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| First municipal Christmas Tree was lighted with 3,500 lights on Dec. 25, 1914. Attended by thousands in -20 below weather, in front of the St. Louis County Courthouse ,warmed by many bond fires. Â ... |
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12-25-2022
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| 'Ben Hur' Lyceums Theatre's largest audience for an 8 day run opened in Dec. 1903. Twelve train cars carried the scenery and they had a cast of 315 with a crew of 45. Tread mills were built o... |
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12-23-2022
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| Jack O'Brien (1897-1938) A Duluth native and Central Grad. was part of Richard Byrd's expedition to Antarctica in 1928. An ice peak in Antarctica was named after him. Zenith Web Site |
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12-11-2022
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| Tunnel designed  (1892)to go under the Duluth Canal prior to the bridge being built.  It had three tunnels, one for wagons, one for trains and one for people to walk in. Plan was rejected due to ... |
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11-08-2022
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| Duluthian Conrad Johnson was shot down in a 260 hp Salmson 2A2, like the one pictured, by antiaircraft fire 0ver France in 1918. His name was used to name the first Duluth Airport. Zenith Web... |
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11-08-2022
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| Mining the Duluth Harbor was seriously considered in 1915 because of threats of the WWI. Zenith web site |
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11-08-2022
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| Schooner Guido Pfister wrecks near the S. Pier of Duluth Ship Canal in 1885. She spilled some of her cargo of coal on the shore where residents helped themselves. She remained in that locatio... |
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10-18-2022
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| Holden (left) and Keating held up a bank messenger in broad daylight across from the police headquarters on W. first street in Sept. 1931. (shots were fired) They later stopped and took... |
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10-02-2022
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| Oneota was established in 1858 by the Merritt, Wheeler and Ely families. The area went from about 39th ave. W. to 47th ave. West. From the Bay to Oneota Cemetery. Became part of W... |
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09-23-2022
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| John Jacob Astor Schooner sinks in 1844. First American commercial ship that sailed Lake Superior. This is a modern painting by MN artist Howard Silvertson, Grand Marais MN. Zenith Web ... |
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09-21-2022
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| Incline 1904 Photo. 7th ave. West operated fro, 1891-1939. Zenith City Press |
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09-21-2022
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| Bad Jack Webb who in 1921 killed three police officers in the Hibbing area,was hunted down and brought back into town across the fender of a car like a hunting trophy. Schools were released t... |
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09-10-2022
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