Duluth

An Urban Biography Author Tony Dierckins Minnesota Historical Society Press (April 15, 2020) Cities, like people, are always changing, and the history of that change is the city’s biography. This new series illuminates the unique character of each city, weaving in the hidden stories of place, politics, and identity that continue to shape its residents’ lives. Description Duluth, the beautiful city at the head of the world’s largest freshwater lake, has gone from boom to bust to boom and back again. In this richly textured urban biography, author Tony Dierckins highlights fascinating stories of the city: Its significance as the final stop in the Ojibwe’s legendary westward migration. The failed copper rush along Lake Superior’s North Shore that started the city’s growth. The natural port on the St. Louis River that made shipping its first and most important business. The legend of the digging of the ship canal. The unique aerial transfer bridge and its successor, the lift bridge. The ci