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This Day in Minnesota History

January 4, 1854

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The Territorial Agricultural Society holds its first meeting. This group evolves into the State Agricultural Society, the governing body of the State Fair. On the same day, the fifth territorial legislature convenes in an official capitol building for the first time.

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