Part 59 (1/2)

BUCHANAN,

Located on the north shore, was surveyed in October, 1856; proprietor, W G Cowell

ST LOUIS FALLS

Was surveyed in 1857, by C E Clark; Thos H Hogan, attorney for proprietors

FREMONT ISLAND

A peculiar feature of St Louis bay has been the for islands, possibly the result of the collection of driftwood and other debris at the mouth of St Louis river The rafts thus formed in time became consolidated by the deposition of earthy etable etation, at first shrubby, but at last arboreous The roots of the shrubs and trees interlace, and hold the ether These island rafts are sometimes loosened and float into the bay, and are driven about by the winds from one side of the bay to the other

One of these islands, supposed to be stationary, known as Fremont island, was surveyed and platted in 1856, by C P Heustis and Chas

A Post On the cos, floated away and disappeared, in all probability going to pieces in the rough waters of the lake

TOWER,

Located on the southern shore of Ver 4, 1884 The proprietors are the Minnesota Iron Cone Tower is president The iron st the richest on the continent Attention was first called to the Verold Machinery for crushi+ng and s was transported thither, but the thousands who rushed to the reputed gold field expecting to become suddenly rich, returned disappointed and disheartened Attention had long before been called to the fact that there were rich iron mines in the district, but the circumstances were unfavorable for their development They were in a remote position and accessible only by a journey of several days through woods and swamps These mines could be reached and developed only by state aid, which was given in the shape of a grant of swa a railway fro been obtained, Mr Tower and other capitalists at once invested theirsoer portion of the iron deposits in the district, ee of Tower A railroad sixty-eight th was constructed from Tower to Two Harbors, a point twenty-sevenof 1884, and the first shi+pment was made July 3d of that year, the total shi+p 62,124 tons The shi+pments for 1885 were 225,484 tons, and for 1886, 304,000 tons Over 3,000,000 was paid to laborers in the Tower mines in 1887

COL GEORGE E STONE, of Duluth, is deserving of praise for his foresight and energy in opening the Tower rant to aid in building the road was given until the road was built and the overnion, whose work covers thousands ofthe southern shore of the lake, and who has accurately s of the influent streareat ”Unsalted Sea” There is no better topographical authority than Mr Stuntz, and no one better posted as to the location and value of the Northern Wisconsin areas and the Ver early made Superior City and Duluth his ho been identified with the interests of the West Superior country, he is an oft-quoted authority Many of his published articles containthe feasibility of connecting St Croix and Superior waters His assertions concerning the mineral wealth of the lake country, made before the development of the mines, have since been verified Mr Stuntz is a typical, sensible frontiersed about seventy years

CHARLES HINMAN GRAVES, a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, born in 1839, received a liberal education, and in 1861 enlisted as a private in the Fortieth Massachusetts Volunteers, but was promoted step by step to the rank of lieutenant colonel He was severely wounded at the battle of Gettysburg In 1865 he was coned in 1870, and located at Duluth From 1873 to 1876 he was a member of the state senate He has held several public positions in Duluth, and stands deservedly high as a citizen

He has labored zealously and efficiently for the prosperity of Duluth

OZRO P STEARNS was born Jan 13, 1831, at De Kalb, Lawrence county, New York In his youth he was dependent upon his own resources He graduated at Michigan University in 1858, after which he visited California, tried raduated in the law departan University In 1860 he came to Rochester, Minnesota, and opened a law office In 1862 he enlisted in Company F, Ninth Minnesota Volunteers, of which he was commissioned first lieutenant, but in 1864 was promoted to the colonelcy of the Thirty-ninth United States Infantry (colored) He served through ns, and was mustered out at the close of the war

In January, 1866, he returned to Rochester; in 1867 was appointed register in bankruptcy for Southern Minnesota; in January, 1871, he was elected to the United States senate for a short term to fill the vacancy caused by the death of D S Norton In 1872 he ree of the Eleventh Judicial district, to which office he was elected in the fall of the sae Stearns was an

LAKE COUNTY

This county lies on the north shore of Lake Superior, between the counties of Cook and St Louis, extending northward to the British line The whole region is abrupt, broken into hills and valleys, and rich in silver, iron and other reat Verh this county by the Duluth & Iron Range railroad, which finds a lake station at Two Harbors The road was built from Two Harbors to Vermillion lake in 1885, from Two Harbors to Duluth in 1887 The entire road and extensive mines were sold in June, 1887, for 8,000,000, to Porter and others, who are now extending the road from Vermillion lake eastward to Thunder Bay and Port Arthur It is already coration during the years 1886-7 to this county has been very extensive The two counties, Lake and Cook, have ical forenerous abundance, and being in the sa upon the same lake, differ in no wise in clie quantities of pine timber may be found in these counties, and sawthe lake shore where an accessible harbor can be found There are several harbors between Duluth and Thunder Bay that e of the country

The silverthe national boundary are extensive, and yield rich returns to the co thee located on the shore of Lake Superior, takes its na that name The Vermillion Iron Company have built extensive piers into the lake to facilitate the shi+pping of ores They have large shops for railroad purposes, with an electric light plant The company employ about two hundred men Two Harbors is the county seat of Lake county

COOK COUNTY

Grand Marais is the county seat of Cook county It is a round, land-locked harbor It has a lighthouse, and the govern, thus e, so that boats can lie with safety in any storm Grand Marais is one hundred and ten miles from Duluth, on the north shore of Lake Superior It is the best harbor that Minnesota has except Duluth It is thirty miles south of the international boundary line, and forty-five miles northeast of the line by Lake Superior It is the natural outlet for the e quantities of iron ore within thirty-five miles of the harbor A railroad line has been run, and men are noork on the iron deposits with a view of shi+pping the ore fro purposes

Grand Marais was in early days one of the Northwest Fur Co posts, but of late years has been used as a fishi+ng station