One of Minnesota's largest parks, Mille Lacs Kathio is a popular destination for campers, angles, bird watchers, wildflower enthusiasts and all who seek recreation and relaxation in a preserved and serene setting.
The park's 40 miles of . . . — — Map (db m237173) HM
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur DuLuth
On July 2, 1679 Daniel Greysolon, Sieur DuLuth, wrote of planting the flag of France's King Louis XIV at a large village on Mille Lacs Lake, "...where never a Frenchman had been." Many believe that . . . — — Map (db m237854) HM
An Ancient Village
University of Minnesota archaeologist Lloyd Wilford discovered and tested this site in 1933. Larger excavations were conducted here in the 1970s, and the site was named in Professor Wilford's honor.
If you look to . . . — — Map (db m237924) HM
Here in a quarter mile radius thrived a village of 400 people. Brickton had two stores, a two-room school, postoffice, railroad depot, sawmill, three boarding houses and five brick yards which manufactured twenty-million bricks annually. The yards . . . — — Map (db m236922) HM
You are standing at the center of the town of Brickton, which today is a ghost town. However, between 1887 and 1927 Brickton was a hub of quality brickmaking in the Midwest.
This is the only known photo of the center of Brickton, taken . . . — — Map (db m236997) HM
PICTURED: William Lisky and Marion Shrade in front and Herman Riebe and Adolph Minks above on the brick pile. Minks later said 1910 was a "good, hot dry summer – good for brickmaking".
This 1910 photo shows four men stacking . . . — — Map (db m237119) HM
After living in the cramped quarters of their rental cabins for more than twenty years, Harry and Jeannette Ayer built this house in 1941.
During the heyday of the Trading Post, the Ayers lived simply during the summer. Each winter they . . . — — Map (db m237719) HM
In this vicinity stood the grand Sioux village of Izatys where Duluth planted the French arms on July 2, 1679.
The settlement was visited by Father Hennepin in 1680. About 1750 the Chippewa moving westward from Lake Superior, captured the . . . — — Map (db m19760) HM
It's mid-summer, 1929. You're standing here looking at a two-story wooden building with large rooms and lots of windows.
That building was the Mille Lacs Indian Boat Works, run by Trading Post owner Harry Ayer. From 1929 to 1939, a crew . . . — — Map (db m237792) HM
If you were vacationing at Mille Lacs in the 1930s, you might have stayed in a cottage like this one.
From 1920 until the 1940s, the Ayers rented out cottages clustered all around the Trading Post. The furnishings were simple—a couple . . . — — Map (db m237729) HM
