Join Executive Director Wayne Gannaway and Curator Terry Johnson for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at one of the city's most significant landmarks. Built in 1895 to replace a structure lost to fire, the Board of Trade building was once the global nerve center of the grain industry. In its heyday, this architectural gem transacted more wheat futures than anywhere else on Earth. Now managed by INH Properties, the building remains a testament to the era when Duluth sat at

Pictured: Wayne Gannaway, Executive Director of the St. Louis County Historical Society and Event Speaker History-in-a-Pint The Art of Soldiering: Servicemembers, Satire, and Cartoons February 17, 2026, 5:30 PM St. Louis County Depot Lake Superior Railroad Museum 506 W Michigan St Duluth, MN 55802 Soldiers and Marines have long used art to process the chaos of military life. Whether fueled by boredom, anxiety, or camaraderie, service members have channeled their experience

Stay connected with the St. Louis County Historical Society! We publish a newsletter each month in addition to our quarterly publication Rootprints . Click here to read our January 2026 issue. If you want to be added to our email distribution list, please click to subscribe or email us at history@thehistorypeople.org . (Image: Chester Park Skiing, Duluth, Minnesota, 1929. Photographer Rodney F. Paine, courtesy UMD Katherine A. Martin Library, originally collected by SLCHS)