The blizzard at Duluth, known as the Mataafa storm, carries 60-mile-per-hour winds that destroy eighteen ships and disable the North Shore. The storm leads to the construction of Split Rock Lighthouse in 1910.
Thanks to Carver Scott Educational Cooperative-students in the Stepping Stones and Ascent Programs for the research on November’s Day in History.
Thanks also to Minnesota’s Learn and Serve America Service Learning Program for their help.
Minnesota Sesquicentennial 