Blackduck’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Blackduck. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The village of Blackduck was organized on October 19, 1900, and the city was incorporated on December 21, 1900. The first settlers came from Crookston, Minnesota. The town was founded because of the area's logging potential. The Laurentian Divide is near the area, and provides good drainage, resulting in good logging because the land is not wet. The community was named for Blackduck Lake.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Blackduck’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blackduck’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewIce cream social, 1937: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Blackduck
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Blackduck, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsFire Department2025
CommonsCity Hall2025
CommonsBusinesses on west side of Main Street looking north2025
CommonsBusinesses on Summit Avenue looking west2025
CommonsBusinesses on Summit Avenue looking east2025
CommonsBusinesses on Main Street looking north2025
CommonsBlackduck Theater2025
CommonsBlackduck High School2025
CommonsBlackduck, Minnesota2022
CommonsMinnesota and International Trestle at20141 historic place in Blackduck
1 place in Blackduck is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Ice cream social (1937) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (11) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.