Book Signing: Tony Dierckins for Twin Ports Trains

Name: Book Signing: Tony Dierckins for Twin Ports Trains
Start: 2024-08-17T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-08-17T13:00:00-05:00
Location: 318 North Central Ave, Duluth, MN, United States, Minnesota 55807

Schedule

Sat Aug 17 2024 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

318 North Central Ave, Duluth, MN, United States, Minnesota 55807 | Duluth, MN

Meet Duluth historian Tony Dierckins who will be at Zenith Bookstore on Saturday, August 17th to sign copies of his newest book Twin Ports Trains: The Historic Railroads of Duluth &
Superior.
The long-awaited book, by Dierckins and railroad expert Jeff Lemke, covers 150 years of local railroad history: from
1870, the first time the whistle of a Lake Superior &
Mississippi Railroad locomotive announced its arrival along
St. Louis Bay, to the demise of passenger service in 1970
and fifty years beyond through the mergers that created
today’s giants.
Twin Ports Trains tells the stories of Duluth, Minnesota’s and Superior, Wisconsin’s historic railroads: how they helped develop both cities, worked hand in glove with the industries that
drove the local economy, served the public’s transportation needs, and literally reshaped the lower St. Louis River. Over 275 historic photographs, illustrations, and maps help bring these stories to life.
Tony Dierckins is the publisher of Zenith City Press and the author of a dozen books about Duluth and Western Lake Superior, including Lost Duluth, Duluth’s Historic Parks, Duluth: An Urban Biography and Duluth's Grand Old Architecture 1870-1940.