Category Archives: Minnesota Resorts
A Boy’s Camp, a President, and a Painter
Many of the first resorts were referred to as “camps.” In 1930, one hundred were listed for tourists in The Minnesota Book by the Ten Thousand Lakes Greater Minnesota Association. Today you will find only a few resorts called “camps.” … Continue reading
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First Memories, Last Conversations–Holland’s Resort and Fitger’s
It was a pleasure to visit Duluth recently. Ida Mae and I stayed at the Fitger’s Inn. This exceptional hotel is located in the large complex that once housed The Fitger’s Beer Company on the waterfront of Lake Superior. The … Continue reading
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John Dillinger Sat Here?
Sebago Camp didn’t match the style and size of some of the other early Brainerd area resorts. Located on the north side of Round Lake near Nisswa, it was quite small and isolated. But due to an incident in 1933 … Continue reading
Record Muskie Waits Nineteen Years to Strike
In 1957 Art Lyons, a fishing guide working out of High Banks Resort on Lake Winnibigoshish, hooked a large muskie. After an hour-long fight that drew the attention of boaters and resort bystanders, the fish was finally landed and brought … Continue reading
A Greyhound Runs at Midnight
The Greyhound Bus Line was an important part of rural life until the late 1950s, when public ground transportation began a sharp decline. During the 1940s two daily buses operated between Bemidji and Minneapolis. The last bus returned to Bemidji … Continue reading
They’ll Know You at the Snowshoe
The Snowshoe was neither a resort or hotel, nor was it an early method of winter travel. It was a small, inconspicuous, ordinary looking cafe in Marcell, Minnesota, an unincorporated remote community about 25 miles north of Deer River, or … Continue reading
“Cabin One again, please.”
When tourist families returned each year, close friendships developed with resort owners and their families. Other returning vacationers would often reserve the same dates and resorts became the site for reunions as well as a vacations. One family probably holds … Continue reading
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