The Seat of Empire

CHAPTER VIII.

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DULUTH.

Duluth.--Minnesota Point.--The Projected Breakwater.-- Comparison with the Suez Canal.--The Town.--Period of Navigation.--The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad. --Transportation.--Elevators.--St. Louis River.--Minnesota Slate Quarry.--An Indian Chief and his Followers.-- Railroad Lands.--Manufacturing Industry.--Terms of the Railroad Company 164