The alphanumeric numbers below (e.g. 1oEE) are the “web figure” numbers referenced in the Early Resorts of Minnesota.
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- 1 East Contact Station (Information station) Itasca State Park, ca 1930s
- 1A-1 Sawyer House, Stillwater, ca 1908
- 1AA-1-1 Peninsula Hotel, Lindstrom, ca 1907
- 1AA-1-1A Dahl’s Hotel, Chisago City, ca 1907
- 1AA-1-1B Pitman House, Stillwater, ca 1907
- 1AA-1-2 St. Mary’s Resort, Saint Croix, Afton, 1910
- 1AA-1-3 Lake Como, Hokah, MN, ca 1900
- 1AA-4-1A Anderson House, Wabasha, ca 2011
- 1AA-8 Winn Tee Pee Cabins, 1930s, Winona
- 3A Grand View Lodge, Gull Lake, Brainerd, ca 1927
- 9 Pines Resort, Lake Winnibigoshish, 1930s
- 9C-1 Pines Resort, Lake Winnibigoshish 1920s
- 10 Fisher’s Point ca 1930
- 10A Merritt’s Lodge ca 1930
- 10B Cliff Wooley’s Camp, Leech Lake, ca 1930
- 10BB Kabekona Springs Resort, Leech Lake, ca 1940
- 10E-1 Forestview, Walker, 1930s
- 10E-4 Big Leech Resort, Walker, ca 1947
- 10EE Grandview, Leech Lake, Walker, ca. 1950
- 10F Hohman’s Camp, Walker, ca 1933
- 10F-1 Silver Springs Resort, Kabekona Bay, Leech Lake, ca 1950
- 10G-1 Hiawatha Beach, Leech Lake, ca 1940s
- 10H-1 Lake View Resort, Leech Lake, Walker, 1940s
- 10H-2-1 Journey’s End, Leech Lake, 1940s
- 10H-2-2 Pine Point Resort, Leech Lake, Walker, ca 1940
- 10H-3-1 Twin Points Store, Two Harbors, 1940s
- 10H-5 North Shore Hotel dining room, Tofte, ca 1940
- 10H-5-1 Sawbill Lodge, Tofte, 1940s
- 11A Lutsen, Lake Superior, 1950s
- 11A-3 Portage Resort, Caribou Lake, Lutsen, ca 1960
- 13 Oak Lodge Resort, Pelican Rapids, ca 1940s
- 13A Cross Point Resort, Pelican Rapids, ca 1950
- 14 Cross Lake Park Resort, ca 1930
- 14A Camp Comfort, Gull Lake, ca 1940
- 14A-2 Point Narrows, Gull Lake, Brainerd, 1930s
- 14A-3 Miller’s, Long Lake, Pequot Lakes, ca 1940
- 16A Voigt’s Store & Resort, Deer River ca 1960
- 16A-1 Voigt’s Resort, Deer River, ca 1950
- 16D Camp Mishawaka, Lake Pokegama, Grand Rapids, 1940s
- 17 Old Lakewood Lodge, Sand Lake, Deer River, ca 1925 (Photo courtesy Lakewood Lodge)
- 18A Northland Lodge cabin, Lake Winnibigoshish, ca 1930
- 19A Little Winnie Resort cabin, 1930s
- 19B Kirk’s on Big Winnie, 1950s
- 20A Van Vac cabin, Burntside Lake, Ely, 1940s
- 22A-1 Pehrson Lodge dining room, Lake Vermilion, Cook, 1960s
- 22B-2 Moccasin Point, Lake Vermilion, 1940
- 23A Camp Recreation, wet year, Belle Taine (Elbow) ca 1910
- 23C Westwood, Belle Taine, ca late 1930s (Hensel Collection)
- 23D Beauty Bay, Belle Taine, Nevis, ca 1940
- 26 Skidway Resort, Basswood Lake, Ely, 1940s
- 26A Bear Island Resort, Bear Island Lake, Ely, 1940s
- 27A Fall Lake Resort cabin, Winton, ca 1950
- 29A Parkview, Lake Itasca, 1930s (Hensel Collection)
- 30A-1 Parkview cabins, Lake Itasca, ca 1930s
- 31A Sauer’s Cabins, Lake Itasca, ca 1940s
