Clearwater County area

Steve Muckala has a website dedicated to sharing historical Clearwater County Minnesota postcards. He’s graciously sharing digital copies of these photos, and I’ve picked out a sample of them below that relate to Minnesota resorts and tourism, primarily around Itasca State Park and Bagley, MN. If you want to view more, visit Steve’s website by clicking here.

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Itasca State Park

Chief Jabins

Chief Jabins

  1. Itasca State Park, Native American Pageant on Lake Itasca, ca 1932-37
  2. Itasca State Park, Native American Pageant, Chief Jabins at Lake Itasca, ca 1930s
  3. Itasca State Park, oxen at Native American Pageant, ca 1930s
  4. Itasca State Park, Native American Pageant actors, ca 1930s
  5. Itasca State Park, Native American actors, ca 1940s
  6. Itasca State Park, Chief Odawa Littlecreek at Mississippi River headwaters, ca 1940s
  7. Itasca State Park, source of Mississippi River on Lake Itasca #1, ca 1930s
  8. Itasca State Park, source of Mississippi River on Lake Itasca #2, ca 1940s
  9. Itasca State Park, first bridge crossing Mississippi River, ca 1918-19
  10. Itasca State Park, bridge near source of Mississippi River, ca 1925
  11. Itasca State Park, captive elk herd, ca 1920
  12. Itasca State Park, view of Josephine Lake (from Jefferson Highway), ca 1920s
  13. Itasca State Park, view of Jefferson Highway, ca 1920s
  14. Itasca State Park, 100 feet tall observation tower, ca 1930s
  15. Itasca State Park, road to Douglas Lodge, ca 1930s
  16. Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge, ca 1915
  17. Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge, ca 1920
  18. Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge lobby, ca 1920s
  19. Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge sign commemorating Henry Schoolcraft, ca 1932
  20. Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge launch #1, ca 1930s
  21. Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge launch #2, ca 1930s
  22. Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge launch #3, ca 1940

    Source of Mississippi River

    Source of Mississippi River

  23. Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge Clubhouse, ca 1915-1920
  24. Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge steps to Lake Itasca built by the CCC, ca 1930s
  25. Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge’s CCC built Old Timer’s cabin on Lake Itasca, ca 1930s
  26. Itasca State Park, Old Forest Inn #1, ca 1920s
  27. Itasca State Park, Old Forest Inn #2, ca 1920s
  28. Itasca State Park, Forest Inn interior (built by CCC), ca 1939

Itasca State Park vicinity

  1. Itasca State Park Resorts, Sauer’s Store and Post Office (later Pine Grove Resort), ca 1940
  2. Itasca State Park, Sauer’s Pine Grove Resort on Lake Itasca, ca 1940
  3. Itasca State Park, Headwaters Inn (Martin Heinzelman’s), Mississippi River, Lake Itasca, ca 1930
  4. Itasca State Park, Headwaters Inn’s bridge over Mississippi River, ca 1920s
  5. Itasca State Park, Headwaters Inn cabin (by Mississippi River), ca 1940s
  6. Itasca State Park, Bauman’s Store (formerly Wegman’s Store) after move to new location at Schneider’s Parkview Resort, ca 1940s
  7. Itasca State Park, original 1893 Wegmann homestead cabin, ca 1930s

    1893 Wegmann homestead

    1893 Wegmann homestead

  8. Itasca State Park, Theodore Wegmann feeding elk, ca 1920s
  9. Itasca State Park, Wegmann Store and Post Office, pre-1920
  10. Itasca State Park, Schneider’s Parkview Resort, ca 1930s
  11. Itasca State Park, tourist campgrounds, ca 1930

Bagley, MN area

  1. Bagley, MN, Shamrock Motel, ca 1950
  2. Bagley, MN, Campground, ca 1920s
  3. Bagley, MN, Native American couple, Lake Lamond, ca 1908
  4. Jefferson Highway near Bagley

    Jefferson Highway near Bagley

    Bagley, MN, Pennant postcard (Jefferson Highway), ca 1920s

  5. Bagley, MN, Main Street #1, ca 1920
  6. Bagley, MN, Main Street #2, ca 1920
  7. Bagley, MN, Main Street #3, ca 1920
  8. Bagley, MN, Main Street #4, ca 1920