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• HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE REGIONAL ECONOMY(CONT'D) <br /> Logging:: The region's logging heritage began in 1848 with a major log run down the Mississippi to St. <br /> `' Anthony's Falls (Minneapolis). The railroad took over as the primary conveyor in the 1870's. Local <br /> logging contributed to the Paul Bunyan <br /> legend that carried across the northern °' Z-, <br /> states from Maine to Washington. , 4i H <br /> , `i,"11,1°''''',.;,'' ' i <br /> 4.- Y t <br /> i Y <br /> \ - _ •. <br /> d ,cis d <br /> Ti <br /> Tourism: In the early 20th century,a number of area families built <br /> destination lodges that helped usher in summer residents and <br /> tourism to the region which has expanded over the years. <br /> Y <br /> 4...1.44 t ---,-v-.), 1-1' ., ,1 ". -.4416111.11.1111111111"..": . . ,.... -, -,\''' ''''''' " - <br /> �i • /4- <br /> V. "mo t <br /> i <br /> r - n <br /> Health Care: Area healthcare has evolved from the <br /> establishment of St.Joseph's Medical Center in <br /> Brainerd by the Benedictine Sisters in the early 1900's <br /> followed by the Brainerd State Hospital in 1958 and <br /> the Cuyuna Medical Center in Crosby in the 1960's. -_ �' ;, � <br /> cam. <br /> ., <br /> 3 <br /> & Brainerd Lakes Area Development Corporation• SWOT Analysis and Action Plan <br />