MN:90 - Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Committed to delivering Minnesota History statewide in an entertaining and informative manner, Ampers partnered with The Minnesota Historical Society to create “MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds.” These history features cover topics from sports, politics, and agriculture, to business, weather and pop culture. You can learn more about the American Indian baseball player from Minnesota who invented the slider. Or, discover that Minnesota is the turkey capital of the world. Take a listen and find out why archeologists at Ft. Snelling get excited about finding a latrine.
Give us 90 seconds and we’ll give you a little nugget about Minnesota history. The feature airs twice a day Monday through Friday on all 12 Ampers stations. You will also find all of them here on this website. To suggest a topic for MN90 email your idea to jglaser@ampers.org
MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
For nearly 50 years, Charles Albert Bender was the only Minnesota-born baseball player inducted into the Hall of Fame, in part for inventing the slider, a powerful pitch for striking out batters. Bender’s rise to fame is poignant. He was an Ojibwe, born on the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, and later forced to live at a boarding school in Pennsylvania.
Listen to MN90 producer Marisa Helms’ story about the inspirational life of Charles Albert Bender.
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