Lost Duluth - Full Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2013
- This is the story of people and places lost to history; of mysterious ruins, forgotten markers and outdated industries; of what was back then. This is the story of "Lost Duluth."
The roots of Duluth began at an Ojibwe settlement along the St. Louis River and with the arrival of European settlers grew to eleven townships in all; they stretched from Fond du Lac to Lester Park. From Duluth's humble beginnings sprang industry after industry, including a harbor busier than any other in the United States, including the port of New York.
#history #historical
I don't know how I ended up here , its 05:51 AM here in Scarborough , North Yorkshire , the North Sea is calm and I'm watching a video of a place Iv never heard of !! , thank you though !
Oh wow a real Yorky , No longer a myth for me thank you 😎✌
I some how make it here from Victoria Australia
I run coal trains into Duluth and I assure u, you’d love it’s beauty, culture and food. So beautiful and relaxing. A port city in the middle of the country is out of place in a gorgeous way.
LOL SAME. Never been there, unlikely to go.. here in Alaska watching this at 4:30am
Shame so much beauty was torn down and lost
Duluth is turning into an amazing city. I'm proud to call it my hometown.
Met my wife while working for Target in Duluth in 1976. Will always be a soft spot in my heart for the town.
I lived up the Miller Trunk Highway by Target in 1967. It was the First Big Store in the Area before the Mall. I still smell the Popcorn as you would enter.
@K C Redundant Much? Redundant Much? Sober up
Had no idea Target was around in the 70s.
@@fishfire_2999 First store opened in Mpls in 1962.
There was a Target in 1976? I just heard of them in 95 wth is going on
This was such an awesome documentary I've been going to Duluth every summer for my entire life as a young kid I even lived there for a better part of 10 years I didn't know almost half of the stuff that I saw in this documentary wow the history in Duluth it almost makes me want to move back there just to be a part of it all so cool so glad I found this definitely worth watching
Interesting enjoyable documentary. Visited the railroad museum in Duluth in the very early 90's and while there noticed a missing part on one the locomotives in the collection. Lucky for them I had the part needed at home in Washington state and after returning home it was packaged and sent to the museum as a donation. Later the museum wrote a nice letter saying the piece had been installed. Knowing that it was back where it belonged was better than having it in my collection of railroad artifacts.
I found Duluth well worth the visit, wish I had the additional knowledge contained in this documentary at the time of my visit.
It's rad to see all the spots we drive and walk by daily and ignore, and realize the real incredible history in their old bones. There really ain't no city like this one. When I wander I'm always happy to cross the ridge back to ol' gitchee gumee and my home.
All the things that make Duluth unique. I first came here in 1974 as an airforce brat & have loved it ever since!!
swear I'm going to die in this town , I leave but always end up back here in Duluth.
This is interesting though I didn't think I'd find any videos on the history of Duluth, so thanks .
This is so interesting. I've attended schools and colleges in Florida and Texas, yet I never heard one word about Duluth. There is so much history there.
im from Wisconsin, Duluth is one of my favorite places to visit,also love the North Shore Drive!
Thank Chester Condon for that one.
My Mother grew up and lived in the Glen. My Father grew up in Gary New Duluth and went to Fond du lac many times. Thanks for the history Duluthians.
If you can get past the pixilation it is a very interesting documentary. Well done-many facets of that old gem Duluth are examined. I learned a lot.
I was just thinking that
And other terrific documentary!
It's a bummer that they tore down all those awesome building from the earlier days that would have made Duluth "look like Prague." What a shame. I still love Duluth though, you can't beat having Lake Superior as your neighbor. This is an interesting and familiar documentary, thanks for sharing.
The 1950's - 1960's era was not a good time as lots of historic building were destroyed in the name of progress
Yeah, a real bummer. Hahahahaha Prague. HA! That is funny.
LMAO Broke ass lighthouse, your state can't even restore historic buildings that are still standing! Shame!!!!
@@andy_travis it would look like prague
@@VicNorth2023 mhmmm, a6a yet ll]
Beautifully done.
The love I have for my city holds no bounds
Both Ms. Fish and Mr. Parr were a pleasure to listen to. Thank you.
I am a Finnish-American and proud of it!
From start to finnish?
