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Cosmos | Luce Line State Trail
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Luce Line State Trail. The Official Site for the Luce Line Trail. Friends of the Luce Line West. Luce Line Railroad Club. This & That. Cosmos was originally settled in 1867 and was organized as a township in 1870. Daniel Hoyt, an early settler and surveyor, proposed the city name. Hoyt, who later was elected the first township clerk, suggested the name because it was a Greek word meaning order and harmony. The McLeod County Fairgrounds Association has donated a historic trestle bridge to the DNR. It ...
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History | Luce Line State Trail
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Luce Line State Trail. The Official Site for the Luce Line Trail. Friends of the Luce Line West. Luce Line Railroad Club. This & That. By now you know the Luce Line Trail originally began as a railroad line. Here are some accounts of the trail’s colorful history:. If you would like to submit additional historical information for possible publication on this site, please let us know. Trail Clean Up Day Saturday, April 23rd. Trail is open Winsted to Hutchinson. Luce Line in Winsted.
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Along the Way | Luce Line State Trail
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Luce Line State Trail. The Official Site for the Luce Line Trail. Friends of the Luce Line West. Luce Line Railroad Club. This & That. The Luce Line Trail stretches from Plymouth in the western suburbs of Minneapolis-St.Paul to Cosmos in west-central Minnesota. Luce Line Trail Sign. For a description of each area, just follow the links here:. Trail Clean Up Day Saturday, April 23rd. Trail is open Winsted to Hutchinson. Luce Line in Winsted. Parking Locations Section by Section.
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Before the Trail | Luce Line State Trail
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Luce Line State Trail. The Official Site for the Luce Line Trail. Friends of the Luce Line West. Luce Line Railroad Club. This & That. From the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Scattered evidence shows that humans have lived in central Minnesota for at least 8,000 years. A particularly concentrated grouping of mounds was found within and near the city of Mound, a few miles south of the Luce Line Trail. The city contained 31 burial mounds. In addition to bison, they depended on deer, elk, beaver...
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Orono | Luce Line State Trail
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Luce Line State Trail. The Official Site for the Luce Line Trail. Friends of the Luce Line West. Luce Line Railroad Club. This & That. Like other former townships with an older, smaller city embedded within their corporate limits, the city of Orono surrounds the city of Long Lake. The Luce Line Railroad formerly served as daily transportation for families who summered at cottages and turn-of-the-century palatial resorts there. Like other wooded western suburbs, most of the maple, basswood, and oak forest...
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Luce Line Railroad | Luce Line State Trail
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Luce Line State Trail. The Official Site for the Luce Line Trail. Friends of the Luce Line West. Luce Line Railroad Club. This & That. Local resident tracks history of Luce Line. Winsted resident Gary Lenz has spent hours digging up information and photos of engines, cabooses, and train depots. For the past 15 years, he has compiled and composed the history of the Luce Electric Line Railroad. He loves history and he loved trains as a child, said Jody Lenz, Gary’s wife. Lenz visited the Minnesota Historic...
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Winsted Centennial Book | Luce Line State Trail
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Luce Line State Trail. The Official Site for the Luce Line Trail. Friends of the Luce Line West. Luce Line Railroad Club. This & That. However, due to budgetary constraints, no overhead electric trolley wires were ever constructed. During its entire lifetime, the Luce Line operated with gasoline-electric rail coaches for its passenger trains. Freight cars were pulled by either the gas-electric coaches or conventional steam and in later years, diesel locomotives. Francis then transferred to Hutchinson whe...
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The Trail Itself | Luce Line State Trail
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Luce Line State Trail. The Official Site for the Luce Line Trail. Friends of the Luce Line West. Luce Line Railroad Club. This & That. Interest in acquiring the Luce Line for a recreational trail was sparked by citizens who had enjoyed other rail-to-trail conversions. The Luce Line Trail Association was organized to promote the acquisition of the entire line for trail use. Snowmobile clubs, hiking clubs, horse clubs, environmental groups, and suburban Hennepin County towns also promoted the idea. By the ...
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Water Carnival/Rotary Bike Ride
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Water Carnival/Rotary Bike Ride. You are here: Home. Water Carnival/Rotary Bike Ride. Water Carnival/Rotary Bike Ride. Saturday, June 11, 2016! Hutchinson Rotary has a goal of continuing to grow this event and exceed 300 riders! This may be the year we do it. Don’t miss out! This ride is being hailed by riders as one of the most scenic and hospitable rides in Minnesota! The route will be 100% on the Luce Line Trail, and you can see the FINAL route here for the Oddfellow’s 12 Mile Loop here. Note: this lo...
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