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Tag Archives: Odell Bjerkness

Early Logging around Lake Itasca

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Ren Holland

My thanks to Wayne Ostlie, who has donated the following photos related to early logging around Minnesota’s Lake Itasca. These historic photos (ca 1910) reflect the hardships early loggers faced in cutting the timber that was floated on the Mississippi … Continue reading →

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Posted in All blog entries, EDGE OF ITASCA stories, Readers' Stories | Tagged early logging, fishook river, lake itasca, lake LaSalle, log jam, log sluceway, logging, logging train, minnesota logging, Mississippi River, Montevideo, Odell Bjerkness, Paul Ostlie, train wreck, Wayne Ostlie | 1 Comment
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