Brookston’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Brookston. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Brookston is a city in sections 27 and 34 of Culver Township; it was platted about 1905 and incorporated as a village on April 13, 1907; the post office began in 1899. The city was destroyed by a forest fire in 1918 and rebuilt. It was formerly known as Stoney Brook Junction, the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad station located in section 28.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Brookston’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brookston’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewUntitled photo, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Brookston, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Brookston is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Brookston has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Northeastern Hotel in Cloquet, 11.6 miles away.
Brookston and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Untitled photo (1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.