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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «lake county» AND «minnesota»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Connor Olson, September 5, 2019
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1 ► Minnesota, Lake County, Isabella — Good Wages —
Near County Road 2 0.2 miles south of State Route 1.
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
2 ► Minnesota, Lake County, Isabella — The Year is 1906 —
Near Minnesota Route 1 at Forest Road 15.
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

3 ► Minnesota, Red Lake County, Red Lake Falls — Pierre Bottineau — 1817 — 1895 —
On Bottineau Avenue Northwest just east of Bridge Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east.
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

4 ► Minnesota, Lake County, Two Harbors — Trail of the Whispering Giants — Indian Brave #25, Two Harbors, Minnesota —
Near Voyageur Highway (Minnesota Route 61) just north of 7th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
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

5 ► South Dakota, Lake County, Ramona — 111 — Badus – Pioneer Swiss Colony — ½ Mile West – ¼ Mile South —
On U.S. 81 at 223rd Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 81.
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

6 ► Minnesota, Lake County, Silver Bay — A Modern Shipwreck —
On Marina Drive 0.3 miles east of Bayside Park Road, on the left.
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
7 ► Minnesota, Lake County, Two Harbors — Ore Car #251, 1884 & Bobber Caboose #22 (#52), 1893 —
Near South Avenue.
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

8 ► Minnesota, Lake County, Two Harbors — Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Yellowstone Mallet #229 —
On 6th Street (County Route 20) at South Avenue, on the right when traveling south on 6th Street.
[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
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9 ► Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Duluth, North Shore — Highway 61: Road to Tourism —
Near Congdon Boulevard (North Shore Drive) (State Highway 61) at McQuade Road, on the left when traveling north.
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

10 ► South Dakota, Lake County, Winfred — 199 — Lake County / Miner County — You are about to enter —
On 233rd St. at 442nd Ave., on the right when traveling west on 233rd St..
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
 
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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