Home of the Iron Range Historical Society in the
old Gilbert Village Hall on Broadway in Gilbert, MN
The Iron Range Historical Society, located at 19 South Broadway in Gilbert, Minnesota, has four types of memberships:
Memberships in the IRHS entitle members to free research, invitations to the annual dinner meeting and the election of officers, and the opportunity to be board members.
Members and non-members pay for copies of information at $2.00 each, and $3.00 for postage and handling. Non-members also pay for research time.
Members will receive our quarterly publication, "Range Reminiscing" in March, June, September, and December. These issues contain articles of historical value and updates of our Society's progress during each quarter.
To become a member, please send your name, mailing address and dues payment to:
For further information, call (218) 749-3150
Also see: Iron Range Historical Society
39th ANNUAL
IRON RANGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DINNER MEETING
Saturday, October 6, 2012 1:00 PM
Gilbert Senior Citizens' Center
New City Hall, Gilbert, MN
Dinner catered by the K & B Drive In
Broasted Chicken, Ham,
Baked Potatoes,
Green Beans,
Tossed Salad, Fruit and Vegetable Plates,
Rolls & Butter, Coffee & Marble Cake with White Frosting Dessert.
Cost: $10 per person
RSVP by Friday, September 28, 2012
RSVP to the IRHS at 218-749-3150 or
Kathy Bergan at 218-865-6783
A Short Business Meeting will be held.
The Iron Range Family Album DVD
by Doug and Mary Lou Nemanic will be shown.
| Volume# | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vol. 1 | No. 1 | 1. | Merritt, A Ghost Town | Lamppa, Marvin | Mar., 1976 | |
| Vol. 1 | No. 2 | 2. | Birth of the Bus Industry | Dicklich, Ron | Jun., 1976 | |
| Vol. 1 | No. 3 | 3. | Pioneer Days | Lamppa, Barbara E. | Sep., 1976 | * |
| Vol. 1 | No. 4 | 4. | Harvesting the Ice Crop | Laukkonen, Albert & Violet | Dec., 1976 | |
| Vol. 2 | No. 1 | 5. | Gold!! | Miller, Dana | Mar., 1977 | |
| Vol. 2 | No. 2 | 6. | Vermilion Gold | Miller, Dana | Jun., 1977 | |
| Vol. 2 | No. 3 | 7. | A Gamble at the Grant | Lamppa, Marvin | Sep., 1977 | |
| Vol. 2 | No. 4 | 8. | The Finnish Temperence Movement | Karni, Dr. Michael | Dec., 1977 | |
| Vol. 3 | No. 1 | 9. | The Moving of North Hibbing | DeMillo, Lorraine | Mar., 1978 | |
| Vol. 3 | No. 2 | 10. | Women on the Range | Lamppa, Barbara E. | Jun., 1978 | |
| Vol. 3 | No. 3 | 11. | Americanization Classes | Rukavina, Catherine | Sep., 1978 | |
| Vol. 3 | No. 4 | 12. | Ethnic Radicalism/1916 Mesabi Strike | Ollilla, Douglas Jr. | Dec., 1978 | * |
| Vol. 4 | No. 1 | 13. | Skiing | Lager, Dr. Harold E. | Mar., 1979 | |
| Vol. 4 | No. 2 | 14. | Northern Timber | Krenz, Duane | Jun., 1979 | * |
| Vol. 4 | No. 3 | 15. | Three Ghost Locations on the Mesabi | Lamppa, Marvin | Sep., 1979 | * |
| Vol. 4 | No. 4 | 16. | The Pioneering Butlers | Bolf, Peter | Dec., 1979 | |
