20 YEARS AGO
MAY 22, 2000
The quest to develop a park out of the Grand Marais harbor Standard Station is rolling right along. The first major stage of the project, purchasing the Gene Erickson property in downtown Grand Marais, was accomplished with the signing of the deed in February 2000. The property had been the site of the Standard Gas Station for 75 years, but when Erickson announced his intention to retire from the business, the city of Grand Marais made its move. More than $600,000 was raised to purchase the property, but the fundraising committee still needs about $7,500 to finish the job.
According to Al Harmon, station manager of WDSE-TV, public television in Duluth, a new television tower should be up and running in Grand Marais by the end of the summer. In the fall of 1998, one of the two TV towers on the hill overlooking the city was deemed unsafe. The tower was slated for nearly immediate destruction, a move which would have left Grand Marais with only one of the three national networks and no public television station.
30 YEARS AGO
MAY 21, 1990
The neglected Sweethearts’ Bluff nature trail could be an attractive and productive asset, Ray Quick said when he presented a slide show to the City Council last week. Quick said, “From a cold business viewpoint alone, we need to conserve these precious natural attractions.” Specific problems Quick cited included dumping garbage and an unsightly snow fence at the trailhead, vandalism of deteriorating summer houses along the trail and painted arrows on rocks and trees. In addition, bears visit the dumpster, but blaming bears for all the scattered trash is unfair. Quick asked that the city get the junk out of the area and try to restore the scarred land. He added, “Let’s aim our publicity at nature lovers, not beer parties.”
60 YEARS AGO
MAY 19, 1960
A black bear scratched his back, but Paul Larson, local manager of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, is scratching his head! At least Larson thinks the bear scratched his back up against some phone wires after climbing a pole, knocking out phone service to Tuscarora Lodge. Larson’s “phone sleuths” found signs of bear hair tangled in the wires. What puzzles Larson is how to report this one to his company. Last year he reported a mouse shorting out wires in the booster station. He also reported a moose having horned his way into the wires, disrupting phone service. And now a bear! What is the home office apt to think, anyway?
100 YEARS AGO
MAY 19, 1920
We got the much needed rain this morning. This was a boon to the farmers and will also settle the dust on the roads.
A.M. Anderson is having a pressure water system installed in his residence in the west end of the village.
John H. Winger has purchased the lot and building on the east side of Broadway, formerly used by Dan McDonald for a taxidermist shop, and is having the building moved to the front of the lot. It will be remodeled and used by Mr. Winger for his dry goods and clothing store.
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