laid out in 1882, with a part of the land received as a gift, the rest purchased: ten acres for $10.00.

In 1930 the population was just over a thousand, and in 1950 it rose to 1,497. The path which oxen had once used had become a highway, busy with the rush of traffic. Modern buildings dot the countryside, and where once a forest primeval fell to the axes of the Finns, a descendant of theirs, Dale Hendrickson, assistant sheriff of St. Louis County, directs the traffic of golfers going to the country club. The monument erected in the Hendrickson garden will soon be the only memory left of that which once was and never will return. On the bronze plaque of the monument there is written

"In Memory of the Finnish Pioneers. On this site Kalle and Eva (Kytömaki) Hendrickson built their homestead camp on September 9, 1872. They were the first Finnish homesteaders at the Head of the Lakes. Erected and dedicated by Minnesota Finnish American Historical Society

September 17, 1950."

Herman and Solway: The townships of Herman and Solway lie north of Midway. At the turn of the century, 625 persons lived in the former, and a few of them were Finns, and in 1897 Solway had been separated from Herman to make a new township with a population of 115, of whom, again, a few were Finns. There were also a few Finns, but only a few, to the north in Canosia, from which were organized, in 1895, Grand Lake, and in 1896, Dinham (which soon disappeared from the map) and in 1904, Fredenberg. The total population of this area was only 221 at the turn of the century; most of them lived along the numerous lake shores and river fronts, which have become popular sites since World War II for summer camps and cottages, among the Finns as well. 3

To the east of this Canovia complex lies Rice Lake, one of the first incorporated townships (1873) in the county, bordering on the south on the city of Duluth. Before the close of the last century, when the population was 231, a few Finns had settled there. At one time they even had a small parish, founded in 1909, affiliated with the National Church. In 1937, when the congregation had about 60 members, they were able to get an old school house, which they remodelled into a church.

Directly east of the city of Duluth lies the Town of Duluth, one of the oldest incorporated towns in the county. At the turn of the century it still did not have more than 194 persons, but among them were several Finns living in its French River village.

3. Duluth and St. Louis County, Minnesota. op.cit. II, p. 724 348