Historic Map - Duluth, MN - 1883

View of Duluth, Saint Louis County, M.N., 1883 / drawn & published by H. Wellge.

This over view print of Duluth, Minnesota was drawn by Henry Wellge and published by Beck & Pauli lithographers in 1883. Duluth has been an important Lake Superior trading port located at the headwaters of the Mississippi River since the area was part of New France.

In 1855, when Saint Louis County was designated, Duluth was named its seat of government.

Copper began to be mined in the area and then iron ore. An extension of the Lake Superior & Mississippi Railroad from St. Paul was added in the late 1860's. This railroad line enabled Duluth to transport the region’s iron ore and cut timber more easily and the town began to swell with speculators and settlers.

The map indicates an 1883 population of 13,000 and includes labeled streets, buildings and railroad routes. Port activity of the Bay of Duluth is displayed in the foreground. There are inset illustrations of Conner’s Point and the Eastern End of Duluth.

Features references to the following locations:

CHURCHES:

Baptist.
Congregational.
German Evangelical.
Methodist.
Norwegian-Lutheran.
Presbyterian.
Protestant- Episcopal.
Roman-Catholic.
Swedish Lutheran.
Washington School.
Ward Schools.
St. Luke’s Hospital.
P. O. & Custom House.
Opera House, Munger & Markell.
Dramatic Temple.
Engine House.
Union Depot.
County Jail.

HOTELS:

St. Louis.
Bay View.
Merchants.
N. P. Emigrant.
St. Nicholas.
Wakelin.
Windsor.

PUBLISHING HOUSES:

Duluth Daily Tribune.
Duluth Daily Times.
Journal of Commerce.
Lake Superior News.

BANKS:

American Exchange.
Bell & Eyster.
Duluth National.

MANUFACTORIES:

Duluth Iron Co.
Northwestern Iron Co.
Machine Shop, A. B. McLean & Co.
Boiler Works, J. D. Walsh.
Wagons, Sleds, etc., E. Fiebiger.
Wagons, Sleds, etc., McCrimmon & Toomey.
Sash, Doors & Blinds, Scott & Holston.
Wood Working, G. Lautenschlager.
Handle & Hardwood Manf.
W. H. Richards.
Tannery, E. Wieland.
Brewery, M. Fink.
Brewery, Decker Bros.
Bottling Works, J. Stubler.
Cigars, Schiller & Vogtlin.
Duluth Coffee & Spice Mills.

SAW AND PLANING MILLS:

Cutler, Gilbert & Pearson.
Duluth Lumber Co.
Dailey, Heimbach & Co.
Graff, Murray & Robbins.
R. A. Gray.
Little, Peck & Co.
Morton, Thomas & Atwater.
Paige Sexsmith, Lumber Co.
Peyton, Kimball & Barber.
Peck & Son.
J. S. Taylor & Sons.

WHOLESALE HOUSES:

C. H. Graves & Co., Salt, Lime and Cement.
J. B. Culver, Salt, Flour and Oil.
Stone & Ordean.
H. Truelsin.
Morrison & McGregor.
Williams & McSherry, Teas, Coffees, etc.
A. J. Miller & Co.
Cooley, LaVaque & Co., Fish.
Duluth Fish Company.
Pastoret, Smith & Co., Beef and Pork.
A. B. McLean & Co., Machine Supplies.
J. J. Costello, Hardware.
Geo. M. Smith, Flour, Grain and Feed.
Duluth Flour and Feed Co.
S. Levy, Wines and Liquors.
Duluth Street Railway Office and Stables.
Union Improvement & Elevator Co.
Lake Superior Elevator Co.
Ohio Central Barge and Coal Company’s Flour Mill and Docks.
St. Paul & Duluth Car Shops.
St. Paul & Duluth Freight Office.
St. P. & D. and N. P. Round House.
Northern Pacific Freight Office and Docks.
Northwestern Fuel Co. Docks.
Rice’s Point Depot.