| Vol. 5 | No. 1 | 17. | The Longyear Lake Landfill Bridge | Rukavina, Catherine | Spring, 1980 | |
| Vol. 5 | No. 2 | 18. | J. Victor Maryland, Pioneer Businessman | Weckman, Violet Maryland | Summer, 1980 | |
| Vol. 5 | No. 3 | 19. | Exploratory Diamond Drilling on the Mesabi 1890 to 1910 | Perry, David | Fall, 1980 | |
| Vol. 5 | No. 4 | 20. | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn & the Mesabi Strike of 1916 | Karni, Michael | Winter, 1980 | |
| Vol. 6 | No. 1 | 21. | N. B. Shank, Early Day Logger | Greene, Ken | Spring, 1981 | |
| Vol. 6 | No. 2 | 22. | A Pair of Moccasins | Lager, Harold E. | Summer, 1981 | |
| Vol. 6 | No. 3 | 23. | Merritt - Once a Metropolis | Larson, Joan | Fall, 1981 | |
| Vol. 6 | No. 4 | 24. | Mesaba Railway Company | Simons, Barbara | Winter, 1981 | |
| Vol. 7 | No. 1 | 25. | A Hundred Years Ago | Simons, Barbara | Spring, 1982 | |
| Vol. 7 | No. 2 | 26. | Who Was Who in Iron Range History | Simons, Barbara | Summer, 1982 | |
| Vol. 8 | No. 1 | 27. | Pioneer Missionary Remembers the Range | Alanen, Arnold | Spring, 1983 | |
| Vol. 8 | No. 2 | 28. | Saga of a Supermarket | Potocnik, Bill | Summer, 1983 | |
| Vol. 8 | No. 3 | 29. | Ashawiwisitagon | Lamppa, Marvin | Winter, 1983 | |
| Vol. 8 | No. 4 | 30. | Changing Attitudes of Iron Range Women | Rukavina, Catherine & Joan Larson | Spring, 1984 | |
| Vol. 9 | No. 1 | 31. | The Mesabi Iron Company Taconite Pioneer | Wright, Donald C. | Jun., 1984 | |
| Vol. 9 | No. 2 | 32. | Tall Pines | Brandt, Barbara J. | Aug., 1984 | |
| Vol. 9 | No. 3 | 33. | Life on the Edge - Franklin | Halunen, Rodney L. | Oct., 1984 | |
| Vol. 9 | No. 4 | 34. | IRHS: Gallery of History | Dec., 1984 | * | |
| Vol. 10 | No. 1 | 35. | Spruce Hill - Squatter Land | Mattson, Rosemary Postudensek | Aug., 1985 | * |
| Vol. 10 | No. 2 | 36. | The History of the Soudan Mine | Yapel, Mark | Nov., 1985 | |
| Vol. 11 | No. 1 | 37. | Nostalgia - Gheen, Willow Valley Area | Holmer, Reinhold | Jun., 1986 | |
| Vol. 11 | No. 2 | 38. | History of Embarrass Township | Lamppa, Richard V. | Dec., 1986 | |
| Vol. 12 | No. 1 | 39. | Laurel Sherman Remembers | Sherman, Laurel D. | May, 1987 | |
| Vol. 12 | No. 2 | 40. | Midwifery and the Immigrant Cultures of the Iron Range | Hepokoski, Carol | Oct., 1987 | |
| Vol. 12 | No. 3 | 41. | The Virginia Oliver Shops | Parden, John "Jack" | Dec., 1987 | |
| Vol. 13 | No. 1 | 42. | Harvest Time: Nett Lake--Capitol of the | Knollman, Maurice | Mar., 1988 | |
| Vol. 13 | No. 2 | 43. | Biwabik, Minnesota: A Pioneer Mining Community | Jun., 1988 | ||
| Vol. 13 | No. 3 | 44. | History of the Technological Development of the Linde JPM-1 Jet Piercing Machine | Sep., 1988 | ||
| Vol. 13 | No. 4 | 45. | Vermilion Trail | Dec., 1988 | ||
| Vol. 14 | No. 1 | 46. | Law Enforcement | Cook, Ryan | Oct., 1989 | |
