Searles

Historical marker location:

12984 Main Street, Searles, Minnesota

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway Street (County Road 24), on the right when traveling west on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1999

Minnesota is home to the largest ball of twine ever rolled by one person. Francis A. Johnson started rolling the ball in 1950 and continued to add to it until his death in 1989. The ball weighs over 17,000 pounds and has a circumference of 40 feet.