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Article: ROADGUY; Who was Albert Lea? And where can I park there?(NEWS)(ROADGUY)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- June 3, 2007
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Byline: Jim Foti; Staff Writer
Eons ago, before Roadguy ever set foot in Minnesota, he thought he had at least heard of the state's most notable cities. But when he relocated to the metro area (also eons ago), some of the big green freeway signs around town pointed him toward a name that didn't ring a bell: Albert Lea.
Roadguy had met males named Albert and females named Lea, so he was a little confused about the city's gender. And why was a town down near the Iowa border getting such attention?
Eventually, he learned that Albert Lea is named after a man (a colonel from the 1800s) and that it sits at a great crossroads on America's interstate ...