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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B91_lake-superior_Duluth-MN.html
Lake Superior The largest body of fresh water in the world, 380 miles long and 160 miles across. With a maximum depth of 1300 feet, Lake Superior occupies a basin cut 600 million years ago by a receding glacier. The shoreline of the original "G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTYL_the-skyline-parkway_Duluth-MN.html
THE SKYLINE PARKWAY As you face Lake Superior, you will find that the eastern access to the Skyline Parkway, a 30-mile drive along the rim of the hills overlooking Duluth and Lake Superior, begins here to your right on the left bank of the Lest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTEU_buchanan_Duluth-MN.html
This town site, named after President Buchanan, was laid out in October 1856. From September 1857 until May 1859 the place though little less than wilderness, was the seat of the U.S. Land Office for the Northeastern District of Minnesota. After t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTDV_clifton-french-river_Duluth-MN.html
Clifton, first townsite surveyed in the United States section of the North Shore, was plattedwest of the mouth of the French River in 1855. The river was known to early explorersas Riviere des Francais. Rumors of nearby copper deposits resulted in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHMR_boat-house-and-pier_Duluth-MN.html
Hesperia, the name given to the Congdon's yacht, was a family name. Registered as a yacht in Lloyd's Register of American Yachts, 1911, the Hesperia was constructed of wood with a raised deck design. The boat was powered by an internal combustion …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3YP_glensheen-a-family-legacy_Duluth-MN.html
Campus Heritage Marker University of Minnesota Duluth Glensheen, A Family Legacy Glensheen estate was built between 1905 and 1908 for attorney Chester Adgate Congdon, his wife Clara Bannister Congdon and their children. The original 22 acre-pl…
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