Minnesota Vikings

Out of the many captivating and exciting Early Scandinavian Sagas, it is perhaps the Laxdæla Saga, set in the northwest of Iceland that is the most historically and culturally compelling, providing an incredibly insightful view of Early Icelandic people as well as different facets of their society and culture. Dividing naturally into three parts, the Laxdæla Saga tells the historical tale of the settlement of Iceland under a woman named Unn the Deep Minded, a daughter of Ketill Flatnose, a king…

Willa Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was first published in 1904 and is a short story about a woman, named Georgiana, who finds herself transition from the ecstatic city of Boston, to the primitive Nebraska frontier. Cather’s “A Wagner Matinee” was inspired by Richard Wagner who was a German composer and conductor that lived from 1813 to 1883. He’s well known for his operas and his most famous work is that of “The Flying Dutchman”. Willa Cather, instead, wasn’t a musician but was an author of the…

on July 25, 2013 (Minnesota State, 2014). During the month of July 2011, storms with 79 miles per hour (mph) wind gusts uprooted trees and caused widespread power outage (Minnesota State, 2014). During the month of July, 2011, there was a sustained period of elevated heat and humidity – with head indexes between 115 and 125 degrees. During the month of August, 2010, wind gusts of 80 mph caused damage to some buildings as well as uprooting trees and causing power outage (Minnesota State, 2014).…

Charley conceivably visited Fort William in the Thunder Bay area, but its glory as a flourishing North West Company rendezvous site of the fur trade lingered only in its history. When Charley passed through the area in 1881, only two years prior to the historic fort’s permanent closure, it primarily functioned as a Hudson Bay Company fishing station.9 However, optimism for a prosperous future abounded in the Thunder Bay communities, with the reported news of the incorporation of the Canadian…

the Iron Range economy back up to par is through great change in the area, which goes together with creativity and innovation. The Iron Range refers to the iron deposits in northeastern Minnesota. For decades, the industry was boom-and-bust. Mining accounted for a large part of the economy in northeastern Minnesota along the…

Laura Ingalls biography Laura Ingalls was born on February 7, 1867 into the poor, but loving Ingalls family. She grew up in a wonderful home full of chores, tons and tons of work and hardships, but also values and memories that she would one day write about. Her parents mentored her through all of the hardships and the ways of pioneering life and she excelled in her studies. Later on, she became a teacher and married Almanzo Wilder, who was nearly 10 years older than her. Through her life and…

The founder of the Target Corporation is George Draper Dayton. Target was founded in 1902 in Minneapolis, MN. He chose Minneapolis because he thought it was the greatest location for business growth. He spent many years in the banking and real estate business and decide to venture out and search the Midwest for opportunities. He eventually settled on Nicollet Avenue for his first business opening (A Bullseye View, 1900s). Target is known for their dependable merchandise and wide variety of…

Scott Walker is the current Governor of the state of Wisconsin. He was first elected governor in 2010. In 2012 he became the first United States governor to win a recall election. He was then reelected governor of Wisconsin in 2014. His career began through his service in the Wisconsin State Assembly and as the Milwaukee County Executive. Walker was born in Colorado and grew up in Iowa and Wisconsin. He attended Marquette University. Walker was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1992…

Umar Malick 2SW, IWA, Q2 In her memoir Debra Marquart writes about her heartfelt and sincere love for the upper Midwest even though this region is often critically stereotyped in the media; the people, the land and even fictional characters hailing from that region. The area is described as "uninhabitable" and yet Ms. Marquart still avers that the upper Midwest is not as second-rate as it seems to be. Throughout the passage Ms. Marquart uses multiple rhetorical strategies to profess her…

The Midwest, a place in the world where communities are closely aligned to one another. These small, rural communities rely on every person in order to create that community. It seems as though that knowing everyone around the small communities was what made a person successful in life. Additionally, these communities valued hard-work and honesty when it came with almost everything they did in their lives; whether it was working in the farmlands or spreading information throughout the…