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.
If you want to read my blog post about Steve’s collection, click here.
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Itasca State Park
- Itasca State Park, Native American Pageant on Lake Itasca, ca 1932-37
- Itasca State Park, Native American Pageant, Chief Jabins at Lake Itasca, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, oxen at Native American Pageant, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, Native American Pageant actors, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, Native American actors, ca 1940s
- Itasca State Park, Chief Odawa Littlecreek at Mississippi River headwaters, ca 1940s
- Itasca State Park, source of Mississippi River on Lake Itasca #1, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, source of Mississippi River on Lake Itasca #2, ca 1940s
- Itasca State Park, first bridge crossing Mississippi River, ca 1918-19
- Itasca State Park, bridge near source of Mississippi River, ca 1925
- Itasca State Park, captive elk herd, ca 1920
- Itasca State Park, view of Josephine Lake (from Jefferson Highway), ca 1920s
- Itasca State Park, view of Jefferson Highway, ca 1920s
- Itasca State Park, 100 feet tall observation tower, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, road to Douglas Lodge, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge, ca 1915
- Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge, ca 1920
- Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge lobby, ca 1920s
- Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge sign commemorating Henry Schoolcraft, ca 1932
- Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge launch #1, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge launch #2, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge launch #3, ca 1940
- Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge Clubhouse, ca 1915-1920
- Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge steps to Lake Itasca built by the CCC, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, Douglas Lodge’s CCC built Old Timer’s cabin on Lake Itasca, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, Old Forest Inn #1, ca 1920s
- Itasca State Park, Old Forest Inn #2, ca 1920s
- Itasca State Park, Forest Inn interior (built by CCC), ca 1939
Itasca State Park vicinity
- Itasca State Park Resorts, Sauer’s Store and Post Office (later Pine Grove Resort), ca 1940
- Itasca State Park, Sauer’s Pine Grove Resort on Lake Itasca, ca 1940
- Itasca State Park, Headwaters Inn (Martin Heinzelman’s), Mississippi River, Lake Itasca, ca 1930
- Itasca State Park, Headwaters Inn’s bridge over Mississippi River, ca 1920s
- Itasca State Park, Headwaters Inn cabin (by Mississippi River), ca 1940s
- Itasca State Park, Bauman’s Store (formerly Wegman’s Store) after move to new location at Schneider’s Parkview Resort, ca 1940s
- Itasca State Park, original 1893 Wegmann homestead cabin, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, Theodore Wegmann feeding elk, ca 1920s
- Itasca State Park, Wegmann Store and Post Office, pre-1920
- Itasca State Park, Schneider’s Parkview Resort, ca 1930s
- Itasca State Park, tourist campgrounds, ca 1930
Bagley, MN area