- 31B Sauer’s General Store & Post Office, Lake Itasca, 1940s
- 33 Little Mantrap Camp, 1920s (Courtesy Mike and Pam Pfeifer)
- 35A GlenGarry, Walker, ca 1912
- 38B Sah-Kah-Tay lounge, Cass Lake, ca 1940
- 38B-1 Nelson’s, Ranger Cabin, Crane Lake, ca 1940s
- 39A-1 Olson’s Resort, Crane Lake, 1950s
- 41A-1 CCC Barracks Restoration, Camp Rabideau, Blackduck
- 42 Wild Rose Lodge, Bemidji, ca 1955
- 42A Kay’s Haven, Big Turtle Lake, Bemidji, 1939
- 43 Kohl’s, Bemidji, ca 1955
- 45E Fair Hills, Pelican Lake, Detroit Lakes, ca 1940s
- 46A Otis Lodge, Sissebakwet Lake (Sugar Lake), Grand Rapids
- 46B Piney Ridge dining room, Pine River, 1930s
- 47 Piney Ridge Lodge, Pine River, ca 1938
- 47C Whitefish Lake Lodge (Fuller’s Lodge) 1930s
- 48B High Banks dining room, ca 1940s
- 48C-1 High Banks 1930’s CCC cabin, Lake Winnebigoshish (Fuller Collection)
- 48C-2 CCC cabin, High Banks, 1938
- 49A Ruttger’s Pine Beach dining room, Gull Lake, ca 1940
- 51 Fox Lake cabin, Marcell, ca 1945
- 51A Snowshoe Cafe, Marcel (Courtesy Marlys Baldwin)
- 51B DeHaven’s North Star, Marcell, ca 1953
- 53AA Fireplace of States, Bemidji, 1950s
- 54C Balsam Grove, Grand Marais, ca 1955
- 54D Bearskin Lodge cabin, Bearskin Lake, Grand Marais, ca 1950
- 55A Fireplace at Chik-Wauk Lodge (Gunflint Trail Historical Society)
- 55BB Little PIne Resort, Brainerd, ca 1950
- 57 Log Cabin Inn, International Falls, ca 1930s
- 58A Inwood Lodge dining room, Gull Lake, Brainerd, 1930s
- 58BBB-1 Fish Point Resort, Prior Lake, ca 1908
- 58BBB-2 Dan Patch Rail Line, Weichselbaum Station, Lakeville, ca 1909
- 58BBB-4 Weichselbaum Summer Resort, Lakeville, ca 1909
- 58D Minnehaha Hotel, Minneapolis, 1880s
- 58E Lafayette Hotel, Minnetonka, ca 1880s
- 59 Lafayette Hotel, Minnetonka, ca 1880s
- 59A Hotel del Otero, Spring Lake Park, Lake Minnetonka, ca 1909
- 59A-1 Edgewood Hotel, Lake Minnetonka, ca 1910
- 59B Blue Line Boat House & Casino, Lake Minnetonka, ca 1919
- 59B-1 Bartlett Hotel, Lake Minnetonka, ca 1900
- 60AAA-1 Hotel Isabel, Leech Lake, Walker, ca 1930
- 62B Wassena Lodge, Pelican Lake, Pequot Lakes, ca 1950
- 62D Barlow’s, Pelican Lake, Pequot Lakes, ca 1950
- 65A Naniboujou Lodge, Grand Marais, ca 1950s
- 65A-2 Wa-Keya, Lake Superior, Two Harbors, ca 1950s
- 65B-1 Highway, North Shore, ca 1924
- 65C Lorntson’s, Beaver Bay, ca 1940
- 66A King’s Cottages, Fish Hook River, Park Rapids, ca 1950s
- 66B Hubbard’s Cabins, Park Rapids, 1940s (Hensel Collection)
- 67A Woodland Store, Lake George, 1940s
- 67B Morrison’s, Lake George, ca 1950
- 67C Emmaville Store, 1950s (Hensel Collection)
- 69C Oehler’s Bridge over Hay Creek, Island Lake, 1930s (Courtesy Frank Mitchell)
- 69D Pine Park Camp, Island Lake, Park Rapids, 1940s
- 71 Holland’s Resort cabins, Little Mantrap, 1949
- 72A Cut Foot Sioux Inn cabins, ca 1940 (Fuller Collection)
