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MeritCare Bemidji continues rapid growth

MeritCare Health System Bemidji provides services to the region with a variety of medical specialties. Headquartered in Fargo, N.D., MeritCare opened in 1988 in Bemidji, succeeding the Bemidji Clinic, which...

Fri, Jun 19, 2009 - 12:00am

Sally Patterson of Bemidji stands in front of her family's former summer home on the north end of Lake Bemidji. Today, she and her husband, Steve, live in the home next door at left. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

North end of Lake Bemidji is destination for family

Sally Patterson has enjoyed summers in Bemidji for as long as she can remember. "I came up here when I was 2 weeks old," she said. Sally summered with her...

Fri, Jun 19, 2009 - 12:00am

Logs were floated down the Mississippi River to the south shore of Lake Irving in this photo dated 1903. Beltrami County Historical Society

From log jams to quiet residential neighborhood

In 1832, when Ozawindib was guiding Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to the Headwaters of the Mississippi, they traveled through lakes called by the Ojibwe Bemidjigumaug and Little Bemidjigumaug. Lake Bemidji's name...

Fri, Jun 19, 2009 - 12:00am

Dan Evans talks about the history of Diamond Point Park while revisiting the park this spring. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

Evans recalls discovery of Indian burial mounds

Dan Evans returned to Diamond Point Park in late May, strolling around the park in which he discovered American Indian burial mounds nearly two decades ago. Evans, along with classmate...

Fri, Jun 19, 2009 - 12:00am

Tourists registered at the Diamond Point Lodge in Diamond Point Park. The photo was taken about 1940. Beltrami County Historical Society

Diamond Point Park shines in city park system

Today, Diamond Point Park is again the crowning jewel of the Bemidji city park system. Following a $3.3 million renovation, Diamond Point Park has been restored and reconstructed to reflect...

Fri, Jun 19, 2009 - 12:00am

Businesses are shown along state Highway 197. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

Development in northwest quadrant was natural evolution

National retail stores have been lured to the northwest quadrant of the city in the past by open spaces and high traffic volumes. According to former Bemidji City Planner Curt...

Fri, Jun 19, 2009 - 12:00am

Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative, left, and Beltrami Electric Cooperative were the charter tenants of the Bemidji Technology Park. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

Technology Park rises from bare acres

The Bemidji Technology Park puts high-tech operations in a rural setting. The 80-acre park was opened in 1996, by Cooperative Development LLC, a joint venture of Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative...

Fri, Jun 19, 2009 - 12:00am

Residents of the Grand Forks, N.D., area developed a summer colony now known as Lavinia on the east side of Lake Bemidji. Pioneer Photo

Lavinia area has long been a summer resort

After the entry of the first railroad into Bemidji in 1890 from the west, residents of the Grand Forks, N.D., area developed a summer colony on the east side of...

Fri, Jun 19, 2009 - 12:00am

The White Earth Band of Ojibwe gave second life to the Gilfillan Center when it purchased the facility and renamed it Oshki Manidoo (New Spirit) Center. The new center was dedicated Dec. 11, 2008. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

Bemidji west is site of Oshki Manidoo Center for healing

The Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota established Episcopal Community Services and the Gilfillan Center far from downtown Bemidji in 1963 on West 15th Street. The center, named for Rev. J.A. Gilfillan,...

Fri, Jun 19, 2009 - 12:00am

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