Douglas County Courthouse

Historical marker location:

305 8th Avenue West, Alexandria, Minnesota

( Marker can be reached from 7th Avenue West east of Douglas Street, on the right when traveling east.)

Works Progress Administration Project. 1940.

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.