AM 1240 WJON » beaver islands http://wjon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:26:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Beaver Islands Got Their Name – on 'This Date in Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/beaver-islands-got-their-name-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/beaver-islands-got-their-name-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:10:22 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=40634 Pike continued north on his journey on October 1st, and on this day, October 10th, in 1805 he reached a grouping of islands just south of where downtown St. Cloud is today. In Pike’s journal he kept of his journey, he gives the reason for naming them the ‘Beaver Islands’.

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