No they got the names because of the number of Scandinavians who settled in Minnesota.
still batting 1000 I see. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nope that was covered.Isn't that how the Minnesota Vikings got their name? > > > On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Eric Roberts > <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: >> >> One thing that many people don't know is that Columbus was not the first >> European to land in the western Hemisphere. Leif Ericson, son of Eric the >> Red travelled to North America (and actually landed on it as opposed to a >> tiny Island in the Caribbean thinking he was off the coast of China like the >> other dumbass) 500 years before Columbus. They even settled in >> Newfoundland. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318558 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