- 73 Cut Foot Sioux owner Willman, 1930s (Courtesy Janet & Rick Moe)
- 75 Rapid River Logging Camp Restaurant, Park Rapids
- 76 Island Lake Tavern cabin (Courtesy Chris Gartner)
- 79 Eagle Bay Lodge, Eagle Lake, Park Rapids, ca 1953 (Fuller Collection)
- 80 Olson’s Resort cabin, Big Mantrap, ca 1948 (Fuller Collection)
- 80A Norway Hills, Big Mantrap, ca 1958
- 81 Blewett’s Resort Motel (Vacationaire), Island Lake, Park Rapids, ca 1960
- 82 Hotel Keywahdin, Lake Minnetonka, 1908
- 83B Maple Heights Hotel (Woolnough’s), Lake Minnetonka, 1915
- 84A Indian Point, Bay Lake, Deerwood, ca 1950
- 84C Island Park, Long Lake, Park Rapids, ca 1925 (Hensel Collection)
- 85 Hamilton Lodge, Long Lake, Park Rapids 1940s (Fuller Collection)
- 88 Hamilton Lodge dining room, Long Lake, Park Rapids, 1940s (Courtesy Frank Mitchell)
- 89B Wildwood, Long Lake, Park Rapids, 1920s (Hensel Collection)
- 90 Gateway-Hungry Jack Lodge, Grand Marais, 1930s
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92C West End Phillips Cabin Station, International Falls, 1940s
- 92E Island View Resort, International Falls, 1940s
- 93 Haugen’s Cabin Camp, Alexandria, ca 1940
- 93C-2 Shady Knoll Resort, Horseshoe Lake, Richmond, 1940s
- 93CC Sunset Point, Horsehoe Lake, Richmond, ca 1955
- 93CCC Riverside Resort, Horseshoe Lake, Richmond, 1940s
- 93I Big Mantrap Camp, 1920s (Hensel Collection )
- 93K McMahon’s Big Mantrap Camp, ca 1910
- 94 Bernhard Lodge, Big Mantrap Lake, ca 1936
- 94A Trail’s End, Big Mantrap, 1930s
- 95A McMahon’s Resort, Little Mantrap Lake, 1940s (Fuller Collection)
- 97B-1 Douglas Lodge, Itasca State Park, ca 1914
- 99 Club House at Douglas Lodge, ca 1920
- 99A-1 Old Timer’s Cabin, Itasca Park, 1940s
- 100D Anchorage Resort, Bemidji, ca 1940
- 100D-1 Star Island Lodge, Cass Lake, ca 1940s
- 102 Nebe-Wa-Nibi, Big Boy Lake, Remer, 1920s
- 103C Pelican sculpture at Pelican Rapids, ca 1957
- 104 Knieff’s Place, Bay Lake, ca 1930
- 105A-1 Lake Hubert Railway station
- 105C The Pines, Hubert, ca 1910
- 106 Pukwana Lodge, Lake Hubert, 1926
- 106A Pukwana Lodge, Lake Hubert, ca 1926
- 107A Twin Pines Resort, Leech Lake, Whipholt, ca 1950
- 107B Pine Cone Resort, Leech Lake, 1950s
- 108 Faryland Cabins, Detroit Lakes, 1941
- 108E Many Point Scout Camp, Ponsford
- 109 Camp Clark, Paynesville, ca 1938
- 109A-1 Kaldahl Camp, Lake Minnewaska, Glenwood, 1940s
- 109A-3 Schaefer’s Rice Lake Resort, Paynesville, 1920s
- 109AA-1 Glenwood Summer Hotel, Lake Minnewaska, 1921
- 109AAAA Long Beach Resort, Lake Minnewaska, Glenwood, 1950s
- 111 Geneva Beach, Alexandria, 1907
- 112B Idlewild Hotel, Osakis, 1910
- 112C Idlewild Cottages Osakis, ca 1920
- 112C-2 Fairhaven, Lake Osakis, 1940s
- 112E Early Inn, Lake Osakis, ca 1940s
- 113 Dunn’s Resort, Pelican Rapids, pre 1907
