Clair, The name was originally "Detroit" --- later changed to "Detroit Lakes" because there was such a problem with the mail going to Detroit, Michigan. Best regards, Dick Claire Grant wrote: >>From the Perham Bulletin, Perham Minnesota > Dated Thursday Morning, April 12, 1894 > > Daniel Scribner, at one time a resident of this place, and father of Mrs. G. K. Russell, died last week in Detroit, and the remains taken to Wadena where they were interred under the auspices of the Masonic order of which deceased was a charter member. He was 71 years old, and leaves a wife and several children. > > > When they say Detroit, I do believe they mean Detroit Lakes MN.......(don't they??)... > > >~Claire Grant >Sioux Falls SD > >Genealogy~ >Practice of confusing the dead & irritating the living. > > >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! Mail >Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. > > >==== MINNESOTA Mailing List ==== >To view completed census transcriptions online, go to: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/inv/index.html > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > >