A violent storm struck Lake Minnetonka the night of Monday Sept. 30, 1879, carrying enough damaging strength to topple a steamer and sink an 85-foot long barge. Nearly 140 years later, the model barge ...
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The latest historic place in Minnesota is one you can visit only with scuba gear. A rare wooden model barge from 1879 that was owned by railroad tycoon James J. Hill — and still rests where it sank in ...