Caught Unaware!

Historical marker location:

441 North Park Drive, Morton, Minnesota

( Memorial is on North Park Drive, 0.1 miles north of East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2012

<i>Settlers in the Area of Birch Coolie Creek</i>.

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.