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# Ren Holland's Website

A blog about Minnesota's history, tourism, and resorts

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://blog.renholland.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [Blog](https://blog.renholland.com/blog/)
- [Event - Little Falls Craft Fair 2022](https://blog.renholland.com/event-little-falls-craft-fair-2022/)
- [Kabekona Bay Resort](https://blog.renholland.com/5259-2/)
- [Sharing your old resort postcards](https://blog.renholland.com/sharing-your-old-resort-postcards/)
- [They'll Be Back! Recognizing Vacation Milestones](https://blog.renholland.com/well-be-back-recognizing-vacation-milestones/)
- [From Tom's to Kee-Nee-Moo-Sha: What's in a Name?](https://blog.renholland.com/from-toms-to-kee-nee-moo-sha-whats-in-a-name/)
- [Minnesota’s Roadside Giants](https://blog.renholland.com/minnesotas-roadside-giants/)
- [Glengarry, The First Resort on Leech Lake](https://blog.renholland.com/glengarry-the-first-resort-on-leech-lake/) - The history and photos of Glengarry, the first resort on Leech Lake, in Walker, MN.
- [Early Resort Fires–Part Two](https://blog.renholland.com/early-resort-fires-part-two/)
- [Daughters of History](https://blog.renholland.com/daughters-of-history/) - Presentation on Brainerd Lakes Area early resort and tourism history for the Captain Robert Orr chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
- [Tracing the Jefferson Highway in a ’54 Dodge](https://blog.renholland.com/tracing-the-jefferson-highway-in-a-54-dodge/) - Josiah Laubenstein and Darrell Johnston's Jefferson Highway road trip
- [Grand View Lodge: Classic Blue Ribbon Resort #4](https://blog.renholland.com/grand-view-lodge-classic-blue-ribbon-resort-4/)
- ["Catch a Memory:" Historic Fishing Contest Photos](https://blog.renholland.com/catch-a-memory-historic-fishing-contest-photos/) - Early Minnesota fishing contests
- [Recent Presentations](https://blog.renholland.com/recent-presentations/) - Presentations as Jefferson Highway Association 2014 Conference and Austin Library's Summer Reading Program for Adults
- [The Good Life in Minnesota](https://blog.renholland.com/the-good-life-in-minnesota/)
- [Early Logging around Lake Itasca](https://blog.renholland.com/early-logging-around-lake-itasca/) - Early Logging around Lake Itasca, Itasca State Park, MN
- [26th Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards](https://blog.renholland.com/26th-annual-writers-digest-self-published-book-awards/)
- [Will we hear your tree when it falls?](https://blog.renholland.com/will-we-hear-your-tree-when-it-falls/) - History of Limmer's Resort
- [The Jefferson Highway](https://blog.renholland.com/the-jefferson-highway/)
- [Postcard Images Donated by Lyell Henry](https://blog.renholland.com/postcard-images-donated-by-lyell-henry/) - Lyell Henry's early Minnesota resort postcard collection
- [Welcome Jefferson Highway Association Members](https://blog.renholland.com/welcome-jefferson-highway-association-members/) - Third Annual Jefferson Highway Association Conference
- [Less Traveled: A Journey from Pine to Palm](https://blog.renholland.com/less-traveled-a-journey-from-pine-to-palm/) - Film review of documentary Less Traveled: A Journey from Pine to Palm.
