Duluth was easy to access by train and steamer and thus became a popular tourist destination. Newspapers, magazines, and novels began to romanticize the Wild West piquing the interest of travelers. Railroads began to expand west and steamships carried tourists to new destinations. People were heading west to “wild” parts of the United States, and this included the Northern Frontier. The middle of the 19th century was a time of great exploration and expansion throughout North America. In the middle of the 19th century city folk began to explore this area lured by the opportunity to see new people, wildlife and landscapes. Today tourism is the backbone of our local economy but not so long ago, the Lake Superior Region was considered a wild unknown to settlers in the east. as Duluth Historian Ronald Mershart gives us a glimpse into the expansion of tourism to the Lake Superior Region. Join us for the Voices of the Lake speaker series on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 6:30p.m. “1855-Lake Superior’s First Tourists Arrive”
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