Snow buries northwoods around Lake Vermilion
NOVEMBER 19, 2016 — The first snowfall of the 2016–17 winter season began in the early hours of Friday, November 18. Although this date is a little behind the average for the first snowfall, winter has made amends for its tardiness with its generosity. Snowfall totals vary widely across the region with recorders from Orr, on Pelican Lake, northwest of Lake Vermilion, reporting an impressive 24.8 inches and recorders in Tower reporting 19 inches. At 11:00 o’clock this morning, after plenty of time to settle, a dense, heavy 12 inches of “the beautiful” were measured on Driscoll Hill in Soudan. Please add to our collection of snowfall reports by emailing us at Info*AT*lakevermilion.net.
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Thomas J. Walsh
History
Thomas J. Walsh was a prominent member of Tower and Soudan’s history at the turn of the 20th Century, though his name seems all but forgotten. He was involved in… [Read More]
The LaRue Mine (Armstrong Bay Mine)
History
The LaRue Mine was a small mining operation northeast of Lake Vermilion, located along the same ridge as the larger Soudan Mine and the Consolidated Vermilion & Extension mine. It… [Read More]
Monsignor Joseph Francis Buh
History
Monsignor Joseph Francis Buh was a Catholic priest who traveled Minnesota around the time of the early gold rush, ministering to many groups of people and setting up churches across… [Read More]
Early Day History
This was a series of articles printed in the Tower Weekly News between March 14, 1914 and April 24, 1914.
Early Day History
It has been thirty years—come St. Patrick’s Day,… [Read More]
