County. The population was 8,569 at the 2010 census. Its unofficial population during summer months is much higher, estimated by"
"an oddball story."" According to Schenk, aside from changing Minneapolis references to Detroit references, the production headed by Eastwood ""didn't change a single syllable"" in the script. Schenk added that the concept of the producers not making any substantial revisions to a submitted script ""never happens."" Eastwood said that he stopped making significant revisions after attempting to change the script of ""Unforgiven"" and later deciding to return to the original revision, believing that his changes were ""emasculating"" the product. The original script was inspired by the Northeast community of Minneapolis, Minnesota, but filmmakers chose to shoot in Michigan, becoming one"
"filmed in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, including the ""Wooly Boys"", ""History Hogs"" and ""The Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt"", all which were filmed in neighboring Billings County immediately north of town. The name comes from a combination of letters in the first and middle names of Margaret Martha Finch, granddaughter of Albert J. Earling, president of the railroad at the time. It is nicknamed the “city of trees”, as a result of being one of few forested areas in the Badlands region of Southern North Dakota. It is located between Bucklin township and Hughes township in the badlands region of North"
"Minnesota, or perhaps Chief Red Wing of what is now Red Wing, Minnesota. Rather than marry a suitor she does not love, Winona chooses to leap from the cliff of Maiden Rock to her death. The story is very similar to the apocryphal legend of a young Cherokee woman of Noccalula Falls Park in Gadsden, Alabama, as well as events in James Fenimore Cooper's ""The Last of the Mohicans"". The identity of the suitor depends on the version of the tale. Some versions feature him as a French trapper; others say he is a Native American of another tribe. In"
"of Alfred Hitchcock's ""The Birds."" In Hedren's book Cats of Shambala, she wrote that she was born in New Ulm, as Lafayette didn't have a hospital. Lafayette, Minnesota Lafayette is a city in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 504 at the 2010 census. It is a farming community just outside the larger town of New Ulm, Minnesota. Lafayette is part of the Mankato–North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lafayette was platted in 1897, and named for Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), a French general and American Revolutionary War general. According to the United States Census Bureau,"
"of the North Central American dialect found in the Midwest, notably Minnesota. The film was shot throughout the Carver County area, mainly in Waconia, Minnesota, although names of real Minnesota communities were shown on the sashes of contestants later in the movie. The fictional town of Mount Rose may have been based on Montrose, Minnesota or Rosemount, Minnesota. News reporter Diane Sawyer is mentioned throughout the film as Kirsten Dunst's character Amber Atkins's idol as Sawyer was a former beauty pageant winner. Amber's other idol includes her beauty pageant mother who raised her alone in a trailer park and the"
"of a Henry Gale from Wayzata, who died sometime after crashing on the mystery island in a hot air balloon. Linus mispronounced Wayzata as ""Why-Zah-tah"". Wayzata, Minnesota Wayzata ( ) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It is in the western part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metro area. The name Wayzata is derived from a Lakota Sioux phrase meaning ""North Shore"". Located on the shores of Lake Minnetonka, the city is a popular tourist destination. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,688. Wayzata has a growing economy, and Wayzata High School, located to the north"
"Mendota, Minnesota Mendota is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The name is derived from the Dakota language, meaning ""mouth or junction of one river with another. The population was 198 at the 2010 census. The town was one of the first permanent settlements in the state of Minnesota, being founded around the same time as Fort Snelling. It also houses a small museum which used to be the Hypolite Du Puis house, the Henry Hastings Sibley house, the Faribault house, and buildings associated with the American Fur Company, all dating from the 1830s. The main route through"
"take place in 1979 and focus on Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as referenced by Lou Solverson and others in the first season. The ten episodes are set in Luverne, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota, and Sioux Falls. Hawley agreed that this takes place before the events of the film, but he believes all the stories connect: ""I like the idea that somewhere out there is a big, leather-bound book that's the history of true crime in the Midwest, and the movie was Chapter 4, Season 1 was Chapter 9 and this is Chapter 2,"" he said. ""You can turn the pages"
"Dakota, Minnesota Dakota is a city in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 323 at the 2010 census. It is located between Winona and La Crosse along Interstate 90. U.S. Highways 61 and 14 are briefly co-signed with Interstate 90 at this point. Other routes include Winona County Road 12, the Apple Blossom Scenic Drive. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ; is land and is water. Dakota is located along the Mississippi River. Dakota Creek and the Mississippi River meet at Dakota. Nearby places include Winona, Dresbach, Nodine, La"
