June 15--History Break- Silas Foot`s Big Idea: The Advent of the Duluth, Red Wing and Southern Railroad-- Noon-1PM--Foot envisions a northern railway passage that could bypass Chicago`s monopolistic grip on Midwest rail shipments and enlists allies willing to make a new railroad happen in the 1890`s. .Backed by capital from Foot`s flourishing St .Paul shoe manufacturing plant and his Red Wing tannery, along with support from influential Minnesota and Red Wing investors, the DRW & S comes to life.
