Duluth December, Minnesota, 1870 – Historic Photo Reproduction
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Duluth December, Minnesota, 1870
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Duluth, Minnesota, in 1870 was a raw lake port on the western tip of Lake Superior, still a few years away from the railroad boom that would transform it. The town had been platted only in the 1850s and was tied to the wider region chiefly through shipping of lumber, fur, and iron ore prospects, with Lake Superior navigation closed by ice each winter. Its population was small, a few thousand people at most, and much of its civic life revolved around the waterfront, the sawmills, and the hopes that a rail link to the Twin Cities would bring permanent growth. The Northern Pacific Railroad's westward plans, which reached Duluth in the following years, were still uncertain in 1870, and residents knew their town as a gamble on the lake trade and the frontier economy.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Minnesota |
| Original scan | 10,180 × 2,040 px · prints to 34 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | MN Duluth December 1870 |
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