>> CATHY: AND OF COURSE AS WE REMINDED ALL OF YOU RECENTLY, THAT U.S. SENATE RECOUNT WASN'T FINALIZED UNTIL JULY, EIGHT MONTHS AFTER THE ELECTION.

TIME NOW TO RE-VISIT LAST WEEK'S INDEX FILE QUESTION.

ERIC ASKED YOU ABOUT A MYSTERY MINNESOTAN, DECIDEDLY NOT SEEN HERE.

EARLY IN THE LAST CENTURY HE OR SHE TRAVELED FROM THE MIDWEST AND SET DOWN ROOTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CALIFORNIA DESERT.

THIS ENTREPRENEUR MADE A "DISCOVERY" THAT WOULD BE CREDITED WITH LITERALLY PUTTING A TOWN ON THE CALIFORNIA MAP.

HIS OR HER FAME WOULD ALSO GARNER AN INVITATION TO THE 1957 INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

OUR TASK FOR YOU SEEMED SIMPLE.

TELL US WHAT MINNESOTA-RAISED ENTREPRENEUR WAS HONORED BY A 1957 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION INVITE.

ERIC THREW IN A COUPLE OF HINTS THAT WERE RELATED TO HOT AND COLD SPRINGS, BUT THAT DIDN'T HELP THESE CALLERS.

>> Cathy: THAT'S NOT A BAD GUESS, ACTUALLY, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT SOME OF THOSE GUESSES WERE NOT MINNESOTANS.

AND IT WAS A CALIFORNIA DESERT TOWN THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, NOT NEVADA.

NOW IS THE TIME WE USUALLY HEAR FROM THE VIEWER WITH THIS WEEK'S RIGHT ANSWER, BUT NO ONE GOT IT RIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT A TRY ONE MORE TIME.

FORMER MINNESOTAN WHO RELOCATED TO THE CALIFORNIA DESERT LITERALLY PUT A TOWN ON THE MAP WITH A BIG DISCOVERY AND GARNERED AN INVITE TO THE 1957 INAUGURATION CEREMONY.

HERE'S A COUPLE MORE DETAILS FOR YOU.

THE DISCOVERY IN QUESTION, HOT AND COLD MINERAL SPRINGS NEAR PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, IN A PLACE THAT WOULD BECOME THE CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS, WHERE A MUSEUM PAYS TRIBUTE TO OUR MYSTERY PERSON.

TELL US WHO THIS FORMER MINNESOTAN IS.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM TURKEY LAKE, WILD RICE RIVER OR CRANBERRY BAY.

651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL.

YOU CAN ALWAYS DROP US A NOTE AT ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.

COUPLE OF QUICK HOUSEKEEPING NOTES FOR YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO TRY OUT CHEF COACH'S RECIPES FOR YOUR THANKSGIVING FEAST, YOU CAN FIND THEM EITHER ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR ON THE STORYBOARD PORTION OF TPT.ORG.

BOTH ADDRESSES ARE RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN.

QUICK PROGRAMMING NOTE FOR YOU.

WE ARE TAKING NEXT FRIDAY OFF TO SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AFTER THE BIG HOLIDAY FEAST ON THANKSGIVING.

SO WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN TWO WEEKS, ON DECEMBER 1ST.

WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.

IT WAS THIS WEEK BACK IN 2009 THAT JOHN GORKA JOINED US HERE IN STUDIO B.

TAKE A LISTEN.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

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