It's such a shame they tore all the old houses down they were beautiful pieces of work nothing like the boring buildings we have today
Fabulous historic neighborhoods still exist there
Fortunately, Duluth is still chock-a-block with handsome old houses and commercial buildings. The losses are tragic, and would be so great to see and experience today, but we’re lucky to have anything important remaining.
Love that big, adorable dog at 1:58.
I liked the dog too, big smile on his face 💯...
I was born in 1950. I ran a 30 mile trap line in Washington County MN. I have been to two rendezvous held by the Hudson Bay company. I sold them muskrat, beaver and mink pelts at that time. I have broken wild horses to saddle in my time and attended two room school houses. History isn't as far off as you might think.
That's very cool!
I lived in Duluth in the early 70's when they filmed the movie "You'll Like My Mother" with Patty Duke and John Boy from the Waltons. It's filmed in one of the old mansions on Lake Superior. We were kids and thought it was funny that they had to use artificial snow because the natural snow wasn't snowy enough! Watch the movie, look at the snow and you'll know why we laughed!
Great to know what went on to forge the city that has evolved to become the city I now love above all cities. Today is it's heyday!
We are a throw away society. We throwaway cities, towns and people. We throwaway our heritage and soon our country.
LOL ok boomer
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I totally agree with you Sun Life.
Laziness breeds carelessness
Carelessness breed negligence
Negligence breeds ungratefulness
Absolutely not true with Duluth. It’s present day life embraces its history everywhere.
Great show! I do enjoy the ghostly nature of Duluth. It had a history on every corner and every unique neighborhood.
I love Duluth!
if it wasn't so damn cold--i might return--brrrrrrrrrr .
been there several times--i used to live in St. Paul--my wife and i divorced back in 2017--back in Scotland--for now--would love to come back one of these days--not to St.Paul though .
ALERT re: PICTURE QUALITY: Click on the settings wheel at the bottom right on the video and set the Picture Quality to 240 and it will run just fine, not crisp but no pixelation. This docu was done a long time ago and obviously was transferred from VHS.
It's a very interesting docu!
It wasn’t done on VHS…it’s not that damn old
I love Duluth! I’m there several times a year. You can feel the history there. Though I’m familiar with much of the past, I did learn quite a bit from this documentary. Thanks for sharing!
It is a beautiful area, we visit 1-2 times per year. Just insane COLD 🥶 with the wind coming off the lake in winter months!
Nah - maybe you just got another dose of false history after the reset post Revelation ch 20
I bring my 3 sons to Duluth, and all their interested in is the history.
im from ohio and i liked your documentary. sailed the great lakes long past and layed up a freighter one year in the 80s. anyway good job with the film and power to the people.
you mean the same people who butchered the Indians and took over their land? Power to those people?
Dul’hut is just a big bluff . Superior is , on the level . So said my gran father .
I moved to Duluth in 2018. And I had been through here in 1965, before the network of freeways tore up the city and the surrounding countryside. Today, literally today, the city's historical buildings and scenery are being destroyed and we are left with little more than a carpet of asphalt and concrete. We are in the process of becoming another Minneapolis.
very well put together! thank you for the research!
Duluth is still beautiful in a way... but it's sad to see most of the older buildings gone.
Love the victorian townhouses. Wish they were still there.
I used to go to Duluth and stay on the lakefront cabin every vacation we went through from Maryland to Duluth Minnesota I loved it there
I was assigned to the Duluth IAP from June 1969 until June 1970.Saw a lot of the area while I was there. My first wife was from Two Harbors.
FANTASTIC & entertaining documentary!
I still have family there and I visited them last year for the first time in 25 years. its beauty and smells are breathtaking!!!
Wheeler field?
Lost Duluth sadly it's one of many , The area I grew up in, a huge pre WW2 housing estate in north London called Woodberry down with a primary and a secondary school has been totally demolished and replaced by tower blocks lacking in any character . A huge part of my life and the lives of the many thousands of families who lived on the estate over many decades has been just wiped away, it might sound weird but it hurts, there's literally nothing remaining, even the roads have changed, what's worse its happening all over London and many other cities too.
Desperatelyseekingrealnews...Has BJ helped the UK out?...Seems like Joe Biden..a joke..................
