Everybody's Cabin
By Catherine Crawford, Historical Collections Manager, Voyageurs National Park
Dr. Carl B. Peterson, of Minneapolis, loved this northern country so much that, in 1919, he bought what he thought was 120 acres of land on Rainy Lake, sight unseen. In August of that year, Carl and his two sons decided to drive up to explore their new property, but could go no further than Cook before the road became impassable.
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