Below is a sampling of photos and maps from The Edge of Itasca. The alphanumeric numbers (e.g. 3, 7, 8A, etc.) are the figure numbers referenced in the book.
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- 7 Arago Post Office & Fairview Hotel
- 8 Viken Dam on Mississippi near Mallard
- 8A Conner & Wilson Logging Co.
- 10 Douglas Lodge 1930s
- 11 Itasca’s imported Elk
- 12 Men from Mallard, a logging town, ca. 1905
- 13 Nichols-Chisholm Logging Railroad
- 14A Lumberjacks
- 15 Logs on Elbow Lake
- 16 Nichols-Chisholm Co. Frazee Sawmill
- 17D Hay Creek at Oehler’s (Pine Hollow)
- 18B The first Forest Inn, Itasca
- 18C Lovelis CCC Camp S-57
- 18I Fire Tower 1938 Itasca Park
- 21A Hemmerich Mill saws again, Pioneer Farmers village
- 22A Holland Store, natural Indian face on turtle shell
- 22B Distance runner, Ne-ga-no-sa & turtle with face, Territory Centennial, 1949
- 23 Fuller’s Tackle Shop window 1940s
- 25 Pineview School Dist. 86 ca. 1946