Nicely done. A fascinating story, Pamela is a great story teller. From a WI neighbor.
Marquette Michigan was the center of the lake until the east of the lake got the big iron mine and the grain trade did in old Marquette as the big city of Lake Superior.
I live and lost Duluth right now.
I left Duluth in 1995 but I still remember Sammy’s.
Everything left in 95. Sammy's ain't the same.
Sammy's Pizza?
When I moved there in 97, I was all about VIP.
However, I wasn't too good to get taco's at 3 am at the house of donuts.
They tore the house of donuts now, it's a natural foods store parking lot now.
I still crave the one on tower Ave in superior in the 80’s NOTHING better. They say it’s the pure tap water up there that gave the crust that undeniable amazing crunch. Man I miss that pizza
I live right next to the top of what was once the incline. So cool if your into this citys history. Still some notable artifacts remain. And the view!!!!
You mean remnants of the butchered Indians who the White settlers killed for their land? Those artifacts?
I love this. I always imagine what mob times must've been like
Great documentary !!!
I lived in N Mpls for 7 months and not 1 day or night went by without gunshots. I will never walk anywhere in N Mpls beyond getting in and out of my car to go into a grocery store. Typically I would drive into a adjacent city to do my errands. I have since moved out of N Mpls with no desire to return for anything.
I was born in Virginia mn my Aunt and Uncle Boden lived in Duluth.I went there every summer while growing up. I remember there home was so big. I even had my own bedroom and bath. They had maids and butler's. Great memories
Mostly wyt folks right
This is extremely interesting.
Duluth is named for French explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, the first known European explorer of the area.
You mean the explorer who was in charge of butchering the Indians and took their land? That guy?
@@Skipbo000 Yes. That's the one.
I need to make it out to Duluth one of these days make a weekend of it.
Very well done ,
I knew instantly that was Charlie Parr playing the music
So I just had to see what a Duluth was :-)
looks good
I'm located right here in Duluth Minnesota my current home
Ain't the internet GREAT! All information on demand at any time! It's like having a library in your home!
We had so many wonderful fam ily vacations in Duluth.
It's a shame the upload to RUclips destroyed the video quality.
It's amazing how many things were actually intended in Duluth for Wisconsin, but Wisconsin still ended up such a failure.
My dad was born in Duluth in 1916.. my mother in Cloquet 1918 .. a month after the fire.. my uncle Paul operated Swanson's Meats and Groceries in Fond du Lac... store is gone, but his house is still there... too bad about "downtown' .. progress, I guess... (and where is Dottie Becker when we need her ? ! )
Duluth is such a cool city!
Downtown is full of heroin and meth addicts, not really cool unless you like seeing desperate people.
Cities all over the world are much older than what they told us in Fool School and you can find beautiful old architecture all over the world. Now all they can build are simple boxes.
Fuckin great it's getting out..keep it up some sheep are waking up
John that's right! Even here where I am in Australia
Ishpeming is in Marquette County in the upper peninsula of Michigan. I recall seeing plat maps showing Boeing was part of the forest cutting project.
I've lived in the Duluth/Superior my entire life and I didn't know about most of this stuff about my area.
I love Minnesota
I'm pretty sure that the amazing Cascade Park has none of those features now, or didn't when I was a kid, what a shame. Some things don't last, but buildings should. I remember rows of those Victorians just north of downtown, along 2d and 3rd Avenues East.
Clearly those gloriously constructed buildings were from way before the “1800’s”
The 60's-70's plus Highway pretty much destroyed all that was unique and awesome about it here... :-(
I love Duluth
Lived in Duluth for more than a year in 1989 to roughly 1990...
If your from Duluth, than you know who
Doug Moen is..he supported by working for him... quite an amazing inner veiw of the real Duluth...it was really amazing...too know
That the "plan" was too become the main city of the north...due too the shipping industry! We all know Minneapolis and St. Paul...now a days...but as may have been said... before there was Duluth& Superior...
But even in this modern world, still, and I hope always...there will be a Duluth& Superior.,. Minnesota and Wisconsin...
Wish there was much more coverage of the Ojibwe that lived there. The documentary barely touched upon it.
What a load of bigoted crap. Shame.
rolomatic Z What the fuck are you talking about?
