This episode, originally presented in May 2024, will focus on a history of the Boundary Waters, beginning well before the 60-year-old Wilderness Act. From the establishment of the Superior National Forest to the post-WWI popularity of resorting in the Northwoods and the growth of resort businesses in the Ely Area to banning of dams in the Superior Roadless Area - all before 1964. History Happy Hour delves into the rich history of the Ely, Minnesota Area with pint-sized stories that are inform...
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This episode, originally presented in May 2024, will focus on a history of the Boundary Waters, beginning well before the 60-year-old Wilderness Act. From the establishment of the Superior National Forest to the post-WWI popularity of resorting in the Northwoods and the growth of resort businesses in the Ely Area to banning of dams in the Superior Roadless Area - all before 1964. History Happy Hour delves into the rich history of the Ely, Minnesota Area with pint-sized stories that are inform...
From Hardware to Hard Drinks: The Boathouse Brewpub & its Rumored Ghost
History Happy Hour
14 minutes
8 months ago
From Hardware to Hard Drinks: The Boathouse Brewpub & its Rumored Ghost
This episode focuses on the history of our in-person site host, the Boathouse Brewpub & Restaurant located in a historic building on main street in Ely, MN. Built on a double lot on Sheridan Street, Gleason Hardware Company offered hardware, furniture and undertaking services on the main floor with second floor space rented by the Independent Order of Oddfellows. From its initial iteration as a hardware/undertaking business, through decades of ownership and name changes, to new life as a ...
History Happy Hour
This episode, originally presented in May 2024, will focus on a history of the Boundary Waters, beginning well before the 60-year-old Wilderness Act. From the establishment of the Superior National Forest to the post-WWI popularity of resorting in the Northwoods and the growth of resort businesses in the Ely Area to banning of dams in the Superior Roadless Area - all before 1964. History Happy Hour delves into the rich history of the Ely, Minnesota Area with pint-sized stories that are inform...
