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The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus within the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with... 52,557 students in 2011–2012. Minnesota's athletic teams are known collectively as the Minnesota Golden Gophers and compete in in NCAA's Division I, as members of the Big Ten Conference for most sports. The original Minneapolis campus overlooked the Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River, but it was later moved about a mile downstream to its current location. The original site is now marked by a small park known as Chute Square at the intersection of University and Central Avenues. The school shut down following a financial crisis during the American Civil War, but reopened in 1867 with considerable financial help from Pillsbury. It was upgraded from a preparatory school to a college in 1869. The campus now has buildings on both river banks. The 'East Bank", the main portion of the campus, covers 307 acres .
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Hutchinson is a city in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States, along the South Fork of the Crow River. The population was 14,178 at the 2010 census. The Hutchinson Family Singers are credited with founding the town in November 1855. The 3 brothers heard of Minnesota from a New England friend, W.... W. Pendergast, who spoke highly of the BIG WOODS west of St. Anthony. The Hutchinson brothers’ party of explorers chose a setting on the crest of a hill overlooking the beautiful Hassan River Valley. , is now called the Crow River. The group wrote 13 “Articles of Agreement” for the town. These included articles setting aside 5 acres for the Humanities Church, 15 acres for parks – making Hutchinson’s park system the 2nd oldest in the nation, 8 lots for educational purposes and stating that Hutchinson women would have equal rights with the town. The town was besieged during the Sioux Uprising in 1862. Chief Little Crow was shot by a farmer a few miles North and West of Hutchinson a year later.
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