Iconic Photo Part Olson’s Lasting Legacy

During the 1957 Fargo tornado, Forum photographer Cal Olson captured an iconic image many still associate with the disaster more than 50 years later.olson-cal1

Olson died Thursday in a Duluth, Minn., hospital at age 84, after falling and striking his head Wednesday at his cabin on Big Island Lake in Itasca County.

Before, during and after the war, Olson attended several schools, including what is now Minnesota State University Moorhead, and earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism.

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