About this episode

The episode discusses the Lost 40 forest in Minnesota and the history of the 27th Amendment.

The story of the Lost 40 - an old growth forest in Minnesota that got lost for nearly a century thanks to a surveying error. We're talking lumberjacks, old growth trees, and silly mistakes. Also, the 27th Amendment which was brought back from the dustbin of history thanks to a college student who didn't get the grade he had hoped for on an essay!

People in this episode

Host: Mick Sullivan

Topics covered

• old growth forest
• surveying error
• lumberjacks
• 27th Amendment
• history
• mistakes

Keywords

• Lost 40
• Minnesota
• old growth forest
• 27th Amendment
• lumberjacks
• surveying error
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 27th Amendment

Places: Minnesota

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