City of Tower
North American Mine
History The North American Mine was one of four of Thomas J. Walsh‘s mining projects, started in the early 1900s and progressing until the mid 1920s. Walsh had many big… [Read More]
Town of Walsh
History The Town of Walsh was a project Thomas J. Walsh was working on in the early years of the 20th century: a town for the workers of the North… [Read More]
Tower Old Settlers’ Cemetery
History Before the Tower Cemetery Association was created and the Lakeview Cemetery was cleared and built, Tower had a cemetery on the south side of the East Two River, in… [Read More]
Tower Junction
History The Tower Junction was a busy place servicing daily freight and passenger train service coming to the Soudan Mine and the City of Tower, and also heading to Ely…. [Read More]
Artifacts of the Vermilion Iron Range Industrial Boom
The Industrial Boom Between the exploration and gold rush of 1865 and the closing of the Soudan Mine in 1962, the Vermilion Iron Range and the Tower area was host… [Read More]
1939 Lake Vermilion postcard
Three people enjoy a moonlit paddle on Lake Vermilion in this 1939 full-color linen postcard. The card was used to report on a trip to Lake Vermilion and mailed from… [Read More]
Vermilion Boat and Outing Company
History The tourism business rapidly developed on Lake Vermilion during the last years of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th. The allure of Lake Vermilion and… [Read More]
2017 Gold Rush Days, Tower, Minn.
Enjoy all the exciting events planned for Gold Rush Days July 1, 2, 3, & 4 in Tower Minnesota. For complete details visit: http://goldrushdays.us/
Tower’s historical relationship with the East Two River
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… [Read More]
Game and Fish Men Here with Nets
State Fish and Game men lifting nets on the Pike River, circa 1912. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016 — Today, in honor of the cold and snowy fishing opener, we… [Read More]
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