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Duluth is south of the Iron Range and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It is named after Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, the area's first known European explorer. Duluth is on the north shore of Lake Superior at the westernmost point of the Great Lakes. It is the largest metropolitan area, the second-largest city, and the largest U.S ...
Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut (c. 1639 – 25 February 1710) was a French soldier and explorer who is the first European known to have visited the area where the city of Duluth, Minnesota, United States, is now located and the head of Lake Superior in Minnesota.
Duluth was originally Cherokee territory. [8] When Duluth was established in the early 19th century, it was primarily forested land occupied by tribespeople. An Indian trail, called Old Peachtree Road by the settlers, was extended through the area during the War of 1812 to connect Fort Peachtree in present-day Atlanta with Fort Daniel near present-day Dacula.
After France signed a treaty with a number of tribes to allow trade in the area, French settlements began to appear. Trader Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut explored the western area of Lake Superior helping to advance trade and leading to the establishment of Fond du Lac (part of modern Duluth, which was named after du Lhut). [4]
Coolidge, Arizona – named for 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge and the most recent city to be named after a U.S. President; Cooper, Maine – General John Cooper (landowner) [156] Cooper River (South Carolina) – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury [156] Cooperstown, New York – William Cooper
In 2016 Duluth adopted a long-range planning vision called Imagine 2035. One of Imagine 2035's "big ideas" was to update the city flag because many in Duluth weren't aware there was a city flag. [5] Mayor Emily Larson claimed a great flag would make a strong brand for the city, [11] representing the city to its people and its people to the ...
W. T. Bailey (1842–1914), 19th and 20th-century lumber tycoon who kept his headquarters in Duluth; Bob Chinn (1923–2022), owner of Bob Chinn's Crab House, highest grossing restaurant in America in 2012; Thomas F. Cole (1862–1939), mining executive; president of Oliver Iron Mining Company after its merge with U.S. Steel
Pioche, named after François Louis Alfred Pioche, a financier who purchased the town in 1869. Primeaux; Reno (named after Major General Jesse Lee Reno, a Union officer killed in the American Civil War. Reno's family name was a modified version of the French surname "Renault")