You follow Old Sven into the smallest building. He opens a ledger on a desk.
"You'll be paid the standard rate, a dollar a day. That'll be $26.00 for the month. You work from dawn until dark. If there's an early moon you may work . . . — — Map (db m152959) HM
Welcome to the actual location of Camp #8 of the St. Croix Logging Company
- used in 1906 as a winter logging camp and for several more seasons as a spring camp for log drivers.
Early this morning, at the sawmill in Winton (3 miles east of . . . — — Map (db m153106) HM
Last of the great voyageurs, supreme in his knowledge of the wilderness, he was a trusted guide, and an able negotiator with the Indian tribes for the United States Government and the State of Minnesota. He served his country well. . . . — — Map (db m307000) HM
This sculpture is a creation of artist Peter Toth and is his gift to the people of Minnesota. It is one of fifty such monuments which he plans to erect, one in each state of the Union. The artist is motivated by his great devotion to the American . . . — — Map (db m269497) HM
In 1877 a group of Swiss chose a point on the shore of Lake Badus for a colony. In 1878 Joseph Burkler, his family and some single men, arrived. In 1879 the colony was augmented by 11 other families who came by rail to Luverne, Minnesota and thence . . . — — Map (db m179686) HM
Pellet Island claims its third victim
Fierce winds and forceful waves prove undoing for modern, powerful vessel.
Thanksgiving Day, 1979 started out like any other day for Captain Clyde Trueax and his crew aboard the 600-foot bulk . . . — — Map (db m203366) HM
The first D&IR wooden ore cars were purchased from the Northwestern Manufacturing Co. in 1884. The first order was for 300 cars at a cost of $615 each. The cars had a capacity of 20 tons but were often overloaded. The lifespan of this equipment . . . — — Map (db m78797) HM
[Marker 1]
This locomotive is dedicated to the men, women, and families of the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railroad
[Marker 2]
DM&IR Yellowstone Mallet #229, which is displayed opposite the venerable Duluth & Iron Range Railroad 3 . . . — — Map (db m78785) HM
U.S. Highway 61 from Duluth to the Canadian border was built in the 1920s and 1930s. Originating in historic Indian trails and military roads of the late 1800s, the paved route was proudly named the Lake Superior International Highway. Visitors . . . — — Map (db m266791) HM
Lake County So named because of its beautiful lakes. It had been the realm of the Dacotah (Sioux) Indians with few white intruders until ceded by the Yankton tribe in 1858. In 1857 the Noble's Trail was built across its NE corner and that year . . . — — Map (db m177453) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