- [Jefferson Highway Centennial Programs Well Attended](https://blog.renholland.com/jefferson-highway-centennial-programs-well-attended/) - I recently presented Jefferson Highway programs for the Wadena County Historical Society’s Spring Lecture Series and for the Northern Exposure to Lifelong Learning in conjunction with the Clearwater County Historical Society.
- [Hunting for the old Jefferson Highway](https://blog.renholland.com/hunting-for-the-old-jefferson-highway/)
- [Book signing at Arts and Crafts Fair](https://blog.renholland.com/book-signing-at-arts-and-crafts-fair/)
- [And Then There Were None](https://blog.renholland.com/and-then-there-were-none/)
- [Postcards donated by Darryl Hensel](https://blog.renholland.com/postcards-donated-by-darryl-hensel/) - Postcards from early resorts in the Park Rapids–Itasca Park–Mantrap Valley areas.
- [Big Crowd, Little Mayor](https://blog.renholland.com/big-crowd-little-mayor/)
- [What would you name your resort?](https://blog.renholland.com/what-would-you-name-your-resort/)
- [Shared photos: Big Whitefish Bay Resort and a Historic Mailboat](https://blog.renholland.com/shared-photos-big-whitefish-bay-resort-and-historic-mailboat/) - Tim and Jane Donahue's shared photos and history of Big Whitefish Bay Resort, including a historic mailboat.
- [Early Resort Fires–Part One](https://blog.renholland.com/early-resort-fires-part-one/)
- [The Floating Hotels](https://blog.renholland.com/the-floating-hotels/)
- [The 2013 Governor’s Fishing Opener](https://blog.renholland.com/the-2013-governors-fishing-opener/)
- [Burntside Lodge: Classic Blue Ribbon Resort #1](https://blog.renholland.com/burntside-lodge-a-classic-blue-ribbon-resort/)
- [Remembering the CCC](https://blog.renholland.com/remembering-the-ccc/)
- [Chase on the Lake: Classic Blue Ribbon Resort #2](https://blog.renholland.com/chase-on-the-lake-classic-blue-ribbon-resort-2/)
- [Guess Which Resort](https://blog.renholland.com/guess-which-resort/)
- [Guess Who Turned Ninety](https://blog.renholland.com/guess-who-turned-ninety/)
- [Gunflint Lodge: Classic Blue Ribbon Resort #3](https://blog.renholland.com/gunflint-lodge-classic-blue-ribbon-resort-3/)
- [Postcards Donated by Steve Muckala](https://blog.renholland.com/postcards-donated-by-steve-muckala/)
- ["Phishing" in the Land of 10,000 Lakes](https://blog.renholland.com/phishing-in-the-land-of-10000-lakes/) - The Early Resorts of Minnesota Phishing scheme at Download Genius
- [Douglas Lodge: Classic Blue Ribbon Resort #5](https://blog.renholland.com/douglas-lodge-classic-blue-ribbon-resort-5/) - Douglas Lodge at Itasca State Park recognition
- [Inconsistencies in old maps](https://blog.renholland.com/inconsistencies-in-old-maps/) - Inconsistencies in old maps
- [Austin Page Turners Author Series](https://blog.renholland.com/austin-page-turners-book-talk/)
- [You Can’t go Straight to Crooked Lake](https://blog.renholland.com/you-cant-go-straight-to-crooked-lake/) - History of Crooked Lake Fishing Camp in Ely, Minnesota
- [Gully Day Celebrates The Jefferson Highway](https://blog.renholland.com/gully-minnesota-a-small-town-with-a-big-interest-in-history/) - Gully Day presentation on the Jefferson Highway.
- [The Jefferson Highway: From Palms to Pines? Or Palms to Prairies?](https://blog.renholland.com/the-jefferson-highway-from-palms-to-pines-or-palms-to-prairies/) - Jefferson Highway history in Minnesota
- [A Mini-Minnesota Tour of Northern Minnesota](https://blog.renholland.com/a-mini-minnesota-tour-of-northern-minnesota/)
