Tower’s historical relationship with the East Two River
Tower’s harbor on the East Two River. Circa 1910.
A reader has contacted LakeVermilion.net hoping to find out what information we can provide on the Tower Marina, (currently Standing Bear Marina), an East Two River landmark.
We should first look at a brief history of the industrial relationship Tower has had with the East Two River. In the early 1880s, as stories of the Vermilion Lake Gold Fields were fading into memories, Philadelphia businessman Charlemagne Tower financed the exploration of the Vermilion Iron Range. While a significant… [Read More]
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]
