by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Bovey City Hall 402 2nd St., Bovey The village of Bovey, which sprung up with the development of the Western Mesabi Iron Range, started with a modest municipal facility. The village hall was a one-story concrete block structure that faced on an alley and...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Frank Gran Farmstead Route 1, Bovey (no longer exists) Frank Gran was one of many Finnish immigrants who came to Itasca County between 1890 and 1940 to carve out a farmstead from the cutover areas left behind by the big loggers. Gran...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Oliver Boarding House Jessie Street, Marble Before 1930, nearly every Iron Range community had a number of boarding houses, which were essential to meeting the housing needs of the flood of miners who came during the Range boom of 1901-25. The Oliver...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Mining Superintendent’s Residence 100 Cole Ave., Coleraine The superintendent’s home, built in 1910-11, stands next to the Oliver Mining Co. district office, which is also on the National Register. The 2 ½ -story frame structure, with a multi-gabled roof,...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hartley Sugar Camp East Shore of Trout Lake, Coleraine C.G. Hartley, a Duluth newspaper owner and investor, purchased this 200-acre sugar bush in 1904 and brought in an experienced maple syrup producer from Vermont to establish and operate the camp. Local...
by ichs_contributor | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Winnibigoshish Dam Concern over the erratic flow of the Mississippi River led to proposals as early as 1852 for a series of dams in the Mississippi Headwaters Region. In 1870, the Army Corps of Engineers recommended 41 reservoirs in the region to improve navigation...
