View of the Stockwood Fill railroad trestle and an approaching train. The Stockwood Fill was a three-year attempt by the Northern Pacific Railroad to re-grade a portion of the track in the Red River Valley.
Train wreck on the Minnesota and International Railroad with Locomotive Number 13. The same train accident can be viewed in three photographs in the Crow Wing County Historical Society collection. To view all of the train wreck images, search by the MDL identifiers: umn83985, umn83977, and umn83993.
Train wreck on the Minnesota and International Railroad with Locomotive Number 13. The same train accident can be viewed in three photographs in the Crow Wing County Historical Society collection. To view all of the train wreck images, search by the MDL identifiers: umn83985, umn83977, and umn83993.
In an oral history, Arvid Anderson describes his family settling near Garrison, Minnesota, his work as a heavy equipment operator for the Minnesota Highway Department, and his experiences as one of the first pilots in Crow Wing County.
In this oral history interview, Gus Frey discusses his childhood and the businesses he remembers from his childhood. Note: parts of this interview are not clearly audible.
In an oral history, Wayne Curtis tells about the livlihoods of his family and himself, and a story about the peculiar owner of a hotel where his family was forced to live for a period of time.
