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Photograph of Larson's Hunters Resort
Photograph by McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Larson's Hunters Resort

Built in 1901. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

“Larson's Hunters Resort is a historic former hunting resort in Lake Valley Township, Minnesota, United States. It was in operation from the 1890s to the 1960s and became the best-known hunting resort in Traverse County, while also being maintained as an active farm.”

Wikipedia article Larson's Hunters Resort, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 5 National Register listings published here for Traverse County · listed in 1985 · category: District · built in 1901.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 8 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Co. Hwy. 76, Wheaton, 56296
  • When was it listed? August 1985
  • Category. district
  • Township. Lake Valley township
  • When was it built? 1901
  • National Register reference number. 85001774 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Larson's Hunters Resort: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jacobsen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Traverse County

Storms near this property

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheaton, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 27 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWheaton-The public reported both hail to the size of quarters and thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph. The combination of the two resulted in damage to crops as well as the homes roof and siding.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWheaton-One inch tree limbs were broken in Wheaton, Minnesota.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Estimated 80 mph wind gusts uprooted and snapped trees, and blew a roof off of a residence.
June 2022HailWheaton-Nickel hail was observed, with little wind.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Seventy mph winds downed some trees along with some large branches in Wheaton.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Large branches were downed by high winds.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Large branches were downed by high winds.
June 2005Flash FloodWheaton-Heavy rains of 3 to 5 inches fell in and around the city of Wheaton causing flash flooding. Many roads had water running over them with several of them closed.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Seventy mph winds brought down several trees along with some power lines.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWheaton-Large branches were downed in Wheaton. One branch took down a power line.
July 1994HailWheaton-The combination of large hail and strong winds destroyed over 130,000 acres of crops in Traverse County causing an estimated $20 million damage.
July 2021HailWheaton-no account filed
July 2021HailWheaton-no account filed
July 2021HailWheaton-no account filed
August 2013HailWheaton-no account filed
October 2013Funnel CloudWheaton-no account filed
May 2011HailWheaton-no account filed
May 2011HailWheaton-no account filed
August 2009HailWheaton-no account filed
August 2009HailWheaton-no account filed
August 2007HailWheaton-no account filed
August 2007HailWheaton-no account filed
June 2006HailWheaton-no account filed
July 2006HailWheaton-no account filed
July 2006HailWheaton-no account filed
June 2005HailWheaton-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWheaton-no account filed
September 2005HailWheaton-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWheaton-no account filed
June 2002HailWheaton-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWheaton-no account filed
August 2001HailWheaton-no account filed
August 2001HailWheaton-no account filed
May 1999HailWheaton-no account filed
May 1999HailWheaton-no account filed
August 1999HailWheaton-no account filed
August 1999HailWheaton-no account filed
July 1998HailWheaton-no account filed
June 1997HailWheaton-no account filed
June 1997HailWheaton-no account filed
October 1996Tornado (F1)Wheaton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Traverse County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Depot3.7 miles1985

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 85001774 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Traverse CountyAll 5 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.