Category Archives: Minnesota Tourism
Chase on the Lake: Classic Blue Ribbon Resort #2
For the second in a series of blog entries on Classic Blue Ribbon Resort, I have selected Chase on the Lake (click here for the definition, then click the back arrow to return). When the New Chase Hotel was built on … Continue reading
Remembering the CCC
This year the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) celebrated its 80th anniversary. It began in 1933 when it was signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the Federal Government’s effort to raise the economy from the depths of … Continue reading
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Burntside Lodge: Classic Blue Ribbon Resort #1
Highlighting Early Resorts: As my book, The Early Resorts of Minnesota, reaches a larger audience and my website blogs accumulate, I am adding a special blog feature called “Classic Blue Ribbon Resorts.” A Classic Blue Ribbon Resort will be defined … Continue reading
The 2013 Governor’s Fishing Opener
The 66th Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener at Park Rapids celebrated the beginning of the 2013 tourist season on May 10. It is now history, and will go down as unique because of ice covering the major lakes in the northern … Continue reading
The Floating Hotels
The first quarter of the nineteenth century found the citizens of the United States busy clearing land, building structures, and expanding the western frontier. Half the country was considered wilderness. There was little opportunity or means for citizens to travel … Continue reading
Minnesota’s Roadside Giants
In my book The Early Resorts of Minnesota, and my previous blog post on the Jefferson Highway, I mentioned how automobile traffic increased with new highways. This caused Minnesota’s early tourist entrepreneurs to look for innovative ways to flag down … Continue reading
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The Jefferson Highway
Paving the way for Tourism: The Historic Jefferson Highway U. S. Highway 71 was less than 100 feet from my parent’s store and resort at Little Mantrap Lake, near Itasca State Park. This heavily traveled highway has been an important tourist route … Continue reading
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Weyerhaeuser presentation on resorts
Here are photos from my December 16th program at Little Falls Weyerhaeuser Museum, which included the museum’s exhibit on early Morrison County resorts. I would like to thank the Morrison County Historical Society, Mary Warner, and the Weyerhaeuser Museum staff … Continue reading
Minnesota Fishing Museum Book Signing
On November 29 I was pleased to experience part of the Christmas festivities at the Minnesota Fishing Museum in Little Falls, Minnesota. Included was a book signing and interview on AM960 KLTF’s popular Party Line. An attached photo taken at the book signing … Continue reading
Early Deer Seasons, Part 2: Daylight in the Swamp
Deer hunting was often included in early resort advertising, especially in the 1930s. It was the unofficial late closing of the tourist season. In 1945, my father decided to capitalize on Itasca State Park’s first deer season by adding a bunkhouse for … Continue reading
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