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03/21/2020

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06/27/2016

Break out those shades, since it's Sun Glasses Day today!

06/22/2016

Duluth is known as the "Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas". Read about it below!

http://www.cityhistory.us/duluth/

Duluth Minnesota history and architectural tour with Sheldon Aubut

06/18/2016

Read about Ward Ames, vice president of the Ames-Brooks Co.

http://zenithcity.com/zenith-city-history-archives/biography/ames-ward/

Ward AmesWard Ames. (Image: Duluth Public Library)Ward Ames, Jr. was vice president of the Ames-Brooks Co., the grain firm his father Ward Ames Sr. founded, had this house built in 1908, not far from the family home he grew up in. The Ames family moved to Duluth in 1886 from Oswego, New York, when t...

06/15/2016

Read this interesting article about Roy Halverson, the Duluth native who founded Halvorson Trees!

http://zenithcity.com/zenith-city-history-archives/biography/halvorson-roy/

Roy HalvorsonRoy and Edye Halvorson. (Image: Duluth Public Library)Native Duluthian Roy Halvorson, son of Norweigan immigrants, founded Halvorson Trees with his wife Edythe in 1929. From a factory at 389–391 Lake Avenue South they produced and sold three-foot tall colored Christmas trees, actually t...

06/13/2016

Take a look at Duluth's rich history of tea rooms!

http://zenithcity.com/ask-the-historian-duluths-historic-tea-rooms/

Duluth’s Historic Tea RoomsThis Month's Ask the Historian:By Maryanne Norton • Published February 5, 2016This story originally posted in June, 2012. Bill Ames of Dallas, Texas, recently sent us a kind email thanking us for the work we do on Zenith City Online. He also had this question: “Are there a...

06/09/2016

Learn about the history of the Temple Opera Block in Duluth!

http://zenithcity.com/septembers-grand-old-building-the-temple-opera-block/

The Temple Opera BlockThis Month's Grand Old BuildingBy Tony Dierckins • Published January 18, 2016This story originally posted September 9, 2013 The Temple Opera Block, photographed in 2013. (Image: X-comm)Ask most Duluthians where the Temple Opera Block is and they likely won’t be sure what you’re...

06/06/2016

Take a look at historic Hilltop Park!

http://zenithcity.com/hilltop-park/

Hilltop ParkA Small Space Occupied by Big MemoriesBy Nancy Nelson • Published February 8, 2016The Beacon Hill Pavilion at the top of the Seventh Avenue West Incline in Hilltop Park. (Image: University of Minnesota Duluth Kathryn A. Martin Library Archives and Special Collections)William K. Rogers, t...

06/01/2016

Read about the exciting history of Duluth ski jumping!

http://zenithcity.com/duluths-long-rich-history-of-jumping-in-the-norsemans-shoes/

Jumping in the “Norseman’s Shoes”Duluth's Long, Rich History of Ski JumpingBy Tony Dierckins • Published February 1, 2016This story was originally published June 1, 2012. Ski jumping in Duluth can trace its way back to January 1, 1905, when the Duluth News Tribune called on Duluthians to organize a…

05/29/2016

Take a look at an interesting piece of Duluth signage history.

http://zenithcity.com/september-ghost-sign-c-c-c-cigar-co/

September Ghost Sign: C.C.C. Cigar Co.This Month's "Ghost Pic"By Dan Turner • Published January 20, 2016This story originally posted September 25, 2013 The C.C.C. Cigar Co., the headquarters of the C.C.C. Canteen Service, was owned by Ole Haugsrud, a Superior native and owner of the storied Duluth E…

05/22/2016

See how the residents of one Scottish isle helped form Duluth to what it is today.

http://zenithcity.com/scotlands-isle-of-lewis-helped-shape-duluth/

Scotland’s Isle of Lewis helped shape DuluthBy Heidi Bakk-Hansen • Published January 25, 2016This story first posted June 8, 2012 Dig deep enough into the clannish histories of any smaller city in America and you’ll find lines of immigration that darken well-trodden paths from even smaller places al…