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4 unusual facts about Our Minnesota


Minnesota Fight

Rickard shared the contest's hundred-dollar prize with another entry, Marion Bassett's "Our Minnesota".

Our Minnesota

The judging committee could not decide between Bassett's entry and Truman Rickard's "Minnesota! Let's Go!" (later known as "Minnesota Fight") and split the prize between the two.

"Our Minnesota" was one of two winners of a 1925 contest to find an additional fight song for the University of Minnesota.

Despite the popularity of the Minnesota Rouser, the Minnesota Union offered a hundred-dollar prize for the best college music and lyrics.



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