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25 unusual facts about Duluth, Minnesota


1956 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

The 1956 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from July 26 to July 30 at Northland Country Club in Duluth, Minnesota.

ASci Corporation

In 1991 Haque and Donald I. Mount founded the Environmental Testing Laboratory in Duluth, Minnesota.

ASci is an American Corporation headquartered in McLean, Virginia with offices in Duluth, Minnesota, Bay City, Michigan and Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Bardon Peak

It is located inside the southwestern city limits of Duluth, near the Gary – New Duluth neighborhood and adjacent Midway Township; and the peak is located above the Morgan Park neighborhood.

Charles Winchester Breedlove

Breedlove testified he left Los Angeles early in 1929, went to Duluth, Minnesota, but returned seven months later.

Duluth University

Duluth University may mean a university in Duluth, Minnesota

Elisabeth Congdon

Elisabeth Mannering Congdon (April 22, 1894 - June 27, 1977) was a millionaire resident of Duluth, Minnesota, USA who became famous after she and her nurse were found murdered on June 27, 1977.

FM H-10-44

Another example is former Hallet Dock Company HD-11, which is now at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.

Great Lakes Aquarium

The Great Lakes Aquarium opened in 2000 and is located on the Duluth waterfront.

Griggs Field at James S. Malosky Stadium

Griggs Field at James S. Malosky Stadium located on the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth in Duluth, Minnesota is the home stadium, since 1966, of the UMD Bulldogs football team and of the UMD women's soccer since 1994.

International Mid-Continent Trade Corridor

This supercorridor uses existing highways such as the Interstate 35, from the Mexican border at Laredo, Texas, to the Canadian border north of Duluth, Minnesota.

Lester Park Golf Course

Lester Park Golf Course is one of two public golf courses located in the port city of Duluth, Minnesota.

Minnesota State Highway 33

Highway 33 is a bypass of Duluth for travelers headed to the Iron Range of northern Minnesota and International Falls.

Minnesota State Highway 39

Minnesota State Highway 39 is a short highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 23 (Commonwealth Avenue) in Duluth and continues east to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line (at the Oliver Bridge), where it becomes Wisconsin Highway 105 upon entering the village of Oliver, Wisconsin.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Keweenaw County, Michigan

Beginning in 1902, she ran three voyages per week among Duluth, Minnesota, Isle Royale, and Thunder Bay, Ontario, as well as numerous small communities in between.

North Dakota Highway 210

Its eastern terminus is at the North Dakota – Minnesota border where the highway becomes MN 210 and continues east toward Duluth.

Northeastern Maritime Historical Foundation

The Foundation has assembled steam-powered vessels in Duluth, Minnesota.

Olof Hanson

In 1891 he returned to Minnesota and worked at his profession in Duluth and Minneapolis.

Port Columbus International Airport

A Piper Aztec from Duluth, Minnesota, veered off the left side of the runway when the nose gear collapsed on landing.

Siren, Wisconsin

Presumably the postal department thought this was a misspelling, for on the granted application they put down the spelling as "Siren." In 1912, the town center was moved nearer the Soo Line Railroad tracks which had been extended through the area to Duluth, Minnesota.

USLHT Amaranth

Now redesignated USCGC Amaranth (WAGL-201), the ship was stationed at Duluth, Minnesota, throughout World War II, and maintained navigational aids on Lake Superior.

Wade Stadium

Wade Stadium is a baseball park located near the intersection of Grand Avenue and 34th Avenue West in the West Duluth neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota.

Wisconsin Highway 105

State Trunk Highway 105 (often called Highway 105, STH 105 or WIS 105) is a Wisconsin state highway running east–west in northwest Wisconsin from the Minnesota border at Duluth, Minn. to Tower Avenue in Superior, Wisc.

The bridge crosses the St. Louis River to the Gary-New Duluth neighborhood in the city of Duluth.

Highway 105 serves as an east–west arterial route between the city of Superior, Oliver, and the Gary-New Duluth neighborhood of Duluth.


A Time for Burning

Youngdahl was the son of a former governor of Minnesota and federal judge, Luther Youngdahl.

Albany, Minnesota

Albany is part of Minnesota's 6th congressional district currently represented in Federal Congress by (R) Representative Michele Bachmann and Minnesota Senators (D) Amy Klobuchar and (D) Al Franken.

AMCC

Al-Madinah Cultural Center, a non-profit cultural student organization at the University of Minnesota

Angie's Kettle Corn

The producers, Angie and Dan Bastian of Mankato, Minnesota, originally distributed their product in 2002 outside the Metrodome during Minnesota Vikings home games.

Badger Township, Polk County, Minnesota

The subsequent history of Badger Township is virtually indistinguishable from that of most of Northern Minnesota.

Brad Childress

The owner Zygi Wilf was cited as saying, “Brad has done a tremendous job leading this football team and we value the positive environment he has created for the Minnesota Vikings on and off the field, He has continued to positively impact this team and create a strong foundation for future success.

Bud Nornes

He is a member of the Minnesota Broadcaster Association and the National Association of Broadcasters.

Burnett, Minnesota

Burnett is an unincorporated community in Industrial Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

Collin Peterson

In 1998, Peterson gained attention by proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow the residents of Minnesota's Northwest Angle to vote on whether they wanted to secede from the United States and join the Canadian province of Manitoba.

DBU

Duluth Business University a private university school located in Duluth, Minnesota

Elections in Minnesota

Recounts in Minnesota are handled by the State Canvassing Board, as needed in the 2008 Senate election between Norm Coleman and Al Franken.

Elisabeth Congdon

Elisabeth Congdon was born to mining magnate Chester Adgate Congdon, and his wife, Clara Hesperia Bannister Congdon on April 22, 1894 in Duluth, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA.

