Native Cultures

Historical marker location:

Hastings, Minnesota

( Marker can be reached from Lock and Dam Road, 0.7 miles north of 2nd Street West, on the right when traveling north.)

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.