by ichs_contributor | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
p28 - BOWEN'S RESORT, DEER RIVER, MINN - WINTER FISHERMAN - 'MA' BOWEN ON LEFTp21 -- BOWEN'S RESORT - GENERAL VIEW OF BOWEN'S ON LAKE WINNIBIGOSHISH, DEER RIVER, MINN b says POSTCARDp21 -- BOWEN'S RESORT - CABINS, BOWEN'S RESORT, DEER RIVER, MINN b says POSTCARDp22 -...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Cut Foot Sioux Ranger Station 18 ½ Miles NW of Deer River off Highway 46 Built in 1904, this one-room log structure is probably the oldest remaining ranger station in the United States. It rests at the end of the Turtle Mound portage on a campsite used centuries...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Itasca Lumber Co. House 506 5th St. S.E., Deer River This house was built in 1904 by the Itasca Lumber Co., the foremost logging operation in Western Itasca County. The company’s railroad, which ran north out of Deer River, brought in logs from 20 camps,...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hill Annex Mine Calumet The Hill Annex Mine excavation, which is one mile long, three-quarters of a mile wide and 500 feet deep, is a spectacular site. Spectacular, too, is the amount of ore that was mined from it. During the first half of the 20th century...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Kom-On-In-Beach According to the Records Department in Grand Rapids, MN, the story of Kom-On-In Beach began on May 31st, 1910, when John Greenway purchased from the state of Minnesota, the following tracts of land on the southeast corner of Trout Lake. Lots...
