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The River

Title: Barn Bluff
Type: Photograph
Date: June 20, 1900
Source: Minnesota Historical Society

Description: This is a photograph of Barn Bluff in Red Wing.

Barn Bluff

Activities:

  1. From looking at the photograph, why do you think this was called Barn Bluff?



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  2. How might a landmark like this help boats navigating on the river?



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  3. Why might this bluff have been an important resource for the town of Red Wing?



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  4. In this photograph, there are no houses on Barn Bluff, why do you think that might be?



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