Pigeon River border crossing

Pigeon River border crossing

Pigeon River border crossing of Highway 61 between Grand Portage, Minnesota, and Ontario, Canada. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Tony Webster, July 23, 2017. CC BY-SA 2.0

Tunnel section of Highway 61

Tunnel section of Highway 61

The Silver Creek Cliff tunnel section of Highway 61, between Two Harbors and Silver Bay. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Tony Webster, September 27, 2017. CC BY-SA 2.0

Lake Superior International Highway illustration

Lake Superior International Highway illustration

Illustration from a map of the Lake Superior International Highway, ca. 1920s.

Silver Creek Cliff

Silver Creek Cliff

Silver Creek Cliff on Lake Superior. Page fifteen of a souvenir book featuring fourteen photographs of Lake Superior International Highway, 1926.

Pigeon River at the US–Canadian border

Pigeon River at the US–Canadian border

The Pigeon River at the border of the United States and Canada. Page six of a souvenir book featuring fourteen photographs of Lake Superior International Highway, 1926.

View of Highway 61 from John A. Latsch State Park

View of Highway 61 from John A. Latsch State Park

View of Highway 61 from John A. Latsch State Park. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user McGhiever, October 3, 2012. CC BY-SA 3.0

The Beatles arrive at Twin City Metropolitan Airport

The Beatles arrive at Twin City Metropolitan Airport

The Beatles arrive at Twin City Metropolitan Airport on August 21, 1965. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch–Pioneer Press.

Red River cart squeal

The sound of a replica Red River cart in motion. Archivist Mark Peihl of the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County explains, "We have in our collection a wonderful replica cart built by John Hall and Eddie Gudmundson. It’s a very typical looking cart. It weighs about 400 pounds and could carry 800 pounds. The heart of the cart is a pair of heavy, parallel, twelve-foot-long shafts. The single draft animal stood between the shafts to pull. The box rests on the shafts, mortised to keep it in place. The corner posts and side rails of the box are ingeniously located to allow side boards to be slipped in to keep objects from falling out of the cart. The all-wood carts were easy to repair with wood found along the route. The hubs were left ungreased––trail dust would mix with lubricants and work like sandpaper. So they squeaked. Of the dozens of cart trip descriptions I’ve read, every one mentions the annoying squeal of the carts." Used with the permission of the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County.

MN90: The Faribault WASP

Elizabeth “Betty” Wall, a pilot from Faribault, Minnesota, arrived in Texas in 1943 to do her part during World War II. Unlike male recruits, she had to pay her train fare—and her room and board—while she trained to become a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). Britt Aamodt reports in this MN90 segment.

George A. Hormel and Company delivery wagon

George A. Hormel and Company delivery wagon

A delivery wagon used by employees of George A. Hormel and Company, ca. 1900.

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