TY - BOOK AU - Degerstrom,Amy AU - Opsahl,Kelsey ED - Becker County Historical Society. TI - Detroit Lakes T2 - Images of America SN - 9780738584041 PY - 2012/// CY - Charleston, SC PB - Arcadia Pub. KW - Detroit Lakes (Minn.) KW - History KW - Pictorial works KW - Social life and customs N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 126); The early years: 1871-1889 -- Cultural growth: 1890-1900 -- A new century: 1901-1925 -- Struggles and celebrations: 1926-1950 -- to the Lakes: 1951-1975 -- Keeping history alive: 1976-Present N2 - Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1871 as the village of Detroit. The lush landscape of lakes and rivers created a natural vacation destination and tourism pioneers like John K. West began to market to the newly moneyed industrialists of the Gilded Age ER -