- 113B Battle Lake Lodge, Battle Lake, ca 1947
- 113BBB Sunset Bay, Dead Lake, Dent, ca 1960
- 113C Pokahontas Lodge, Dead Lake, Dent, 1950s
- 113C-2 Jaeger’s Resort, Star Lake, Dent, ca 1950
- 115C Northwest Angle Resort, Angle Inlet, Lake of the Woods, ca 1970
- 117 Kill-Worry Camp, Whitefish, Pine River, ca 1930
- 117A Tamarack Lodge, Norway Lake, Pine River, 1909
- 117AA Twin Pine Resort, Mule Lake, Pine River, ca 1950s
- 118 Handberg’s Northwoods Lodge, Crane Lake, ca 1943
- 118A-1 Campbell’s Cabins & Trading Post, Lac La Croix 1937
- 118AA Borderland Lodge, Crane Lake, 1932
- 118B Cabin-O-Pines, Pelican Lake, Orr, ca 1950
- 119 Rustic Inn, Two Harbors, ca 1940
- 119A-1 Camp Iowa, Ten Mile Lake, Hackensack, ca 1950
- 121 Woman Lake Lodge, Hackensack, ca 1935
- 122A Rocky Point Resort, Gull Lake, ca 1932
- 123 Ozonite Resort, Gull Lake, ca 1920
- 124 Eagle Nest cabin, Cut Foot Sioux, ca 1950
- 125B Isle O’ Dreams, Bad Axe, Park Rapids, 1940s (Hensel Collection)
- 128B Wambolts, Upper Bottle, Dorset ca 1920s (Hensel Collection)
- 129 Albert’s Bay, Fish Hook Lake, Park Rapids, ca 1935
- 129A Cline’s Resort, Lake Kabetogama, ca 1940
- 129C Hoosier Beach, Lower Bottle, Park Rapids, ca 1940 (Hensel Collection)
- 130AA Ash Trail Lodge, Ash River, Ray, ca 1950
- 130B Sunset Resort, Ash River, Ray, ca 1957
- 130C Johnson’s Cabins, Rat Root River, Ericsburg, ca 1950
- 131A-1 Gabby’s Resort, Upper Red Lake, Waskish
- 134D Crystal Waters Lodge, Johnson Lake, Grand Rapids, ca 1940
- 135 Crystal Waters Lodge, Johnson Lake, Grand Rapids ca 1940
- 136B Allen’s Lodge, Bad Axe Lake, Park Rapids, ca 1930 (Hensel Collection)
- 137 Verndale Cabins, Round Lake at Squaw Lake, Grand Rapids, ca 1940 (Fuller Collection)
- 140A Northern Pine Lodge, Potato Lake, Park Rapiids, ca 1959
- 140E Inverlee Lodge, Potato Lake, Park Rapids, ca 1911 (Hensel Collection)
- 140E-1 Inverlee Lodge, Potato Lake, Park Rapids, ca 1955
- 141A Camp Colonel, Long Lake, Park Rapids, ca 1950 (Hensel Collection)
- 142A Abe’s Cabins, Straight Lake, Park Rapids, ca 1936
- 143 Pine Springs Resort, Straight Lake, Osage, ca 1950 (Fuller Collection)
- 143B Twin Lakes Lodge, Menahga ca 1940s
- 143C Twin Pine Resort (Allen’s), Menahga, 1940s
- 144 Cool Ridge, Big Sand, Park Rapids, ca 1940 (Fuller Collection)
- 145 Pinehurst, Deer Lake, Deer River, ca 1940
- 146 Foley Boys Camp, Trout Lake, Pine River, 1930s
- 149 Stony Point, Leech Lake, Walker, 1950s
- 151 Lee’e Point, Boulder Lake, Park Rapids, ca 1949 (Fuller Collection)
- 151A-2 Sunny Point, 2nd Crow Wing, Park Rapids, ca 1940s (Hensel Collection)
- 151C Whispering Pines, West Crooked Lake, Nevis, ca 1950
- 151C-1A Well’s, Cedar Lake, Annandale, early 1900s
- 152B Wa-Ga-Tha-Ka, Lake Wabana, Grand Rapids, ca 1940
- 152C Eiler’s Cabins, Grand Rapids, ca 1940
- 153 Birch Bay Resort, Wabana Lake, Grand Rapids, 1950s
