Phase III Data Recovery of Site 21BL37, The Midway Site, Beltrami County, Minnesota - Volume 1: Final Report

This report presents the results of the Phase III mitigation of site 21BL37. This multicomponent historic property is located along portions of Trunk Highway (TH) 197 in the City of Bemidji, which is located in Beltrami County, in north-central Minnesota (S.P. 0416-19). The City of Bemidji and the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) have proposed the reconstruction of portions of TH 197 and Midway Drive into a system of one-way paired roadways from Roosevelt Road to Third Street NW. As a result of this road reconstruction, historic property 21-BL-37 will be adversely impacted. In order to mitigate the adverse impacts to this site, data recovery was proposed. The Minnesota Department of Transportation contracted with the Leech Lake Heritage Sites Program to complete this data recovery project.