"Garry (now Winnipeg, Manitoba) and Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the Red River Valley in northwestern Minnesota and eastern Dakota Territory. Many settlers and employees of the Hudson's Bay Company and other local enterprises in this sparsely populated country took refuge in Fort Abercrombie, located in a bend of the Red River of the North about south of present-day Fargo, North Dakota. Between late August and late September, the Dakota launched several attacks on Fort Abercrombie; all were repelled by its defenders. In the meantime, steamboat and flatboat trade on the Red River came to a halt. Mail carriers, stage drivers"
"Its budget totals around $1.45 million. Principal photography began in the US state of Minnesota on February 28, 2015. Centered in the town of Virginia on the Mesabi Iron Range, the film's producers had hoped to shoot somewhere in the North and ultimately chose the area—despite the book's setting of North Dakota—in part because of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board. Through its Film Production Incentive program, the Board can reimburse almost $93,000 of eligible production costs. Michigan and Ohio were also considered as filming locations. Local extras were utilized as part of the shoot, which concluded on March"
"are the setting of several television programs and Hollywood films, including the 1996 film ""Fargo"" which features the backdrop of a Minnesota winter, but like most of the characters in the movie, the climate is portrayed as bleak and inhospitable. Climate of Minnesota Minnesota has a continental climate, with hot summers and cold winters. Minnesota's location in the Upper Midwest allows it to experience some of the widest variety of weather in the United States, with each of the four seasons having its own distinct characteristics. The areas near Lake Superior in the Minnesota Arrowhead region experience weather unique from"
"Hokah, Minnesota Hokah is a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 580 at the 2010 census. Hokah is located near the confluence of the Root River and the Mississippi River, opposite La Crosse, Wisconsin, and is part of the La Crosse metropolitan area. Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the area that is now the city of Hokah was a Native American settlement of the Dakota people. The city's name, which is said to be a Native American word meaning gar fish or the Dakota name for the nearby Root River, derives from the chief of"
"adapted into a motion picture directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring Tim Allen, Rene Russo, and Patrick Warburton, with a cameo by Barry (deleted in post-production). The movie was originally due for release in September 2001 but was postponed following the September 11, 2001, attacks because the story involved smuggling a nuclear weapon onto an airplane. The film was released in April 2002. In response to a column in which Barry mocked the cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, for calling themselves the ""Grand Cities"", Grand Forks named a sewage pumping station after Barry in"
"film. Sierchio's screenplay was originally set in New Jersey, but for logistical reasons they could not shoot there. The filmmakers considered finding a location to double for the state, but while Bill, Bartlett, and Sierchio were scouting in Minneapolis, they realized that it was the perfect place because of its strong acting community (they cast 35 of the film’s 40 roles from it) and a large commercial production community that allowed them to utilize a mostly local crew. The city’s locations were also a strong factor in deciding to shoot there. The centerpiece was Jim’s Coffee Shop & Bakery, which"
"""idea of a small-town thing"", and though he and Frost were not keen on it, they decided to humor Krantz. Frost wanted to tell ""a sort of Dickensian story about multiple lives in a contained area that could sort of go perpetually."" Originally, the show was to be titled ""North Dakota"" and set in the Plains region of North Dakota. After Frost, Krantz, and Lynch rented a screening room in Beverly Hills and screened ""Peyton Place"", they decided to develop the town before its inhabitants. Due to the lack of forests and mountains in North Dakota, the title was changed"
"Man Who Wasn't There"" (2001), in addition to the show's namesake film (1996)—was realized as a prequel that takes place 27 years before the events of the first season of ""Fargo"" (set in 2006) in 1979, rotating between Luverne, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. According to Hawley, the change in the time period helped to develop a sense of turbulence and violence in a world that ""could not be more fractured and complicated and desperate"". A principal cast of five actors received star billing in the show's second season. Hawley did not tailor his characters with"
"Dakota County, Minnesota Dakota County is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 398,552. The county seat is Hastings. Dakota County is named after the Dakota Sioux tribal bands who settled in the area. The name is recorded as ""Dahkotah"" in the United States Census records until 1851. Dakota County is included in the Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States with about 3.3 million residents. The county is bordered by the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers on the north, and the"
