Lumberjack looking at a shirt in the camp store, Pine Island area, Big Falls, 1900
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School, Big Falls Minnesota, 1900
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Multiple views, Big Falls Minnesota, 1901
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Lumber camp in the Pine Island area west of Big Falls Minnesota, 1902
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Tractor pulling sleds loaded with logs in the Pine Island area west of Big Falls, 1902
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Tractor pulling sleds loaded with logs in the Pine Island area west of Big Falls, 1902
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Log pile on the Big Fork River at Big Falls Minnesota, 1905
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Eight and a half million feet of logs on a landing near Big Falls Minnesota, 1905
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Using explosives to try to break up the log jam on the Big Fork River at Big Falls Minnesota, 1905
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Big Falls on the Big Fork River, 1905
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General view of Big Falls Minnesota, 1908
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M & I Rail Road Bridge, Big Falls, Koochiching County, 1908
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112 and 1/2 pound sturgeon caught at Big Falls Minnesota, 1908
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Putting in logs from the landing near Big Falls Minnesota, 1908
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Methodist Episcopal Church, Big Falls Minnesota, 1909
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Edward McCann standing in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Big Falls, 1909
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Edward McCann and others standing in front of parsonage at Big Falls, 1909
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View on Big Fork River, Big Falls Minnesota, 1909
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Public School, Big Falls Minnesota, 1911
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Bradly Saw Mill, Big Falls Minnesota, 1912
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Fish from Big Falls, 1919
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Man and woman in car examining the logs piled on the shore of the Big Fork River, Big Falls Minnesota, 1919
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Man and woman in car examining the logs piled on the shore of the Big Fork River, Big Falls Minnesota, 1919
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School, Big Falls Minnesota, 1937
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St. Regis pulpwood landing on the Northern Pacific Railroad at Big Falls. Pulpwood being loaded on cars for shipment to Little Falls and Sartell, 1949
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Truck hauling logs, Big Falls Minnesota, 1950
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Skidding logs with a caterpillar at Hansen's Camp near Big Falls, 1950
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Big Fork River, Big Falls Minnesota, 1950
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Big Fork River, Big Falls Minnesota, 1950
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Welcome Sign, Big Falls Minnesota, 2007
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Big Falls City Hall and Water Tower, Big Falls Minnesota, 2007
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Bigfork River and Bridge, Big Falls Minnesota, 2007
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Big Falls on the Bigfork River, Big Falls Minnesota, 2007
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Bigfork River near Big Falls Minnesota, 2007
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