| Vol. 14 | No. 2 | 47. | A Legend in Law Enforcement | Servaty, Debbie | Oct., 1989 | |
| Vol. 14 | No. 3 | 48. | Ely's Polarnaut: Will Steger | Dec., 1989 | ||
| Vol. 15 | No. 1 | 49. | Trans-Antarctica | Jun., 1990 | ||
| Vol. 15 | No. 2 | 50. | 100 Years and Growing...Mt. Iron | Ostman, Velma | Dec., 1990 | * |
| Vol. 16 | No. 1 | 51. | Ely Fire Department | Jul., 1991 | ||
| Vol. 16 | No. 2 | 52. | 1907 Strike | Aug., 1991 | ||
| Vol. 16 | No. 3 | 53. | Fayal Underground Mine | Sep., 1991 | ||
| Vol. 16 | No. 4 | 54. | Adams-Spruce Mine | Oct., 1991 | ||
| Vol. 17 | No. 1 | 55. | Palo Band | Jan., 1992 | ||
| Vol. 17 | No. 2 | 56. | 1936 Forest Fires | Jun., 1992 | ||
| Vol. 18 | No. 1 | 57. | Old Mesaba School | May, 1993 | ||
| Vol. 18 | No. 2 | 58. | Elba-Elcor | Jun., 1993 | * | |
| Vol. 19 | No. 1 | 59. | Vermilion Range | Aug., 1994 | ||
| Vol. 19 | No. 2 | 60. | Gilbert Bailey Block | Oct., 1994 | * | |
| Vol. 19 | No. 3 | 61. | Gilbert Aids Poor | Dec., 1994 | * | |
| Vol. 20 | No. 1 | 62. | Easter Styles | Mar., 1995 | ||
| Vol. 20 | No. 2 | 63. | Fourth of July | Jun., 1995 | ||
| Vol. 20 | No. 3 | 64. | Cyclone | Sep., 1995 | ||
| Vol. 20 | No. 4 | 65. | Biwabik Iron Ore Newspaper | Dec., 1995 | ||
| Vol. 21 | No. 1 | 66. | Jokers | Gulbranson, Garfield | Mar., 1996 | |
| Vol. 21 | No. 2 | 67. | Churn Drills | Jun., 1996 | ||
| Vol. 21 | No. 3 | 68. | World War II Flyer Hero | Gulbranson, Garfield | Sep., 1996 | * |
| Vol. 21 | No. 4 | 69. | Early Recollections of the Mesabi I | McInnis, Neil | Dec., 1996 | * |
| Vol. 22 | No. 1 | 70. | Early Recollections of the Mesabi II | McInnis, Neil | Mar., 1997 | * |
| Vol. 22 | No. 2 | 71. | Early Recollections of the Mesabi III | McInnis, Neil | Jun., 1997 | * |
| Vol. 22 | No. 3 | 72. | 1906 Fayal Finnish Band / D & I R Railroad | Sep., 1997 | * | |
| Vol. 22 | No. 4 | 73. | "Iron Country" Documentary | Kellner, Juli | Dec., 1997 | * |
| Vol. 23 | No. 1 | 74. | Virginia Fire Department | Mar., 1998 | ||
| Vol. 23 | No. 2 | 75. | Sparta Dance Pavilion | Jun., 1998 | ||
| Vol. 23 | No. 3 | 76. | My Story / The Rouchleau Mine of Virginia | Takala, Elvera Lundstrom | Sep., 1998 | * |
| Vol. 23 | No. 4 | 77. | 50, 60, 70, 80, & 90 Years Ago / Winter Fun Photos | Dec., 1998 | * | |
| Vol. 24 | No. 1 | 78. | A Diamond Driller Reminisces | Wicklund, Albin | Mar., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 24 | No. 2 | 79. | Homesteading in Palo | Byrd, Mae S. | Jun., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 24 | No. 3 | 80. | Elcor: An Iron Range Ghost Town / The Elcor Smokestack | Glavan, Gregory S. | Sep., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 24 | No. 4 | 81. | Eveleth: The City on the Hill (Ch.6: Doctor Blane) | Peterson, Henry C. | Dec., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 1 | 82. | Ely Area: Robinson Lake Section Gang & Captain Trezona | Deane, E. G. | Mar., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 