Gull River Village flourished in the 1880s with more than 400 inhabitants. But by 1893, the entire village had vanished after the nearby sawmill was relocated to northeast Brainerd in 1892.
Danger in the pines: Area logging railroads 120 years ago
In the closing decades of the 19th century, pine logging was a major industry in southern Cass and Crow Wing counties. By 1889 lumbermen had already cut most accessible shoreline timber and floated the logs to sawmills downstream. The remaining p.
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Jeremy Jackson and Douglas Birk | 4:52 pm, Jun. 25, 2013 ×
In the closing decades of the 19th century, pine logging was a major industry in southern Cass and Crow Wing counties.
By 1889 lumbermen had already cut most accessible shoreline timber and floated the logs to sawmills downstream. The remaining pine forests, more remote from waterways, could be harvested most efficiently with railroads.