>> CATHY: LISTEN UP, MY FRIENDS.

THE TIME HAS COME FOR A BIT OF MINNESOTA HISTORY.

LAST WEEK, WE TRAVELED BACK TO THE SUMMER OF 1952 AND ASKED YOU ABOUT A CENTRAL MINNESOTA FARMER WHO CREATED A MODERN-DAY "INVENTION" OUT OF WOOD AND PIECES OF STEEL WELDED TOGETHER.

ERIC THEN TOLD YOU THAT THIS FARMER WAS NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO FASHION THIS NOW UBIQUITOUS ITEM BUT IS CREDITED WITH ITS CREATION BASED IN PART ON HIS UNIQUE STEERING SYSTEM.

OUR QUESTION FOR YOU, WHO IS THIS FARMER, AND WHAT IS HIS 1952 INVENTION?

THESE NEXT CALLERS TOOK A WRONG TURN ON THE WAY TO OUR VOICEMAIL SYSTEM.

>> I LIKE A GOOD WEED WHIP, YEAH.

THE MAJORITY OF YOU GOT THIS ONE RIGHT SO THE PRODUCERS HAD PLENTY OF DETAILED ANSWERS TO CHOOSE FROM.

THIS CALLER EASILY GETS THE NOD.

>> CATHY: THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR ALL OF THOSE DETAILS, AND FOR SENDING US THIS PHOTO ALONG WITH MORE INFO ABOUT THE BOAT.

"THE WEERES' LINE OF PONTOONS IS NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION, THE LAST BEING MANUFACTURED 4 TO 5 YEARS AGO.

BUT I DID RESURRECT THIS ONE A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE TAKE IT OUT FOR NIGHTLY CRUISES ON OUR STEARNS COUNTY LAKE."

THAT'S A MIGHTY FINE LOOKING BOAT, AND DOG, YOU HAVE THERE, DAVID.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THERESA HENEHAN FOR SUGGESTING THIS WEEK'S INDEX FILE QUESTION.

DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE A PIECE OF MINNESOTA HISTORY WE SHOULD ASK ABOUT?

GIVE US A CALL AT 651-229-1430 OR DROP US A NOTE, ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.

TIME FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.

THIS WEEK, BACK IN 2010, JOEY RYAN AND INKS STOPPED BY OUR STUDIOS TO PLAY FOR US.

TAKE A LISTEN.

SEE YA LATER.

♪♪ ♪ WELL, I CANNOT LEAVE THIS FIRE, IT'S COLD UNDER THE NIGHT, WITH ALL THESE FRIENDS OF MINE ♪ JUST THROW ANOTHER SUITCASE ON THE FIRE ♪ ♪♪ ♪ SURE, WE MAY SMELL LIKE BUMS, POLYESTER BURNS, GOING THROUGH THE JRP -- WE DON'T CARE ♪ ♪