2 | 83. | Joe Hogan's Incident at the Biwabik Mine | The Eveleth Mining News | Jun., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 3 | 84. | Iron Junction + Merritt: Mesabi Range Ghost Town | Halunen, Rod | Sep., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 4 | 85. | Southern Slavs on the Iron Ranges | Grebenc, Anthony | Dec., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 26 | No. 1 | 86. | Sam Keller, 65-Year Blacksmith in Sparta and Gilbert | The Gilbert Herald | Mar., 2001 | * |
| Vol. 26 | No. 2 | 87. | The Fourth of July; Remembering Our Heritage | Mary Lou Nemanic, M.A., Ph.D. | Jun., 2001 | * |
| Vol. 26 | No. 3 | 88. | Marshal William O'Hara, Biwabik Marshal and Chief of Police | Biwabik Iron Ore, Biwabik Times Duluth and St. Louis County by Walter Van Brunt | Sep., 2001 | * |
| Vol. 26 | No. 4 | 89. | NE Minnesota: Nation of the Bear from The American Geography | Jedidiah Morse | Dec., 2001 | * |
| Vol. 27 | No. 1 | 90. | Pettit Underground Miner Matti Hallila Pelto | Translated by Vienna C. Saari Maki | Mar., 2002 | * |
| Vol. 27 | No. 2 | 91. | The Iron Range: Melting Pot of Minnesota [The Pioneer Mine] | Excerpts from a 2/18/17 Ely Miner Article | Jun., 2002 | * |
| Vol. 27 | No. 3 | 92. | The Home Front in WW1 | Excerpts from The Eveleth News, 1917-18 | Sep., 2002 | * |
| Vol. 27 | No. 4 | 93. | St. Louis County Schools / Linden Grove School Days | Walter Van Brunt / Marian Dirks | Dec., 2002 | * |
| Vol. 28 | No. 1 | 94. | Life in the Early Logging Camps | IRHS & UM College of Education | Mar., 2003 | * |
| Vol. 28 | No. 2 | 95. | Early Tower | Lee Brownell | Jun., 2003 | * |
| Vol. 28 | No. 3 | 96. | A Walk to Eveleth to Find a Job | Arthur Moscatelli | Sep., 2003 | * |
| Vol. 28 | No. 4 | 97. | The Latvala Legacy | Marian Dirks | Dec., 2003 | * |
| Vol. 29 | No. 1 | 98. | The Aho Homestead in Embarrass / The Aho Farm: The Way It Is Now | Wayne Gudmundson / Tiffany Anderson | Mar., 2004 | * |
| Vol. 29 | No. 2 | 99. | Iron Range Schoolmarm [in Eveleth, MN] | Polly Bullard | Jun., 2004 | * |
| Vol. 29 | No. 3 | 100. | Past Recalled by Samuel H. Owens | Samuel H. Owens (1858�1941) | Sep., 2004 | * |
| Vol. 29 | No. 4 | 101. | Americanizaton / Woman Who Stirs the Melting Pot: Martha O'Connor | Ely Winton Historical Society / Queen City Sun, November 6, 1922 | Dec., 2004 | * |
| Vol. 30 | No. 1 | 102. | Moose Vs. Machine / Moose Vs. Log Hauler | 70th Anniversary of Ely booklet, 1958 / Tower Weekly News, February 10, 1905 | Mar., 2005 | * |
| Vol. 30 | No. 2 | 103. | Range Pioneer's Life / Embarrass River View | Mary Lyon Burns, The Eveleth News, 1/21/1915 | Jun., 2005 | * |
| Vol. 30 | No. 3 | 104. | The Story of Oliver Pickett | The Eveleth Mining News, 12/02/1904 | Sep., 2005 | * |
| Vol. 30 | No. 4 | 105. | Winters in Eveleth | Tiffany Anderson and George A. Rasula | Dec., 2005 | * |
