Duluth : an urban biography /

In this richly textured urban biography, author Tony Dierckins highlights fascinating stories of the city of Duluth, Minnesota. Its significance as the Ojibwe's sixth stopping place. The failed copper rush along Lake Superior's North Shore that started the city's growth. The natural p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dierckins, Tony (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Duluth (Minn.) > History. Minnesota > History. Superior, Lake > History. Superior (Wis.) > History. Saint Louis River (Minn. and Wis.) > History.

Table of Contents:

Before Duluth (to 1850)
At the had of the lakes (1850-1869)
Boom to bust (1869-1877)
Expansion and prosperity (1888-1910)
Turbulent times (1911-1929)
Depression, war and one last boom (1930-1955)
Decline and adaptation (1956-1974)
Turning toward the lake (1975-1995)
Embracing a new identity (1996-2020).