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Minnesota The star of the north

Minnesota: Lake Minnesota Squaw

For the better part of a decade, Thomas Dahlheimer has been on a lonely mission. The retired handyman wants the name of the Rum River -- which wends its way 140 miles south from Lake Mille Lacs to the Mississippi River -- changed to Spirit River, a name he says is more closely aligned to its Indian roots. According to Dahlheimer -- and a number of historical documents -- "Rum" was the white man's

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