Politicians ate there. Celebrities, too, apparently even a king—Elvis Presley. It was Joe Huie’s Café, open twenty-four hours, every day. And, for twenty years, it was the place to go for Chinese in Duluth. Britt Aamodt reports.

In this segment of MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds, Britt Aamodt ventures into the history of Dayton's.

The interior of the Persian Palms Tavern (109–111 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis), August 1945.

Street view of the exterior of Curly’s Bar and Cafe (20 South Fifth Street), November 10, 1944. Curly’s hosted drag performers during the 1930s and 1940s.

Exterior of the Persian Palms Tavern (109–111 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis), November 1, 1959.

Harold W. Greenwood (left) and Cecil Newman (right). Photograph by Norton & Peel, ca. 1960.

The North West Company’s fur post on the Snake River. The historic site, administered by the Minnesota Historical Society, is a recreation of the trading post that operated here over in 1804 and 1805. The voyageurs who serviced it (and others in the St. Croix River basin), paddled and portaged a route from Lake Superior, up the Bois Brule River, down the Namekagon River, and into the St. Croix. Photo by Jon Lurie, 2020.

A recreation of the North West Company depot at Grand Portage. Here, voyageurs from Montreal (known as “Montreal men”) and their comrades from the interior (known as “north men”) would meet for Rendezvous, the annual mid-summer company meeting and celebration. Directly behind this fort is the 8.5-mile Grand Portage. Photo by Jon Lurie, 2020.

Tanned raccoon hide used at the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading post in Onamia, Minnesota. Created no earlier than 1918.