Category Archives: Minnesota Tourism

Welcome Jefferson Highway Association Members

We are happy to return to this website after experiencing a series of complex computer problems. The posting of early Minnesota resort photos will resume during the coming weeks. Meanwhile, we are anticipating the arrival on May 30-31, 2014 of … Continue reading

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Hunting for the old Jefferson Highway

On a frigid January 6 morning, Frank Mitchell and I met with Itasca State Park Naturalists Connie Cox and Sandra Lichter at the Brower Visitor Center in Itasca State Park. (The temperature warmed to minus 20º F for our 10 … Continue reading

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Postcards Donated by Steve Muckala

Steve Muckala grew up in Bagley and worked in the Itasca State Park area for several years. He has a passion for history and has accumulated a nice collection of Clearwater County items. His postcard collection contains some 200 cards … Continue reading

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Grand View Lodge: Classic Blue Ribbon Resort #4

In October, I had the pleasure of presenting a program on early tourism at the 2013 Minnesota Resort and Campground Association Fall Conference and Expo held at Grand View Lodge’s Gull Lake Center. It is interesting to see how a … Continue reading

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Gunflint Lodge: Classic Blue Ribbon Resort #3

About fifty miles up the Gunflint Trail, northwest of Grand Marais, there exists one of the most famous lodges in northern Minnesota: Gunflint Lodge on Gunflint Lake. While most resorts have changed hands many times over the years, including the … Continue reading

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Sharing your old resort postcards

Rick Wolfe, from Crosby, Minnesota, has donated digital copies of many old resort postcards from his personal collection to this website. Rick is a postcard collector with 40 years of experience. He is also a stamp collector and seller through … Continue reading

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Big Crowd, Little Mayor

On Sunday, August 4, I was invited to a book signing at Sister Wolf Books in Dorset, Minnesota during the annual “Taste of Dorset.” With only four restaurants on its two block main street, Dorset has the title of “Restaurant … Continue reading

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They’ll Be Back! Recognizing Vacation Milestones

On August 3, 2013, I enjoyed speaking again at Itasca State Park’s Brower Visitor Center as part of the Presenter Under the Pines Series. My talk included slides of early tourism in and around Itasca Park. I was happy to … Continue reading

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Guess Who Turned Ninety

On July 21, I was at the Minnesota Fishing Museum in Little Falls to help celebrate Al Baert’s 90th birthday. Al is the museum’s founder and continues to be an important part of its operation. (He was also one of … Continue reading

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Guess Which Resort

On a hot July 18, in the basement of the cool Hubbard County Historical SocietyMuseum, I showed a few slides of unidentified local resorts as part of the museum’s noontime Brown Bag Lunch Series. We met in the recently refurbished … Continue reading

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