Cover of “Minnesota’s Ten Thousand Lakes: the Nation’s Summer Playground” brochure, circa 1926. Credit: Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society In 1835, artist George Catlin traveled from St.

Tales of the Armistice Day Blizzard are like Homeric legends passed on from generation to generation in Minnesota. Though the snow totals were dwarfed by the 1991 Halloween snowstorm, the blizzard ...