- 153B Kay’s Motel, St. Cloud, Mid-1950s
- 153C Lakeside Motel, Highway 10, Big Lake, ca 1950
- 153D Ferguson’s Resort, Pleasant Lake, Annandale ca 1912
- 153E Beecher’s Resort, Clearwater Lake, Annandale, ca 1950
- 153E-1B Mear’s Resort, Cedar lake, Annandale, ca 1915
- 153E-1C Bannochi Summer Resort, Lake Pulaski, Buffalo, ca 1910
- 153E-1E Furtney Villa, Lake Charlotte, Rockford, ca 1917
- 161A Mitchell Lake Resort, Ely, 1940s
- 161B National Forest Lodge, Lake Gee Go Kau (Gegoka), Ely, 1940s
- 163A-2 Burntside Lodge Cabin #26, Ely (Courtesy Lou & Lonnie LaMontagne)
- 165 Canadian Border Lodge, Moose Lake, Ely, ca 1938
- 165B Wolf Lake Resort, Ely, 1950s
- 172 Camp Liberty, 8th Crow Wing, Nevis, ca early 1930s
- 172A In-We-Go, 8th Crow Wing, ca 1940 (Hensel Collection)
- 175 Coborn’s Resort, Ice Cracking Lake, Ponsford, ca 1938
- 175A Eagle Beach Camp, Eagle Lake, Park Rapids, 1930s
- 178 Tip Top Cove, Lake Miltona, ca 1955
- 178A Broken Arrow Resort, Lake Victoria, Alexandria, 1950s
- 179 Linwood Cottages, Lake Osakis, ca 1920
- 183A Bay View Lodge, Lake Vermilion, Tower, ca 1950s
- 183A-1 Sunset Beach, Portage Lake, Bena, 1930s
- 185 Arcadia Lodge, Turtle Lake, Marcell, 1940s (Fuller Collection)
- 186E Wausota Resort, Round Lake at Squaw Lake, Grand Rapids, ca 1950
- 188B Park Hotel, Detroit Lakes, ca 1948
- 191 Camp du Nord, Burntside Lake, Ely, ca 1950
- 192 Cabin City Tourist Court, Lake Pokegama, Grand Rapids, ca 1940 (Fuller Collection)
- 194 Ball Club Lake Lodge, Deer River, ca 1930s (Fuller Collection)
- 194A Shangri-La Resort, Wolf Lake, Cass Lake, ca 1940s
- 194B Denny’s Resort, Lake Winnebigoshish, ca 1950
- 194C Nodak Lodge, Lake Winnebigoshish, Bena, ca 1950
- 194E Iowana Beach Resort, Portage Lake, Bena, 1960s
- 195 Lake View Resort, Park Rapids
- 197A Creek at Hurd’s Acres, Big Sand-Lake Emma, Park Rapids (Courtesy Helene Hurd Nixon)
- 199B Indian Portage Resort, Lake Minnewawa, McGregor, 1940s
- 200 Hull’s on Potato Lake, Park Rapids, ca 1948 (Fuller’s Collection)
- 203 Izatys Lodge cabins, Lake Mille Lacs, Onamia, 1930s
- 203B The Colony, Mille Lacs, Garrison, 1930s
- 204 Pine Edge Motel, Little Falls, ca 1960
- 204A Blue Front Resort, Lake Alexandria, Lincoln, 1940s
- 206 Forman’s Famous Spot, Mille Lacs Lake, Isle, ca 1950
- 206A Headquarters Lodge launch, Mille Lacs Lake, 1950s
- 206D Klein’s Resort, Lake Marion, Perham, ca 1950
- 206F Haggstrom’s Resort, Pickerel Lake, Richville, ca 1960
- 207A Wilson’s Resort, Rush Lake, Otter Tail, 1950s
- 207B Ernie’s Resort, Star Lake, Dent, 1940s
- 208A Pigeon River Resort, Hoveland, 1940s
- 210BBB-1 Tourist Cabins, Hibbing, ca 1939
- 210BBB-2 Andy’s Double Decker Motel, Virginia, ca 1953
- 212B-2-2 Maplewood Resort, Waterville MN ca 1915
- 214A-4-7 Saint James Hotel, Red Wing, ca 1940