Duluth

However the Panic of 1873 and the ensuing economic depression reversed many of the gains. In 1881, the fledgling city stood at the threshold of a surge in population, industry, and wealth.14 The family’s oral history speculates that Charley followed the St. Croix River south from Duluth to Chisago County.15 This is highly unlikely, since it required an approximately forty mile detour into Wisconsin to reach the source of the river. Charley likely used the railroad, either as a passenger or as a physical guide to direct him to his destination. He conceivably paused in Duluth to earn his rail fare to Rush City, the logical point of departure to embark on the final leg of his journey. However, the nearly one hundred mile hike following the railroad tracks perhaps seemed like a mere stroll compared with the recently completed trek over the top of Lake Superior. The oral history’s emphasis on Charley’s walk purports that he passed through Duluth and walked the remainder of the way to his parents and siblings. Only twenty-five miles north of Rush City he passed through Hinckley, a bustling logging and sawmilling community of over a thousand people.16 Thirteen years later, the town burned to the ground in the Great Hinckley Fire, which consumed over 400 square miles and took the lives of at least 418 men women and…

Ellen Pence is best known for her advocacy and batterer programming with the Duluth program on behalf of women’s experience with abuse (Gondolf, 2010). Ellen’s activism all started with a generic community organizing training that opened all the possibilities that contributed to social change (Dasgupta, 2010). From there, Ellen began to work in anti-domestic violence and that’s where she and her colleagues developed the Duluth model (Dasgupta, 2010). The basis of Ellen’s advocacy in…

Minnesota Duluth Police Department: The DPD lists several circumstances where a report must be made on either a narrative report or a Subject Resistance Report. Some of the scenarios mentioned are when a firearm is pointed or used outside of a shooting range as well as when use of force is used which results in injury or death. They also do reports when a type of weapon is used such as a taser, baton, or other less than lethal projectiles, as well as when physical force is used such as take…

In 1870, Camille Poirier started a shoe and leather goods store in Duluth, Minnesota. His first pack, the #3 Duluth Pack, that was available only in olive drab, was patented by Poirer in 1882. He expanded the products offered, to include wagon covers, auto packs, and shell bags for hunters. In 1911, he moved his shop to a larger building. During the Great Depression, more repairs were performed than new packs produced, but in the 1940's when the economy prospered and recreation soared,…

The city of Duluth, MN is looking to put in new parks around town based on different population and socioeconomic factors. This analysis is based on the block groups in Duluth, MN that come from the source of the census bureau. Then the locating of existing parks came from UMD geodatabase. A buffer of 100 meters was created around these existing park boundaries and then erased (see figure 2) to factor out the areas that already had a park that was within walking distance of households. In…

Jack Duluth is an eighteen year old boy who just graduated from high school. Due to Jack’s reputation as a highly skilled basketball star and a valuable team player, plenty of girls have their eyes set on him. In fact, his overall appearance is a major contributing factor to his immense popularity. He has a short crewcut, he’s tall, his shirt always looks clean, and Angie described him as a “browned-skinned and healthy” boy (pg. 328). On the surface, he may seem care free, however as he reveals…

Since there are many reasons as to why domestic violence is present, the type of interventions available can be endless. The main intervention used for domestic violence is counseling, with the use of the Duluth Model (Domestic Abuse Intervention Project) to reduce domestic violence against women (Haugen, 2005). The Duluth Model has been used to help communities eliminate domestic violence. The Duluth Model is divided into eight sections which helps individuals understand patterns of abusive…

There are some things that I have noticed in the book that may still happen today but I do not think that they would be nearly as severe as they were back in the 1920’s when the lynching’s in Duluth happened or even before the 1920’s. The officer who interviewed Sandra about the rape just believed everything that she said without doing much investigation into if all her facts line up together. Today I think that something similar could happen but I think police would investigate it much more…

Let's "Make It In Mankato" ! ! Mankato, Minnesota is truly a wonderland. Tucked into the Emerald Green Valley in Southern Minnesota, it is the hidden vacation Mecca of scores of knowing Midwesterners. Mankato has everything thanks to a freak of nature: the Sclare/Far Fissure. This fissure in the earth's crust takes water seeping through the earth, heats it to well over 165 degrees, and sends it back up to the surface in steam pits and boil holes. The heat from these pits and holes heats the…

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