- [Early Clearwater Lake at Annandale, Minnesota](https://blog.renholland.com/early-clearwater-lake-at-annandale-minnesota/) - Postcards of early Clearwater Lake at Annandale, Minnesota
- [Kurt Brown’s Leech Lake Postcards](https://blog.renholland.com/kurt-browns-leech-lake-postcards/) - Early resort postcards from Leech Lake, Minnesota.
- [Fuller’s Tackle Shops](https://blog.renholland.com/fullers-tackle-shops/) - History of Fuller's Tackle Shops
- [Radio interview](https://blog.renholland.com/radio-interview/) - Kathy Weckwerth radio interview about Minnesota's early resorts.
- [Here's Mud in your Eye: Photos of Minnesota’s Early Health Spas](https://blog.renholland.com/heres-mud-in-your-eye-photos-of-minnesotas-early-health-spas/) - 1910-1940 postcards of early Minnesota health spas
- [Arts & Crafts & Books & Gifts in Little Falls](https://blog.renholland.com/arts-crafts-books-gifts-in-little-falls/) - Little Falls Arts and Crafts Fair
- [Latest addition to "Shared Photos"](https://blog.renholland.com/latest-addition-to-shared-photos/) - Rick Wolfe's latest addition to "Shared Photos."
- [Rustic Style Resorts](https://blog.renholland.com/rustic-style-resorts/)
- [Book interview](https://blog.renholland.com/book-interview/)
- [A Boy’s Camp, a President, and a Painter](https://blog.renholland.com/a-boy’s-camp-a-president-and-a-painter/)
- [First Memories, Last Conversations--Holland’s Resort and Fitger’s](https://blog.renholland.com/first-memories-last-conversations-holland’s-resort-and-fitger’s/)
- [John Dillinger Sat Here?](https://blog.renholland.com/john-dillinger-sat-here/)
- [Record Muskie Waits Nineteen Years to Strike](https://blog.renholland.com/record-muskie-waits-nineteen-years-to-strike/)
- [A Greyhound Runs at Midnight](https://blog.renholland.com/a-greyhound-runs-at-midnight/)
- [They'll Know You at the Snowshoe](https://blog.renholland.com/theyll-know-you-at-the-snowshoe/)
- [Don't tell Henry "This isn't a resort."](https://blog.renholland.com/schuldt’s-resort-henry-schuldt/)
- [“Cabin One again, please.”](https://blog.renholland.com/test-10-bedmans-beach-resort/)
- [Pretty as a Picture](https://blog.renholland.com/test-5-picture-window-resort/)
- [Minnesota Fishing Museum Book Signing](https://blog.renholland.com/minnesota-fishing-museum-book-signing/)
- [A Cold Welcome](https://blog.renholland.com/a-cold-welcome/)
- [Highways Without Numbers](https://blog.renholland.com/highways-without-numbers/) - Minnesota’s International, Transcontinental, and Interstate Auto Trails
- [Dec 16th Presentation and Book Signing](https://blog.renholland.com/dec-16th-presentation-and-book-signing/)
- [Weyerhaeuser presentation on resorts](https://blog.renholland.com/weyerhaeuser-presentation-on-resorts/)
- [ Early Deer Seasons, Part 1: The First Itasca Park Deer Hunt](https://blog.renholland.com/early-deer-seasons-part-1-the-first-itasca-park-deer-hunt/)
- [St. Paul Pioneer Press Publicity](https://blog.renholland.com/st-paul-pioneer-press-publicity/)
- [Early Deer Seasons, Part 2: Daylight in the Swamp](https://blog.renholland.com/early-deer-seasons-part-2-daylight-in-the-swamp/)
- [Itasca State Park Presentation](https://blog.renholland.com/itasca-state-park-presentation/)
- [Presentation at Itasca State Park](https://blog.renholland.com/presentation-at-itasca-state-park/)
- [New book](https://blog.renholland.com/1537/)

