10 Years Ago
Aug. 20, 2004
A peace medal given to a Grand Portage chief in the late 1760s by King George III was welcomed back to the tribe in a powerful ceremony at the Grand Portage Pow-Wow on Sunday. The pure silver gorget, one of three peace medals given by the British king as a gift of peace and alliance to the Grand Portage people living between Thunder Bay and the Knife River, has been kept in a traditional chief ’s family for generations.
Also at the Pow- Wow, Mary Sherer was named the Senior Princess for 2004 and Autumn Clearwater-Day was selected as Junior Princess. More than 300 dancers registered for the threeday event.
20 Years Ago
Aug. 22, 1994
Homestead Cooperative of Grand Marais now has the option to purchase property in Grand Marais on which it intends to build a 24-unit complex for seniors. Final sale is pending financing arrangements and details about the exact placement of the building on the site.
The Cook County commissioners, in the third of a continuing series of public meetings, made their presentation about needs for more county government space to an audience of 20 citizens at Birch Grove Center in Tofte.
It’s a hole-in-one for Walt Mianowski! Walt accomplished this feat on the par 3 third hole at Gunflint Hills on Aug. 10. He used his No. 4 wood to knock his orange Top-Flite ball the 155 yards past the tall birch, over the water and into the cup.
50 Years Ago
Aug. 20, 1964
Gilbert Bloomquist of Colvill had the misfortune of having a tree fall on his leg while logging in Moose Valley Tuesday. It was his first major injury in 40 years of working in the woods.
Work on resurfacing over five miles of streets in Grand Marais is now in progress with the Range Blacktop Inc. of Eveleth doing the work. Only north-south streets will be resurfaced this year. Work began at the post office corner going north on First Avenue East.
A woman gardener in Schroeder reported she has a potato plant which is growing “tomatoes” on the bush. Shades of Luther Burbank! But potato plants sometimes grow seed balls which resemble little green tomatoes.
90 Years Ago
Aug. 21, 1924
The tourist business this month is very good. In spite of daily showers, the sun has not failed to shine a goodly part of each day, and the autoists look the part of contentment. Nimrods – the kind that are born and not made – can always get brook trout or land-locked salmon or northern pike aplenty.
Assistant clerk of the Supreme Court Scow is spending a few weeks in Grand Marais. He said he left home the first time he sneezed and hasn’t sneezed since.
The U.S. government barges are in the harbor building a new pier. They brought sand from Michigan to mix in the concrete; the sand from Grand Marais was too coarse.
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