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Minnesota Historical Society
Marker detail: Loading a Log Rail Car Near Duluth, 1885
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1 ► Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Duluth, North Shore — Prospectors & Settlers —  |
| Before 1840, rumors of copper deposits along the North Shore's hills and streams had captured the interest of mineral prospectors. With the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe, the Ojibwe people reluctantly ceded their territories to the United States. Land . . . — — Map (db m266759) HM | |||
| 2 ► Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Duluth — SL-DUT-002 — Clifton–French River — |
| Clifton, first townsite surveyed in the United States section of the North Shore, was platted west of the mouth of the French River in 1855. The river was known to early explorers as Riviere des Francais. Rumors of nearby copper deposits resulted . . . — — Map (db m43766) HM | |||