"of her body through a wood chipper. ""Fargo"" was filmed during the winter of 1995, mainly in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and around the actual town of Brainerd (which was the film's original title). Due to unusually low snowfall totals in central and southern Minnesota that winter, scenes requiring snow-covered landscapes had to be shot in northern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota (though not in Fargo itself). Jerry's initial meeting with Carl and Gaear was shot at a pool hall and bar called The King of Clubs in the northeast section of Minneapolis. It was later demolished, along with most"
"Zap, North Dakota Zap is a city in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 237 at the 2010 census. Zap was founded in 1913 along a branch line of the Northern Pacific Railway that began in Mandan. The exact origin of the name is uncertain, though there are numerous unconfirmed theories; some say the town was named after ""Zapp"", which was either a prominent Minnesota banking family or a coal-mining town in Scotland. Zap has been noted for its unusual place name. The town of Zap is probably most widely known for the Zip to Zap riot,"
"capital city since 1883, first as capital of the Dakota Territory, and then as state capital since 1889. Minot is a city in northern North Dakota and is home of the North Dakota State Fair and Norsk Høstfest. A few miles west of Bismarck on the west side of the Missouri River, the city of Mandan was named for the Mandan Indians who inhabited the area at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. New Salem is the site of the world's largest statue of a holstein cow; the world's largest statue of a bison is in Jamestown. Grand"
"Farmington, Minnesota Farmington is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 21,086 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Settlers began arriving in Empire Township, in which Farmington grew, in the early 1850s. The village of Dakota City began around the intersection of the Minnesota Central, Hastings, and Dakota railroads, and also the Vermillion River. The popular city train station in Dakota City was Farmington Station and non-residents began confusing the two names and identifying the town as Farmington. The town's name was then permanently changed from Dakota City"
"from Minneapolis. The character of Marshall Eriksen from the sitcom ""How I Met Your Mother"" is a proud Minnesota native from St. Cloud with some episodes taking place there. The main characters of Nickelodeon's ""Big Time Rush"" are branded as ""four hockey players from Minnesota."" ""American Idol"" held auditions for its sixth season in Minneapolis in 2006 and ""Last Comic Standing"" held auditions for its fifth season in Minneapolis in 2007. The winner of season 4 was Josh Blue, a St. Paul native. The actor winning the role of ""Sandy"" on the televised """" competition was Laura Osnes, an Eagan"
"the Brainerd Lakes Area. AM Radio Stations FM radio stations Brainerd also has a full power television station that serves the area. Though taking its title from the nearby city in North Dakota, the Coen brothers' 1996 film ""Fargo"" was set primarily in Brainerd. However, production took place in Hallock, Minnesota. Notes Brainerd, Minnesota Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 13,592 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Crow Wing County, and is one of the largest cities in Central Minnesota. Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles"
"race, consigning the memory of DeVine to oblivion."" Several authors commented on the possible impact that the film's setting of Falls City, Nebraska, located in the Midwestern United States, could have had on the film's plot. Maslin called ""Boys Don't Cry"" a tale of a trapped, small town character's search for life beyond the rural existence and the high price he pays for his view of the ""American dream"". Regarding the film's portrayal of Nebraska, Halberstam wrote, ""The landscape of Nebraska then serves as a contested site upon which multiple narratives unfold, narratives indeed which refuse to collapse into simply"
"or over. Isanti, Minnesota Isanti is a city in Isanti County in East Central Minnesota, in the United States. The population was 5,251 at the 2010 census. The name ""Isanti"" is composed of two Dakota words: ""isan"" - 'knife' + ""ati"" - 'camp', and refers to the Santee Dakota people. Minnesota State Highway 65 and Isanti County Road 5 are the main routes in Isanti. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The Rum River flows through Isanti's western edge. As of the census of"
"Bismarck”, where the police finally catch up with Jerry, is the Hitching Post Motel in Forest Lake, north of Minneapolis. While none of ""Fargo"" was actually filmed in Fargo, the Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau exhibits original script copies and several props used in the film, including the wood chipper. After the movie's release, by some accounts, Brainerd was invaded by shovel-toting moviegoers searching for the buried ransom cash, inspired by the dubious ""based-on-a-true-story"" announcement in the opening credits. The film's illustrations of ""Minnesota nice"" and distinctive regional accents and expressions made a lasting impression on audiences; years later, locals"