Image shows a group of tourists standing and sitting on rocks near falls at Beaver River. By 1858, Beaver Bay was the only regularly scheduled steamer stop between Duluth and Grand Marais.
Rolland Robert Freeman is shown in front of his Implement, Bicycle and Hardware store. The building was built by Freeman in 1892 and he sold it to a soloon operator in March of 1898. The sales promotion is 'buy a binder and recieve a bicycle for free.'
Image shows freshly cleared dirt road lined with clapboard sided single story structures. The Old Two Harbors courthouse is on the right side of the image.
Herman Nierenhausen holds a bull set while Leonard Deters is in the process of hitting it with a sledgehammer to "strike" a granite slab at Cold Spring Granite Company.