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...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Untitled-7Untitled-25Untitled-22Untitled-12Untitled-28Untitled-27Untitled-35Untitled-34Untitled-37Untitled-36Untitled-8 Camp Idlewild W. W. Stickler came to Minnesota in 1907 as a young man from Mishawaka, Indiana on the advice of his doctor. Walter survived a slight...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Art and Eleanor Otis 1926Aerial View Otis LodgeHR 1413 Otis Lodge interiorHR 4644 Otis Lodge KitchenHR 4644 outside LodgeHR 11053 Planes on lakeOld Dinning Room of Lodge 2Airport dedicationArther and Eleanor otisArthur in 1925CabinsDinning room viewOtis Lodge Dinning...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Bigfork Village Hall 200 Main Avenue Bigfork City Hall was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1936 at a cost of $20,000. It was constructed with an exterior finish of local fieldstone. The attached garage on the north end originally housed the fire...
by ichs_contributor | Jul 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
White Oak Point County Road 11, South of Deer River White Oak Point, a level terrace that overlooks the Mississippi River and vast stretches of wild rice, has, according to archeological and historical evidence, attracted human occupants since prehistoric times. It...
