ACT UP handbill

ACT UP handbill

ACT UP handbill announcing a march against HIV/AIDS held at the Aquatennial in Minneapolis on July 18, 1990.

HIV/AIDS Crisis, 1981‒1997

In 1981, AIDS was a mystery illness—a so-called “gay plague” because of its initial appearance among men who had sex with other men in large coastal cities like New York and San Francisco. Minnesotans breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they were far enough from the epidemic to be safe. But they were wrong.

Ruse Hospital

Ruse Hospital

Ruse Hospital in Windom (Cottonwood County), ca. 1910s. The hospital, owned by Sophia Ruse, opened in 1906 and closed in 1920.

Influenza Epidemic in Cottonwood County, 1918

The 1918 influenza epidemic had a devastating effect on communities across Minnesota, including those in Cottonwood County. Over the course of five months (October 1918–February 1919), seventy-two residents of the county died from the virus or from pneumonia-related complications.

North Superior Coast Guard Station, Grand Marais

North Superior Coast Guard Station, Grand Marais

North Superior Coast Guard Station, Grand Marais, 2009. Photograph by Wendy Epstein. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v. 3.0.

North Superior Coast Guard Station, Grand Marais

North Superior Coast Guard Station, Grand Marais

North Superior Coast Guard Station, Grand Marais, Minnesota, 1994. Photograph by Wendy Epstein. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v. 3.0.

Watchtower on Artists’ Point

Watchtower on Artists’ Point

Watchtower on Artists’ Point with Coast Guard crewmen, ca. 1929‒1945.

Coast Guard practice drills

Coast Guard practice drills

Coast Guard practice, 1938

Coast Guard Crew, 1935

Coast Guard Crew, 1935

Coast Guard Crew members, 1935. Pictured are (back row) Dave McGivern, Rusty Rospecka, Roger Tormondson, Alton Berg, Ralph Hanson, and Roger Tormondson; and (front row) Harry Flaherty, Ole Bloomberg, Chief Daniel Magnusson, M. E. Rhea, and Gibson.

Aerial view of flooding off Coast Guard Point

Aerial view of flooding off Coast Guard Point

North Superior Station in 1928. Aerial view of flooding of Coast Guard Pt.

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