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Northlandia: The man who tried to single-handedly build a Duluth-Fargo highway

As a state legislator, Gordon Bushnell couldn't pass a bill to construct the 200-mile road. So he grabbed a shovel and wheelbarrow, completing about 12 miles by the time he died at age 81 in 1982. ....

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The man who tried to single-handedly build a Duluth-Fargo highway

As a state legislator, Gordon Bushnell couldn't pass a bill to construct the 200-mile road. So he grabbed a shovel and wheelbarrow, completing about 12 miles by the time he died at age 81 in 1982. ....

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The man who tried to single-handedly build a Duluth-Fargo highway

As a state legislator, Gordon Bushnell couldn't pass a bill to construct the 200-mile road. So he grabbed a shovel and wheelbarrow, completing about 12 miles by the time he died at age 81 in 1982. ....

United States , Douglas Carlson , Gordon Bushnell , Charles Kuralt , Chicago Tribune , Minnesota Legislative Reference Library , Google Maps , Minnesota Legislative Reference , News Tribune , Minnesota Highway , Recreational Trail ,

The man who tried to single-handedly build a Duluth-Fargo highway

As a state legislator, Gordon Bushnell couldn't pass a bill to construct the 200-mile road. So he grabbed a shovel and wheelbarrow, completing about 12 miles by the time he died at age 81 in 1982. ....

United States , Charles Kuralt , Douglas Carlson , Gordon Bushnell , Minnesota Legislative Reference Library , Chicago Tribune , Google Maps , Minnesota Legislative Reference , News Tribune , Minnesota Highway , Recreational Trail ,

The man who tried to single-handedly build a Duluth-Fargo highway

As a state legislator, Gordon Bushnell couldn't pass a bill to construct the 200-mile road. So he grabbed a shovel and wheelbarrow, completing about 12 miles by the time he died at age 81 in 1982. ....

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