os;s major rivers are the, Mississippi River, Minnesota River, Red River, and the St. Croix River. San Ramon, California is about 2,190.0 miles from eastern Minnesota. And the estimated driving time is about 39 hours.
             Minnesota, which joined the union in 1858, was associated with New France in the late 1700's, until 1783 when the French turned it over to Minnesota. After the Revolutionary War people from all sorts of different cultures such as Denmark, Sweden, and Russia came to Minnesota. In 1858 Minnesota was admitted to the union and became state number 32. But there were problems with joining the union. People in Minnesota were in a land dispute. Either there wasn't enough land to farm or there was to much land. So in 1879 the Minnesota territory became larger ( From 73,462 square miles to 86,943 miles squared.
             The first Minnesota flag was adopted in 1893. The flag is solid blue with the state seal in the center. Surrounding the seal is the state flower. 19 stars around the flowers represent the 19th state to enter the union after the 13 colonies. Over the seal, flowers, and stars is the date, "1858&
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