On This Date in Minnesota History: October 10

October 10, 1894 – The new steel ship Kearsarge left Duluth this evening with a cargo of 3,450 tons, or 138,000 bushels of barley. It was the largest ever out of Lake Superior.

St. Paul Daily Globe; “Great Cargo of Barley”; Oct. 11, 1894; p. 1.

Kearsarge

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