Miners and car in the pit, Tower-Soudan Mine, 1890
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Locomotive and cars at Tower-Soudan mine, 1890
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Tower Brewery, on the site of the present day Iron Ore Bar in Tower,1890
Courtesy of the Tower-Soudan Historical Society

The Vermillion Hotel, Tower Minnesota, 1905
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Bird's-eye view of Tower Minnesota, 1905
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

McKinley Monument, Tower Minnesota, 1909
LakesnWoods.com Postcard Collection - click to enlarge

Hydro-electric Power Plant on Pike River, Tower Minnesota, 1910
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Public School, Tower Minnesota, 1910
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Old Settlers parade, Tower Minnesota 1910
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Government Indian school, Tower Minnesota, 1910
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Dining room with walls of birch, Birch Point Inn, near Tower Minnesota, 1920's
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

McKinley Park, Tower Minnesota, 1925
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Lounging room, Everett Bay Lodge, Tower Minnesota, 1935
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Abandoned locomotive at old sawmill, Tower Minnesota, 1937
Courtesy US Library of Congress

Street view, Tower Minnesota, 1937
Courtesy US Library of Congress

Early morning scene, Tower Minnesota, 1937
Courtesy US Library of Congress

Shoe store at Tower Minnesota, 1937
Courtesy US Library of Congress

Bill of fare, advertising board and goods in restaurant, Tower Minnesota, 1937
Courtesy US Library of Congress

Dining room, Pike Bay Resort on Lake Vermilion near Tower Minnesota, 1940
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Black Bear Cafe, Tower Minnesota, 1940
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Tower City Hall, Tower Minnesota, 1940
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Main Street, Tower Minnesota, 1940
Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase

Main Street Tower Minnesota 1950
Courtesy of the Tower-Soudan Historical Society

Last steam train into Tower Minnesota, 1953
Courtesy of the Tower-Soudan Historical Society

Lake Vermilion just out of Tower Minnesota, 2004
LakesnWoods.com Photo

Entering Tower from the east on Highway 169, 2004
LakesnWoods.com Photo

Tower Minnesota street scene, 2004
LakesnWoods.com Photo

Tower Minnesota street scene, 2004
LakesnWoods.com Photo