The 1913 funeral procession in South Range, Michigan. More than 73 people died, including more than 60 children. A few days ago, the 100th anniversary of a tremendous strike and one of the labor movement’s greatest American tragedies — and some still say mass-murders — was marked in northern Michigan’s Copper Country. Beginning July 23,… Read More →

Karen Carr, image depicting ancient bison, mammoths. I found this Tom Meersman Star Tribune story to be quite interesting. Scientists discovered an ancient campsite along the Minnesota River at Chanhassen, MN. Eight thousand years ago, Minnesota was a different place — dryer and less forested. In fact, the only true forests at that time were… Read More →

The other day I caught this 1914 Dutch political cartoon depicting the author’s perception of the great European powers at that time. Andrew Sullivan wrote about it at The Daily Dish, where he opined about the political, indeed, propaganda qualities of maps. Even without the caricatures shown here, anything from the color to the orientation… Read More →

The Henry B. Smith, from YooperSteez.com If you missed it, Andrew Krueger at the Duluth News Tribune had a fascinating Sunday feature about the discovery of a century-old shipwreck on Lake Superior. Most have heard of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking (thanks to Gordon Lightfoot’s song) in the 1970s, but a similar iron ore ship disaster… Read More →