I guess anti-Semitism is still going strong in some quarters. Really a shame to burden your beautiful city and associate it with such bigotry.
Wenona Gardner They still live here, in MN.
@@robertmcmanus636haha, what heck were you actually talking about?
I came here because of nirvana . Lake of fire
If only the streetcar still exist I would be happy. But at least I get to ride on the trolley
Great Documentary the video compression pixel breakup is only noticeable at the beginning after a while your brain gets used to it lol and you hardly notice it. Shame but the doc makes up for it 10 fold.
The Board of Trade was opened in 1886 & destroyed by fire in Feb. '95. Next year (1896) a new Board of Trade opened. Did anyone but me notice the two cars in front of the new building? Those cars weren't around until at least the early 20s & probably late 20s. A little inaccuracy there. Around 57:20 mark.
Other than that, pretty interesting story. I grew up on the Iron Range & had cousins in Gary-New Duluth & on Colorado Ave. A big deal for me as a kid was going to Duluth & Target!
Are you assuming the new building was photographed the day it opened?
How were those old world buildings constructed? Population less than 10k. Horse drawn. Immaculate brick and stone?
I can't believe they didn't mention the clyde iron works
No mention of how the funicular died because the able broke and one of the cars flew down the hill and destroyed the carriage house at the base...
Love the video!
As a person who lives in duluth 🤝
There is no way Duluth ever had a busier port than New York. Absolutely no way.
People who’s only goal is to acquire wealth make me nauseous. It’s a good thing all their “castles” are wiped out
they employ people .
some of this is inaccurate the trolley that ran up seventh was not dismantled it was destroyed by fire
Hi Jon ,they don't know the real storey just his story.
Yeah his story and every legend needs to be beautified. Tall tales aren't always tall enough.
That's one huge lake? (I just looked on google earth i never realised how huge it is) Its like a coastline on the sea to my UK eyes. Its big enough to go sea fishing on lol
The Great Lakes? Uh yeah. There are five.
@@barbarat5729 NO! I was talking about the big one at Duluth Lake superior DOH! The one in this video OMG
@@ScoopDogg It's the largest freshwater lake in the world by area. Lake Baikal in Russia is the largest by volume, it is very deep but not as large.
My god in just the first 2min all the mudflood buildings.
United States And Dominion Transportation Company sent me.
an abstract thereare street. names
like oak chestnut pine ash walnut spruce
in hartford ct we have the founderxsbrige and a charter oak bridge that spans the connecticut river from hartford to east hartford. in hartford ct we have abuilding called the old state house which was pur first first capital building build of brick and brown stone. the current state is located miles away . lots of history and tons of chanvges over time. bushnell park was home of the charter oak back in colonial times. the original charter oak has been long gone but ther are some oak trees that are listed as having history from acorns of that original charter oak.
I don’t really know what this is I woke up from my name with random facts just hittin me in my face outta nowhere, but for some reason I’m slightly interested so I’m going to continue you to watch
The country is beautiful but the winters are just too much at that latitude.
69ers?
...Nice
What happened to the people who abandoned there homes? Maybe the natives lived in that judges unlocked house. And forced to live in T-p like huts. Wouldn’t surprise me.
No construction pics of any of those huge buildings? That’s weird
the more thinge change the more things of the past were the same.
it depends on what we know. gordon lightfoot wrote his ballad of the iron ore carrier the edmund fitzgerald. with lout that song i wold no very little about that event in november. this year god took gordon lightfoot. now that song is alive in the technologies that we call the cloud.
now i have ahealthy curiosiy to see more of our country's rich histrory.
i saw in new hampshire the old man of the mountain out crop of ledge. i saw it a couple times befor e nature took it away in early 2000s.
only constant is change over time. snap hots are a picture of time yet time marches on. things to change.
That's when Duluth was a good place to live and work. Now it's panhandlers and crap. You can keep it.
Pretty handy place. They have a trading company that makes the best flax seed underwear in the nation. Another plus is the restroom is anyplace your currently standing. I think they also make cheese.
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Swing, and a miss.
S.O Charlie Parr
What about J.D. Howard who supplied all the Lumber for the entry when Duluth couldn't afford it,,, and was paid in worthless shares from the city..?
It's a ghetto now.
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You should of shown befor and after pictures