Outside front view of McKenzie Hall in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). McKenzie Hall was built by James McKenzie and later became the S.N. Hornick and Bowman Store.
Outside view of the Hotel Lewis owned by Mary Lewis in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Two men, one woman and two children are standing on the porch and there is one adult standing on the upper porch of the hotel.
Outside front view of The Detroit Record in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The old courthouse can be seen to the right.
Two boys standing on top of Fox Hill in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The Becker County Courthouse can be seen in the background.
Outside view of Central Market in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The market was built by E.F. Harris and Hannk Smith in the early 1890s. The man standing on the left is Joe Ebert from St. Paul, Minnesota.
Holmes Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Businesses included in image is from left to right, Catholic Church, Minnesota Hotel, Golden Rule, Record, and the Courthouse.
Outside front view of Saloon owned by Joe Machener across from the Lakes Hotel on Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
View of the old bridge and outlet on Pelican River on Detroit Lake in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). There is a one horse carriage riding over the bridge.
Pioneer Store with the Bank to the right on the site of the Graystone Hotel and west of the Teague Drug Store on Pioneer Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
W.H. McCart, "The Tall Drayman," unloading lumber for Reid and Wackman in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The weight of this load was 9400 pounds.
Selner homestead in Section 30 of Erie Township in Becker County, Minnesota. Sophie Selner and Andy Winkler are playing peek-a-boo under the Bimler Brothers machine.
Outside front view of the Wilson House on East Main Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Eri "Peg" Jordan is beside the door. The building to the left was the Union House owned by Eri Jordan.
Men standing outside G.W. Jones Blacksmith and Wagon Shop in Cormorant, Minnesota. Last names of the men include; Glaum, Richter, Halgren, Jones, Strand and Grim.
Phoenix Hotel and Restaurant (later became the Colonial Hotel) in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). This building is an A. Skeoch, Jr. property. There is a railroad coal dock at the left and a stand pipe and hose on the west side of the street for filling the street sprinkler.
Steamboat landing at the foot of Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Guethling's Lakeside Hotel is in left center background.
Red Lake, Leech Lake and White Earth Chiefs, taken in Washington, D.C. (Darwin S. Hall presented photo to White Earth Agency office, Arthur P. Foster presented to Becker County Historical Society.)
The Opera Block in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). It housed real estate offices, a loan company, and H.G. Scott. The Big Store was on the bottom level.
Mrs. Jessie C. Yeats' Chippewa Indian (Ojibwe) collection that was given to the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, museum by Johnn K. West from Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Outside view of the Blandings Store and Teague Drug Store on corner of Washington Avenue and Front Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
City Meat Market located in the middle of State Street between Washington and Lake Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota, (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). This was between the Northern Pacific Depot and the Greystone Hotel on Pioneer Street.
Outside view of the Hotel Minnesota Annex in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). It was damaged by a windstorm on March 3, 1904, and totally destroyed in a fire on April 26, 1904.
Dave Carson's Drug Store and Post Office building was moved downtown at Washington Avenue and Front Street. The photograph's caption reads, "Harry L. Johnston using 24 horses to move the Dave Carson Drug Store Detroit Lakes about 1905."
Group photo in front of the Telegraphers School held in the old city hall in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Site is located on Lake Avenue in the middle of lot 13, Block 17. It was originally moved here from the old site on Pioneer Street.
Located in Burlington Township, the Frazee Sawmill is shown with stacked lumber in lumber yard. Caption reads "Frazee sawmill - capacity 1,000,000 ft. every 24 hours."