Voyageurs and railroad builders, surveyors and loggers, immigrant farmers, storekeepers and school teachers – they all come to life in this colorful history of the hamlet of Esko and surrounding Thomson Township.
Esko’s Corner
Motorists may barely notice the place when they approach or depart Duluth, Minnesota, but just off Interstate 35 is a seemingly quiet little suburb that has a lot of stories to tell. Voyageurs and railroad builders, surveyors and loggers, immigrant farmers, storekeepers and school teachers – they all come to life in this colorful history of the hamlet of Esko and surrounding Thomson Township.