Gervais Grist Mill

Historical marker location:

Little Canada, Minnesota

( Marker is on Noel Drive, 0.1 miles north of Little Canada Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1987

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.