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| Rowboat ferry used by MN Point residents to get to and from Duluth after the canal was cut in 1871. The only bridge was an unsafe wood and wire structure, so most people used the ferries. 188... |
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08-07-2023
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| Treaty of Fond du Lac signed in 1876 stopped the fighting between the Ojibwe, Dakota and other tribes. It also took the mineral rights to their lands for the US. This watercolor is by James Otto Le... |
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08-05-2023
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| Walter Hoover, a Duluthian, was the second American to ever win the Diamond Challenge at the Henley Royal Regatta held on the river Thames in England. Business closed in Duluth so that worker... |
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07-28-2023
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| Children playing in Lincoln Park, a 1900 photo by L Perry Gallagher Sr. the first playground in the park was opened in July 1908. UMD Library - Zenith Web Site |
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07-17-2023
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| Duluth Common Council unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting women entering saloons in 1897. Fine of 100 dollars (3,000 today} or 90 days in jail. Zenith Web Site |
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07-13-2023
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| Duluth's original 'elevator row' off Rice's Point 1887. Image Duluth Public Library, Zenith Web Site |
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07-03-2023
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| Mark Baldwin, 22 years old, struck out 18 batters as N. Western League Duluth beat St. Paul 13 to 4 in 1886. Zenith Web Site |
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06-18-2023
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| Duluth first vol. fire department was organized March of 1870 and received it's first eqipment from a donation by hardware salesman A.A. Clifford of 3 dozen buckets in November of that year. ... |
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06-05-2023
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| Medical Arts Building, Grand Opening May 1932, The building was 90% occupied with 53 physicians, 33 dentists, and frist floor businesses. The anchor was Miller's Cafe, Duluth's Ol... |
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05-26-2023
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| The 1910 census declaired Duluth as home to more people of Finnish heritage than any other city in the USA. Zenith Web Site |
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04-04-2023
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| The New Transfer Bridge was tested in 1905 to see if it coud handle the loads. The transfer bridge car was 50 feet long and 30 feet wide. Image Superior Maritime Collection, Zenith Web Site |
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03-31-2023
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| 1928 the Duluth City Council voted 3 to 2 to hire the Kansas City Bridge Co. to convert the Transfer Bridge to the Aerial Lift Bridge. Public Library Image, Zenith Web Site |
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02-25-2023
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