View of Hinckley main street the morning after the fire

View of Hinckley main street the morning after the fire

View of Hinckley's main street in 1894, the morning after a fire destroyed the town.

Duck hunters returning after hunting on Heron Lake

Duck hunters returning after hunting on Heron Lake

Duck hunters returning after hunting on Heron Lake, c.1887. Heron Lake, in southern Minnesota, attracted many market hunters by the turn of the twentieth century.

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Falls of Saint Anthony

Falls of St. Anthony, c.1865. Photograph by Joel Emmons Whitney. Water power provided the energy for the saw and flour mills that put Minneapolis on the map.

Visitors at Mississippi River headwaters, Itasca State Park

Visitors at Mississippi River headwaters, Itasca State Park

The dam at the Mississippi headwaters as tourist destination, c.1960.

St. Anthony Falls Tunnel Collapse, October 5, 1869

On October 5, 1869, water seeped and then gushed into a tunnel underneath St. Anthony Falls creating an enormous whirlpool. The falls were nearly destroyed. It was years before the area was fully stabilized and the falls were again safe from collapse.

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