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Lumberman at Deer River Minnesota, 1901
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

General View of Deer River Minnesota, 1903
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Church and School, Deer River Minnesota, 1903
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Hotel Itasca, Deer River Minnesota, 1903
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Street scene in Deer River Minnesota, 1906
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

"Whiskey Row", Deer River Minnesota, 1906
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M.J. Baker Company General Merchandise, Deer River Minnesota, 1908
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Hotel Mohr, Deer River Minnesota, 1908
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Great Northern Depot, Deer River Minnesota, 1908
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Logging Rail Engine, Deer River Minnesota, 1909
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Methodist Episcopal Church and Catholic Church, Deer River Minnesota, 1909
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

"Whiskey Row", Deer River Minnesota, 1909
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General View of Deer River Minnesota, 1909
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Hotel Everton, Deer River Minnesota, 1909
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Birdseye View of Deer River Minnesota, 1910
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Bee Hive Row Housing Development, Deer River Minnesota, 1910
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Deer River Saw Mill, Deer River Minnesota, 1910
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Train wreck at Deer River Minnesota, 1910
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Burning of the Northern Hotel, Deer River Minnesota, 1910
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Birds eye view of Deer River Minnesota, 1910's?
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Business District, Deer River Minnesota, 1910's?
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Street scene, Deer River Minnesota, 1911
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Loading logs on railroad, Deer River Minnesota, 1911
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1913 Model T Ford in Deer River Minnesota, 1913
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Men loading logs on flat cars, Deer River Minnesota, 1915
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Log building at Williams Narrows, Cut Foot Sioux Lake, near Deer River, 1915
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Log rolling on the Deer River, 1920
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Deer River Baseball team, 1925
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Duck hunters display their quarry at Eagle Nest Lodge, Deer River, 1927
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Pines Resort, Lake Winnibigoshish, Deer River Minnesota, 1930's?
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Winnibigoshish Dam, near Deer River Minnesota, 1937
Courtesy US Library of Congress

Cottages at Pinehurst Report, Deer River Minnesota, 1940
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Pine Grove Lodge on Sand Lake near Deer River Minnesota, 1940's
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Main Lodge at Bowen's Resort, Deer River Minnesota, 1940's
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Entrance to Pinehurst Lodge on Deer Lake, Deer River Minnesota, 1940's
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Street scene, business district, Deer River Minnesota, 1940's
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Street scene, business district, Deer River Minnesota, 1940's
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Herreid Brothers, Deer River Minnesota, 1940's
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Street scene, business district, Deer River Minnesota, 1940's
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Street scene, business district, Deer River Minnesota, 1940's
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Street scene, business district, Deer River Minnesota, 1940's
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Street scene, business district, Deer River Minnesota, 1940's
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Cabin at the Shady Rest Resort, Deer River Minnesota, 1940's?
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Public school, Deer River Deer River Minnesota, 1945
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Information Bureau, Deer River Minnesota, 1945
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View of Lake Shore at Schule's Camp Bowstring, Deer River Minnesota, 1945
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Aerial Photo, Deer River Minnesota, 1947
Courtesy Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - click image to enlarge

Main Lodge at Bowen Resort on Big Winnie and Cutfoot Sioux, 1950's
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Launch Fishing at the Pines Resort, Deer River Minnesota, 1953
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Bahr's Motel, Deer River Minnesota, 1960
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Johnson's Wagon Wheel, Deer River Minnesota, 1960's?
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Johnson's Wagon Wheel Restaurant, Texaco, and Deer River Woolen Store,
Deer River Minnesota, 1960's?
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Deer River Welcome Sign, Deer River Minnesota, 2003
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Welcome House and Big Fish, Deer River Minnesota, 2003
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Deer River High School, 2003
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Deer River High School, 2003
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Deer River High School, 2003
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View of Downtown Deer River Minnesota, 2003
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A keeper on Lake Winnibigoshish, 2006
Courtesy Bowen Lodge

Aerial View of Cedarwild Resort on Moose Lake, Deer River Minnesota, 2007
Courtesy Cedarwild Resort

Aerial View of Moose Lake Resort, Deer River Minnesota, 2007
Courtesy Moose Lake Resort

Gosh Dam Place, Deer River Minnesota, 2008
Courtesy Webshots and dmflower