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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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Pretty as a Picture
Why would anyone name a resort “Picture Window Resort”? This resort, near Garrison, was described in the 1950s as: “1½ miles south on Hwy. 169. Ultramodern hskpg. cottages. Gas heat, gas ranges, electric refrigerators. Open all year. AAA approved.” The … Continue reading
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