Eugene Wilson

Eugene McLanahan Wilson (1833–1890), U.S. Representative for Minnesota, 1869–1871

Forgotten Silver

Roscoe, Jane/Hight, Craig (2006): Forgotten Silver: A New Zealand Television Hoax and Its Audience. In: Juhasz, Alexandra/Lerner, Jesse (eds.) (2006): F is for Phony. Fake Documentary and Truth’s Undoing. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, p. 171-186.

Half Dead and Dynamite

Half Dead and Dynamite is the second LP released by the Minnesota indie rock band Lifter Puller.

Heffelfinger

William Walter "Pudge" Heffelfinger (1867, Minneapolis, Minnesota - 1954, Blessing, Texas), an American football player

Herman Beach

Named for its proximity to Herman, Minnesota, Herman Beach was formed 11,700 years ago and runs for hundreds of miles through Minnesota and North Dakota.

Homer, Minnesota

Homer is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Homer Township, Winona County, Minnesota, United States.

Ixchiguán

During the 20th century, many people from Ixchiguan have migrated to Worthington, Minnesota, a city that is considered a center of Mam speakers in the United States.

Jane Elizabeth Hodgson

In 1981, Hodgson lent her name to a suit (Hodgson v. Minnesota) brought by Planned Parenthood against Minnesota, challenging that state's law requiring that both parents be notified at least 48 hours before a minor has an abortion.

John LaMountain

In September 1859, La Mountain made an ascension with the Atlantic, along with newspaperman John Haddock, from Watertown, New York across Minnesota and Michigan.

Johnsburg, Minnesota

Johnsburg is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States.

Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition Arts, a youth oriented visual art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Kabekona, Minnesota

Kabekona is an unincorporated community in Hendrickson Township, Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States.

KOWZ

KRUE, a radio station (1170 AM) licensed to serve Waseca, Minnesota, which held the call sign KOWZ from 2003 to 2012

Lencho Skibba

He played in the youth system for Alemannia Aachen until 2007, when he moved to the United States and joined the Minnesota Thunder.

Leonidas Giroux

He had traveled to Rochester, Minnesota to be treated at the Mayo Clinic for an undisclosed illness and died shortly after his arrival.

Mary Olson

Mary A. Olson (born May 23, 1958) is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 4, which includes portions of Beltrami, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard and Itasca counties in the northern part of the state.

Max, Minnesota

Max is an unincorporated community in Max Township, Itasca County, Minnesota, United States; located within the Chippewa National Forest and the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.

Minnesota State Highway 104

Minnesota State Highway 104 is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 9 in Norway Lake Township near Sunburg and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highways 28 and 29 in the city of Glenwood.

Minnesota State Highway 23

Grand Avenue in Duluth; the section of Grand Avenue that is marked MN 23 is from 59th Avenue West and I-35 (in West Duluth) to Idaho Street (in the Morgan Park neighborhood)

Minnesota State Highway 36

Highway 36 crosses the St. Croix River via the historic Stillwater Lift Bridge between Stillwater and Houlton, WI.

Namekagon Portage

The most direct route continued southward down the St. Croix River to its junction with the Mississippi River near present day Hastings, Minnesota.

National Trails System

You can experience the subtle beauties of the southern wetlands and Gulf Coast on the Florida Trail or wander the North Woods from New York to Minnesota on the North Country Trail or experience the vast diversity of landscapes of the southwest on the Arizona National Scenic Trail.

Reed Construction Data

The suit was filed in Minnesota U.S. District Court, with BidClerk alleging that a series of “denial of services” attacks were directed against its online system, flooding it with “millions of page views.”

Richard Hilleman

An avid hockey player during his youth in Minnesota, Hilleman was Executive Producer or Producer for other successful EA Sports titles in the 1990s as well, including NHL Hockey, NHLPA Hockey, PGA Tour Golf and Tiger Woods Golf.

Rick Weiland

In 1997, as Weiland was being installed as regional director of FEMA, the Red River swamped its banks, causing unprecedented flooding to North Dakota and Minnesota, inundating all of downtown Fargo and causing the evacuation of Grand Forks, North Dakota in an event known as the Red River Flood.

Robert Gunther

:For the Minnesota politician, see Bob Gunther.

Robert Michael Dow Jr.

On December 2, 2010, Judge Dow ruled against five states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), stating that five Chicago-area shipping locks will stay open despite the risk that Lake Michigan Asian carp pose to the multi-billion dollar fishing industry, saying not enough evidence was presented that indicated the danger was truly imminent.

Robert W. Mattson, Jr.

Mattson was elected State Auditor at the age of 26, the second-youngest to attain statewide office in Minnesota; the distinction of being the youngest goes to Jim Lord, who was 25 when elected State Treasurer.

Silver Creek, Lake County, Minnesota

Silver Creek is an unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Lake County, Minnesota, United States.

Sørlie

Sorlie Memorial Bridge, connects the cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota

Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, April 2012

Haley Barbour of Mississippi, Jeb Bush of Florida, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and John Thune of South Dakota all succeeded in leading polls in their home states at some point in 2011, although only Pawlenty actually launched a campaign.

Walbo, Minnesota

Walbo is an unincorporated community in Springvale Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.

Warren Spannaus

Warren R. Spannaus (born December 5, 1930) is an American politician from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) and former Attorney General of Minnesota.

West Lakeland Township, Washington County, Minnesota

It is just north of Interstate 94 and touches the west bank of the St. Croix River.

WMFG

WMFG-FM, a radio station (106.3 FM) licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota, United States

WTBX

In 2008 the station began leaning Adult Top 40 during the evening hours with the addition of tracks topping CHR charts, similar to KBMX in Duluth, MN.