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Photos/History Of Modern Day Outing (AKA: Crooked Lake Township) November 16, 2007 – Outing gets Two New Storm Sirens Two local Teenagers (Jamie Prax and Sarah Fairbanks) succeeded in upgrading the emergency storm siren system.

The Great Wood’s Bay Mystery Everyone knows of Wood’s Bay (aka Woods Bay)…which was a great spot for skinny dipping & was a boater’s version of lover’s lane. We’ve all heard the stories of Senator Wood who had Teddy Roosevelt visit him in his Hunting Lodge several times. But, what do we know about the…

Photos Of Outing When It Was Known As The “Narrows” LAKEVIEW GROCERY The Lakeview Grocery around 1965 in Outing, MN. NARROWS COMMUNITY CHURCH The first Church in the area (when Outing was called the Narrows.) The first two couples married, in 1955, were Barbara & Howard Dutton and Jeannette & Chuck Fairbanks. SEAPLANE AIRPORT Not…

Outing/Narrows Stories From Days Gone By The Cass County Sno Patrol, Outing Branch Jeannette Fairbanks’ father (Jerry Berry, Sr.) was also president of the Sno Patrol in Outing, back when snowmobiles were first coming out and several of people, including Jeannette, were deputized to be on the Sno Patrol. They would just check cabins, etc.…

Signs From Businesses That Are No Longer With Us. Please send photos/scans of former business signs/memorabilia to chamber@outingmn.com.

The First Outing Business C.B. Meachum had the first store in Outing (originally known as The Narrows), about 1926, just a tar paper shack type, at the site where Unity Bank and Just up North are now located, (The old Lakeview Grocery building.) Then Henry J. Luscher built the store on the other side of…

Information From The Minnesota Historical Society Crooked Lake Township took this name from its Crooked Lake, half of which extends into Crow Wing County. It is a translation of the aboriginal name Wewagigumag sagaiigun. By a resolution of the state legislature, March 6, 1919, this lake was renamed Lake Roosevelt in honor of President Theodore…