Minnesota is the Gopher State.
I believe Minnesota's state nickname is the gopher state so they named it after that, a common thing to do(Iowa, the Hawkeye state, Wisconsin, the Badger state, Ohio, the Buckeye state)
Indiana is known as the Hoosier state. Minnesota has several nicknames including the Gopher State.
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The answer is the Gopher Tortoise!!
The web address of the Gopher Tortoise Council Florida State Museum is: www.gophertortoisecouncil.org
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Land of 10,000 lakes North Star State Gopher State
The gopher state and also land of 1,000 lakes.
The address of the Gopher State Railway Museum Inc is: Po Box 125, New Prague, MN 56071-0125