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| Main Street |
Main Street in Red Wing is still lined with shops and businesses, all in the "shadow" of Barn Bluff in the background. |
In this 1870 photograph you can see that even Barn Bluff has been changed, though the buildings are much the same. |
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| Barn Bluff |
The large hill in the photograph's center is Barn Bluff, a feature that has been somewhat changed over time by excavation. |
Barn Bluff has been used as a landmark to identify Red Wing as far back as when the voyageurs travelled the river. |
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| St. James Hotel |
The St. James Hotel along with its restaurants and shops is still in operation today over a hundred years later. |
The St. James Hotel was built by the Red Wing Hotel Corporation in 1875 to give Red Wing a first class hotel. |
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| Red Wing Street Scene |
The city of Red Wing has many examples of things changing as well as staying the same. This street is lined with stores. |
This photograph taken in 1900 shows that the buildings have changed very little, although the streets are now paved. |
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| The Riverfront |
Businesses like these mills grew up along the water's edge in Red Wing. The river is still used as a means of transportation. |
In this 1915 photograph we can see an earlier version of the bridge that spans the river, and some undeveloped shoreline. |
