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The past three weeks here on the Years of Yore page, readers have taken a trip back to “Old Kerr” Location. Originally called Harold Location, then Sheridan Location, and then

The past two weeks here on the Years of Yore page, readers have taken a trip back to “Old Kerr” Location. Originally called Harold Location, then Sheridan Location, and then

Last week here on the Years of Yore page readers began to learn about Kerr Location, one of the few Mining Locations which still exists. It is located to the

Across the Lake Superior mining region, from the late 1800s until the 1930s, Mining Locations were a regular part of the landscape. These little villages housed the many, many miners

American singer/songwriter James Taylor had a hit song in the early 1980s, “Her Town Too” which contains these words: “…and life goes on, nothing lasts forever.” Whenever I read stories

Not far from Embarrass, Minnesota, on the far eastern end of the Mesabi Iron Range, there was once a thriving town named Mesaba, Minnesota. It was among the first of the towns settled by Europeans and their descendants in northern Minnesota. Years later, people would refer to it as “Old Mesaba,” perhaps to separate it from the rest of the Iron Range with which it shared a name. Like so many small towns and Mining Locations on the Iron Range, Mesaba was beloved by many of those who liv...

The following article is a blending of information from several sources. The Mesaba Ore, a weekly newspaper, on February 23, 1907, reported about the problems caused by the mine for area roads. The Hibbing Daily Tribune published an article on December 2, 1973, at the time of the mine’s closure. The Chisholm Free Press on December 27, 1973, also published information about the mine and its impact. Marvin G. Lamppa’s outstanding book “Minnesota’s Iron Country” supplied i...