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...the Northern Pacific Railroad. By early April, the logging camps would close and most of the loggers would return home...employment.In the winter of 1887, the GRLC had a logging camp on Lake Sibley near present-day Pequot Lakes. One...
...Bemidji-born singer, guitarist and stalwart of the Twin Cities Irish music scene, breathes new life into forgotten logging camp songs with his CD "Minnesota Lumberjack Songs: Irish and Scottish Music from the North Woods." A concert celebrating...
...will use interactive stories and games to engage students in the history of our great state, including fur trading, logging camps, and early settlers. They will also get a chance to think about what the future might hold for us. Call the library...
...accurate backdrops for trains from a steam locomotive to modern diesel engines. The trains run past farm scenes, logging camps, mining operations, early settlements, modern cities. Communities have familiar names - Merrifield, Crosslake...
...was shipped to Idaho. "The town folded up after the mill was gone," Hime said. Chow time for loggers in an early logging camp. Northwoods loggers said a priority was placed on feeding the horses first as their work power was essential to moving...
...the Linden Hill Conference and Retreat Center. Dr. John Camp Dr. John Camp, a physician and surgeon serving the logging camps, started the Lumberman's hospital with 15 beds in 1890. The hospital was located on First Avenue and Kindred Street...
...taken as a moment of pride for the logging camp. It was not unusual for camps...state." For archaeologists, the logging camps can be recreated from things lumberjacks...Stacks of lumber, typically from logging camps further north line the yards of...
...combine at Camp One at Northland Pine Co. in Walker to move logs. Big loads were often picture opportunities as various logging camps tried to outdo each other. (Photos courtesy of Crow Wing County Historical Society) Loggers are primed to start...
...the most requested route the airline did not serve. Aitkin's business past and city heritage from the steamboat and logging camp era will be part of a two-day living history event called Festival of Adventures on Sept. 16-17. A Searchable...
...trip includes one portage and takes about an hour. The camp was built on Marchington Lake in the 1950s after a nearby logging camp closed. The Kartinen family, Al and Donna, son Darrell and his wife Tena, have operated the camp since 1967. Eight...