## Pages

- [](https://blog.renholland.com/) - A blog about Minnesota\'s history, tourism, and resorts, as well as information on books by Ren Holland.
- [Speaking Dates](https://blog.renholland.com/speaking-dates/)
- [Contact Me](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories/)
- [Leech Lake collection #2 (Glengarry Resort)](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/leech-lake-collection-2/)
- [Shared Photos](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/)
- [Leech Lake collection #1](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/kurt-browns-postcards/)
- [Assorted Photos & Stories](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/assorted-donated-photos/)
- [Videos](https://blog.renholland.com/videos/)
- [Minnesota collection #2](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/postcard-images-donated-by-lyell-henry/) - A collection of old Minnesota resort postcards.
- [Lake Itasca area logging photos](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/lake-itasca-area-photos/)
- [Minnesota collection #1](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/postcards-donated-by-rick-wolfe/)
- [EARLY RESORTS OF MINNESOTA](https://blog.renholland.com/my-books/early-resorts-of-minnesota/)
- [Links](https://blog.renholland.com/links/)
- [Big Whitefish Bay Resort](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/big-whitefish-bay-resort/) - Whitefish Bay Resort in Pequot Lakes, MN
- [Search Website](https://blog.renholland.com/search-website/)
- [EDGE OF ITASCA Photos](https://blog.renholland.com/book-photos/edge-of-itasca-photos/)
- [EARLY RESORTS OF MINNESOTA Photos](https://blog.renholland.com/book-photos/early-resorts-of-minnesota-photos/)
- [EARLY RESORTS OF MINNESOTA Maps](https://blog.renholland.com/book-photos/early-resorts-of-minnesota-maps/)
- [My Books](https://blog.renholland.com/my-books/)
- [Author Info](https://blog.renholland.com/author-info/)
- [Photos and Maps](https://blog.renholland.com/book-photos/)
- [Park Rapids area](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/postcard-images-donated-by-darryl-hensel/)
- [EDGE OF ITASCA](https://blog.renholland.com/my-books/edge-of-itasca/)
- [Hall of Fame](https://blog.renholland.com/hall-of-fame/)
- [Shakopee area health spas](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/shakopee-area-health-spas/)
- [Ely area](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/jeff-limps-donated-images/)
- [Limmer's Resort](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/pam-cates-history-and-images-of-limmers-resort/)
- [Clearwater County area](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/postcards-donated-by-steve-muckala/)
- [Clearwater Lake area](https://blog.renholland.com/your-resort-stories-2/steve-briggs-donated-postcards/)
- [Brainerd Lakes Area Maps](https://blog.renholland.com/book-photos/brainerd-lakes-area-maps/)
- [Blue Ribbon Resorts](https://blog.renholland.com/classic-blue-ribbon-resort-definition/)

## Categories

- [All blog entries](https://blog.renholland.com/category/uncategorized/)
- [Minnesota Resorts](https://blog.renholland.com/category/minnesota-resorts/)
- [Minnesota Tourism](https://blog.renholland.com/category/minnesota-tourism/)
- [Readers' Stories](https://blog.renholland.com/category/readers-stories/)
- [EDGE OF ITASCA stories](https://blog.renholland.com/category/edge-of-itasca-stories/)
- [Classic Blue Ribbon Resorts](https://blog.renholland.com/category/classic-blue-ribbon-resorts/)
- [Jefferson Highway](https://blog.renholland.com/category/jefferson-highway/)

## Tags

- [Daughters of American Revolution](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/daughters-of-american-revolution/)
- [Captain Robert Orr](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/captain-robert-orr/)
- [Brainerd Lakes Area](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/brainerd-lakes-area/)
- [Minnesota resorts](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/minnesota-resorts/)
- [Minnesota tourism](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/minnesota-tourism/)
- [Big Whitefish Bay Resort](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/big-whitefish-bay-resort/)
- [Pequot Lakes](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/pequot-lakes/)
- [Itasca State Park](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/itasca-state-park/)
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- [Old Timer's Cabin](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/old-timers-cabin/)
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- [Little Falls Arts and Crafts Fair](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/little-falls-arts-and-crafts-fair/)
- [The Good Book and Gift Store](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/the-good-book-and-gift-store/)
- [writer's digest](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/writers-digest/)
- [self-published book awards](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/self-published-book-awards/)
- [early resorts of minnesota](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/early-resorts-of-minnesota/)
- [logging](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/logging/)
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- [fishook river](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/fishook-river/)
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- [log jam](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/log-jam/)
- [log sluceway](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/log-sluceway/)
- [logging train](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/logging-train/)
- [train wreck](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/train-wreck/)
- [early logging](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/early-logging/)
- [minnesota logging](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/minnesota-logging/)
- [Montevideo](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/montevideo/)
- [Wayne Ostlie](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/wayne-ostlie/)
- [Odell Bjerkness](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/odell-bjerkness/)
- [Paul Ostlie](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/paul-ostlie/)
- [Fuller's Tackle Shop](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/fullers-tackle-shop/)
- [minnesota fishing contest](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/minnesota-fishing-contest/)
- [Fuller's Golden Book](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/fullers-golden-book/)
- [Fuller's Blue Book](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/fullers-blue-book/)
- [Minnesota Fishing Museum](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/minnesota-fishing-museum/)
- [Glengarry](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/glengarry/)
- [Leech Lake](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/leech-lake/)
- [Battle of Sugar Point](https://blog.renholland.com/tag/battle-of-sugar-point/)