1975: Minnesotans remember wide open spaces

by Marc Sanchez, Minnesota Public Radio

St. Paul, Minn. — Today you have to really search out open land.

You know, land not criss-crossed with roads and marked by houses, shopping malls and parking lots.

Minnesota may be the land of 10,000 lakes -- but there's a road or two leading almost all of them.

In this 175 report from the MPR archives, Minnesotans share their memories of the vast countryside and hushed sounds of the prairie.