Duluth History

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Development Immigrant & Minority Patterns Lost Neighborhoods Neighborhoods

General Development

Important Dates in Duluth’s History

Duluth’s Mayors

A Brief History of Duluth, 1856–1939

Duluth’s Development, 1856–1939

History of Duluth & St. Louis County (Woodbridge & Pardee, 1910)

Duluth & St. Louis County: Their Story & People (Van Brunt, 1921)

Immigrant and Minority Patterns

Duluth Immigration 1880–1920

Immigrant Sentiment in the 1890s

African Americans in Duluth

Native Americans in Duluth

Lost Neighborhoods

Ashtabula Heights

Finn Town

Fremont Township

Swede Town, aka Garfield Avenue District

Little Italy, aka The Glenn

Lower Oneota

Lyman Park

Slab Town

The “Bowery” and Duluth’s Gateway Urban Renewal Program

The Expansion of Interstate 35 through Duluth

Neighborhoods

Colbyville

Duluth Heights

Hunters Park

The Influence of Isle of Lewis on Hunters Park

Hunters Park Grocery

Lakeside & Lester Park

Morgan Park

Woodland

The Suburb of Proctor