YEARS AGO, SHARING HIS HOPES FOR A DIVIDED GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD WORK TOGETHER.

LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION NOW TO THIS WEEK'S INDEX FILE SECTION WHERE WE TRY TO STUMP YOU ABOUT AN EVENT OR PERSON IN MINNESOTA HISTORY.

THIS WEEK'S EFFORT IS A PERSON 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 IS SIMPLE.

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

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM HOTFOOT LAKE OR COLD BROOK SPRING, BOTH BODIES OF WATER IN MINNESOTA.

651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL.

OUR VOICEMAIL SYSTEM IS AT THE READY TO RECORD YOUR ANSWERS, DAY OR NIGHT.

IF YOU'D RATHER TYPE THAN TALK, YOU CAN DROP US A NOTE.

ALMANAC@TPT.ORG IS OUR EMAIL ADDRESS.

OUR DEDICATED STAFF LISTENS TO EACH AND EVERY CALL AND READS EACH AND EVERY EMAIL.

DID YOU LIKE SOMETHING YOU SAW ON TONIGHT'S SHOW SO MUCH THAT YOU WANT TO REWATCH IT OR SEND IT TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS?

YOU CAN DO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE, TPT.ORG/ALMANAC.

JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC FOR YOU.

TWO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, GAO HONG JOINED US IN STUDIO "B" WITH HER PIPA, WHICH IS A PEAR-SHAPED LUTE.

TAKE A LISTEN, AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

BE CAREFUL.

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