Logging train going over railway bridge at Alger Smith Lumber Company, Knife River, 1890 
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Lumber camp, DNM Railway, Knife River Minnesota, 1915
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Duluth and Northern Minnesota Railway railroad yard, Knife River Minnesota, 1915
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Duluth & Northern Minnesota Railway flatcars loaded with logs at Knife River Minnesota, 1915
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Nordley's Inn, Knife River Minnesota, 1932
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Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees from Spruce Lake Camp weed beds and rake paths in a white spruce transplant bed at the Knife River Nursery, Knife River Minnesota, 1940
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Aerial view, Knife River Minnesota, 1970
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Ethel Weine "Mel's Fish House" Knife River Minnesota, 1997
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Mark Torgerson (left) & Steve, Mel's Fish House Smokehouse, Knife River Minnesota, 1997
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Mel's Fish House Exterior, Knife River Minnesota, 1997
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Train on Railroad Bridge over the Knife River, 2008
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Surfers getting rides on Stony Point near Knife River Minnesota, 2009
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Steam-powered excursion between Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota near Knife Lake, 2009
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