by ichs_contributor | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Scenic State Park Highway 7 East Six park facilities were built in 1934-35; one still retains its original furniture and paintings. These are significant as examples ofNew Deal Federal Work Relief, state park development, and National Park Service rustic log...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Turtle Oracle Mound Off County #35, 20 miles northwest of Deer River The turtle, which was probably constructed by the Dakota (Sioux) sometime in the early 1700s, is first referred to in writing by John Baptiste Perrault, a fur trader. He noted that “…the Indians...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
image0image4image2image3image5Untitled-10 Antler Lodge and Resort Antler Lodge & Resort is located on Scenic Hwy 7, about 8 miles south of Scenic State Park in the beautiful George Washington State Forest. Antler Lake, just south of the continental divide, is...
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,...
