On June 27, 1679, French explorer Daniel de Greysolon, Sieur du Lhute—for whom Duluth is named—landed on the shore of Minnesota Point. More than a century later, the North West Co. established a trading post on the outer bay in 1792. But a permanent settlement was not established until 1852, when George P. Stuntz arrived on orders from the surveyor general in Iowa. Stuntz returned the following year, going down in history as Duluth's first settler. Learn More...