A six-horse stage coach made bi-weekly trips between St. Cloud and Crow Wing.
Although most of the structures of Old Crow Wing have decayed or were moved away, some are left and interpretive signs commemorate others.
Due to its sandy bottom, limited cover and dearth of deep pools, the Crow Wing is not a good game fish river.
By the early 19th century the Ojibwe controlled lands west of the Mississippi and north of the Crow Wing.
Via the Crow Wing, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
In the 1850s and 1860s, Crow Wing was the county seat and one of the major population centers of the state.
The village of Crow Wing became the principal supply station on the Woods Trail.
Henry Rice negotiated with them for logging rights to their land, and logging became a significant industry in Crow Wing.
Crow Wing, the former trading post, was soon superseded by Brainerd.
He moved from Wisconsin to Crow Wing in present-day Minnesota in the fall of 1845.
Crow Wing's heyday came to a swift end.
By 1880 most of Crow Wing's residents had moved on.
Due to its sandy bottom, limited cover and dearth of deep pools, the Crow Wing is not a good game fish river.
Via the Crow Wing, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
In the 1850s and 1860s, Crow Wing was the county seat and one of the major population centers of the state.
The village of Crow Wing became the principal supply station on the Woods Trail.
Henry Rice negotiated with them for logging rights to their land, and logging became a significant industry in Crow Wing.
Two events brought Crow Wing's heyday to a swift end.
Crow Wing, the former trading post, was soon superseded by Brainerd.
He moved from Wisconsin to Crow Wing in present-day Minnesota in the fall of 1845.
