Duluth and Iron Range railroad's ELLA G STONE tug moved train cars to Two Harbors from Duluth until 1886; she was named after railroad president's wife; schooner E M Peck; ore dock
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Image taken from bluff above bay showing passenger steamer "Ossifrage" at dock. Large dock owned by the Weiland Family, a prosperous family that owned and operated a lumber company out of Beaver Bay (1860-1883). Note the group of men and women of the village standing next to a tipi in the image foreground. Weiland homestead on hill above the dock.
The Minneapolis, Lyndale & Minnetonka Railway ran steam powered trains between downtown Minneapolis, Lake Minnetonka and Minnehaha Park. Within the city they ran down the street. This is 31st Street and Nicollet Avenue.
Silver Spike ceremony at Benton, Montana Territory. Celebration of construction of St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba rail line across Northern Great Plains to Montana Territory
Steamer Ossifrage with passengers lying at dock at Beaver Bay; Inman's North Shore Line traveled between Duluth and Port Arthur; Beaver Bay was first community organized in Lake county; two sailboats in foreground
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Steamer Ossifrage with passengers lying at dock at Beaver Bay; bay buildings cribs and beach; Inman's North Shore Line traveled between Duluth and Port Arthur; Beaver Bay was first community organized in Lake county
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections