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Lumber had originally drawn people to the area, and sawmills continued to thrive, but the rough-and-tumble town of the late 1800s had matured to the point of being a hub for railroads, bringing freight and passengers and taking huge loads of lumber away.
Bemidji, during the 1930s Depression era, was a mixed bag of tough economic times, resilient individuals who helped each other out, the construction and development of roads, buildings, and lakeshore, and promotion of year-round tourism. The October 1929 stock market crash and the Dust Bowl that followed in waves throughout the 1930s put much of the country into a tailspin, but Bemidji adapted and survived. The three main banks in Bemidji at that time — First National Bank, Security State Bank and Northern National Bank — remained open and endured. Downtown businesses like the Bemidji W...
Seventeen Marylanders will be honored for STEM-educated workforce development and advancing our technology and innovation base to grow the economy and protect national security at the 10th annual Northeastern Maryland Technology Council Visionary Awards Gala on April 22, a virtual event this year.
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Residents protest KKK flag displayed in Grosse Pointe Park home facing Black neighbor ‘If you have hate in your heart, keep it to yourself,’ Updated: Tags: UPDATE: “I’m a strong supporter of the community and to find out that our neighbors or one neighbor is not in unity with everyone or inclusive with everyone, it’s truly upsetting,” said Grosse Point Park resident, Lynette Halalay. Their protest comes after a home displayed a red black and white Ku Klux Klan flag in window facing an African American woman’s home. Ad “I think my ancestors couldn’t protest a KKK sign s...
Jan 15, 2021 - Last September, Kwan created an uproar after discovering that only 0.5 percent of $1.46 billion in the National Housing Co-Investment Fund went to affordable-housing projects in B.C.