Historical Marker
W. Tonn Block
Historical marker location:
120 1st Street SE, Little Falls, Minnesota
( Marker is on 1st Street SE south of Broadway, on the right when traveling south.)
Little Falls Historic District.
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.