MONEY SO I AN DELIVER MY MESSAGE.

♪♪ >> Eric: AND OF COURSE MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT DEAN BARKLEY WOULD BECOME A U.S.

SENATOR FOR TWO MONTHS IN LATE 2002 AND EARLY 2003.

HE WAS APPOINTED BY THEN-GOVERNOR JESSE VENTURA TO COMPLETE THE TERM F THE LATE SENATOR PAUL WELLSTONE.

LET'S MOVE ONTO ANOTHER HISTORY LESSON FOR YOU AND THIS WEEK'S INDEX FILE SECTION.

LAST WEEK WE RE-ASKED A QUESTION THAT HADN'T BEEN ANSWERED YET.

HERE'S THE DETAILS.

THE YEAR IS 1923.

SPRINGTIME IN ST. PAUL.

THERE'S A NICE MAP OF THE TWIN CITIES FROM THAT ERA.

A BIG CEREMONY TAKES PLACE AT AN INTERSECTION NEAR THE OLD FEDERAL COURTHOUSE BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL.

AN IMPORTANT ST. PAUL FIGURE DOES SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A NEWLY INSTALLED TALL STRUCTURE THAT WILL BECOME UBIQUITOUS AS TIME MARCHES ON.

LAST WEEK CATHY ADDED SOME DETAILED HINTS ABOUT THAT PERSON AND THEN ASKED YOU TO TELL US WHO PERFORMED THIS HISTORIC FIRST.

HERE'S A SMALL COLLECTION OF OUR FAVORITE WRONG ANSWERS FROM THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

>> “THE ANSWER TO THIS WEEK’S TRIVIA QUESTION IS KNUTE NELSON PARTICIPATED IN THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE I.D.S.

TOWER IN 1923.

THIS IS GEOGRAPHICALLY-CHALLENGED STEVE AND SUE AT PEARL LAKE.

THANK YOU!

>> “WARREN BURGER RODE AN ELEVATOR.

>> “I THINK IT WAS F. SCOTT FITZGERALD IN FRONT OF THE LANDMARK CENTER, BACK THEN THE OLD COURTHOUSE.

AND HIS STATUE’S IN RICE PARK.

THANK YOU."

>> Eric: NONE OF THOSE ANSWERS ARE EVEN CLOSE.

BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT SEVERAL OF YOU GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME.

TAKE IT AWAY, JANET.

>> “HELLO!

I LOVE LISTENING TO THE INDEX FILE QUESTIONS.

I’VE NEVER CALLED IN BEFORE, BUT I THINK THE FIRST TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN ST. PAUL WAS INSTALLED IN APRIL OF 1923 AT 5TH AND ST. PETER STREETS.

AND THE CITY’S PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER FRANK MATSON IS THE MAN WHO FLIPPED THE SWITCH FOR IT.

IF I’M RIGHT THAT WOULD BE LOVELY!

I SO MUCH ENJOY WATCHING THE SHOW."

>> Eric: YES, JANET, YOU ARE CORRECT.

CALL AGAIN.

THERE'S A NICE PHOTO OF ST. PAUL CITY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER FRANK MATSON TURNING ON THAT FIRST BRAND NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT IN DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL.

HARD TO IMAGINE A DOWNTOWN WITH JUST ONE TRAFFIC SIGNAL NOWADAYS.

THINK YOU HAVE A MINNESOTA HISTORY QUESTION WE HAVEN'T ASKED IN THE LAST 40 YEARS?

651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL WITH ALL OF YOUR CLEVER SUGGESTIONS.

651-229-1430, THE NUMBER AGAIN.

YOU CAN ALWAYS DROP US A NOTE INSTEAD.

YOU'LL FIND OUR ELECTRONIC INBOX AT ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.

JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME MUSIC FROM THE ARCHIVES.

TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK THE STEELE FAMILY SINGERS STOPPED BY STUDIO B AND PREVIEWED THEIR UPCOMING "COLORS OF GERSHWIN" CONCERT FOR US.

TAKE A LISTEN.

BE CAREFUL.

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