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St. Urho
Saint Urho ( fi, Pyhä Urho ) is a fictional saint of Finland, created and elaborated by Finnish Americans in Northern Minnesota in the 1950s, to celebrate their heritage and extend celebrations of St. Patrick's Day. His celebration day is set to March 16, the day before the March 17 feast day of St. Patrick. St. Patrick's feast day is celebrated by Irish Americans, of whom there are also many in Minnesota. Creation The legend of Saint Urho was the invention of a Finnish American named Richard Mattson, who worked at Ketola's Department Store in Virginia, Minnesota in the spring of 1956. Mattson later recounted that he invented St. Urho when he was questioned by coworker Gene McCavic about the Finns' lack of a saint like the Irish St. Patrick, whose feat of casting the snakes out of Ireland is remembered on St. Patrick's Day. In fact, the patron saint of Finland (except for the Orthodox Church of Finland) is the bishop Saint Henry, whose feast day occurs on January 19. According ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menahga, Minnesota
Menahga is a city in Wadena County in the U.S. state of Minnesota The population was 1,306 at the 2010 census. History Menahga was platted in 1891, and named for an Ojibwe language word meaning "there are anyblueberries". A post office has been in operation at Menahga since 1891. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of ; is land and is water. The Blueberry River flows just north of the city. U.S. Route 71 and Minnesota State Highway 87 are two of the city's main routes. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 1,306 people, 569 households, and 301 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 654 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.8% White, 0.5% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 0.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population. There were 569 households, of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havumäki
Havumäki was a village within the municipality of Leivonmäki, Finland, itself a small town of only 1162 people (2003), until Leivonmäki was incorporated into Joutsa in 2008. Located in the Central Finland region, approximately from Helsinki, Havumäki enjoys the moderate climate of the central region, in spite of its northern situation at latitude 61.9833 North. Havumäki as a surname Perhaps owing to the pastoral environs of the village of Havumaki, a small family of Swedish immigrants bearing the impolitic Swedish-sounding last name Anderson changed their name to Havumäki in the period immediately following the Finnish Civil War. The political climate in Finland at the time was not favorable towards those with identifiable Swedish heritage. Residing in the town of Kotka, closer to the Russian Border than to Sweden, the Anderson clan likely contrived their family name because it meant "evergreen hill" (or spruce hill), and not because of any personal connection to the small h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