| Vol. 31 | No. 1 | 106. | Impressions of Another Time (Early Chisholm & Keewatin) | Mr. Bushman and others | Mar., 2006 | * |
| Vol. 31 | No. 2 | 107. | Underground Mules | John Harris Hearding, Eveleth News Clarion, Eveleth Mining News, Duluth News Tribune | Jun., 2006 | * |
| Vol. 31 | No. 3 | 108. | Eveleth City Hall 1906-2006: Celebrating the Walls and Bricks of History | Tiffany Anderson | Sep., 2006 | * |
| Vol. 31 | No. 4 | 109. | George Stuntz, Adventurer | Kathleen Bergan and David Stuntz | Dec., 2006 | * |
| Vol. 32 | No. 1 | 110. | Cooley, Minnesota | Alan Stone, Loren Lambert, and Vergal Buescher | Mar., 2007 | * |
| Vol. 32 | No. 2 | 111. | Education in a New Country [Aurora, Minnesota] | Tony Grebenc | Jun., 2007 | * |
| Vol. 32 | No. 3 | 112. | Iron Range Food and Farming | David Hanson | Sep., 2007 | * |
| Vol. 32 | No. 4 | 113. | John H. Hearding | Cover Photo Donated by Hope Bulger | Dec., 2007 | * |
| Vol. 33 | No. 1 | 114. | Gilbert Celebrates It's 100th Anniversary | Iron Range Historical Society Photograph | Mar., 2008 | * |
| Vol. 33 | No. 2 | 115. | Captain Oliver Knox | Mary Lou Pearson, National Parks Service | Jun., 2008 | * |
| Vol. 33 | No. 3 | 116. | Early Mail Deliveries | Multiple Sources | Sep., 2008 | * |
| Vol. 33 | No. 4 | 117. | Captain Binney's Narrow Escape | Collection of Jan & Joe Binney | Dec., 2008 | * |
| Vol. 34 | No. 1 | 118. | Can Henry Ford Come Back Again? | The Eveleth Clarion, 1927 | Mar., 2009 | * |
| Vol. 34 | No. 2 | 119. | The Milford Mine Tragedy | The Crosby Courier et. al. | Jun., 2009 | * |
| Vol. 34 | No. 3 | 120. | It's a Small World: From Gilbert, Minnesota to Auburn, Alabama | Ken Ringer | Sep., 2009 | * |
| Vol. 34 | No. 4 | 121. | The St. Louis County Poor House | Oscar Widstrand | Dec., 2009 | * |
| Vol. 35 | No. 1 | 122. | Tales of the Old Country and Activities of the Immigrants | Tony Grebenc | Mar., 2010 | * |
| Vol. 35 | No. 2 | 123. | Eveleth's Contribution to the Greatest Show on Earth | Lisa Mortensen | Jun., 2010 | * |
| Vol. 35 | No. 3 | 124. | A Cabin in the Woods | Ken Greene | Sep., 2010 | * |
| Vol. 35 | No. 4 | 125. | Armistice Day, 1940 | John Krause | Dec., 2010 | * |
| Vol. 36 | No. 1 | 126. | Minnesota's First State Capitol Is Destroyed | The St. Paul Pioneer Press & Duluth Weekly Tribune | Mar., 2011 | * |
| Vol. 36 | No. 2 | 127. | Last of the Mine Mules | Walter Havighurst | Jun., 2011 | * |
| Vol. 36 | No. 3 | 128. | Coming to America and Early Days in a Mining Town [Cover Photo: Labor Day in Gilbert, September 7, 1914 | Arthur Moscatelli | Sep., 2011 | * |
| Vol. 36 | No. 4 | 129. | When the Horse Was King [Cover Photo: 6th Annual Cherry Fair and Rodeo, August, 1977 | Lee Brownell | Dec., 2011 | * |
| Vol. 37 | No. 1 | 130. | The Lumber Camp [Cover Photo: N. B. Shank Co. Camp No. 3 near Biwabik, Minnesota, 1915 | Kenneth Greene | Mar., 2012 | * |
| Vol. 37 | No. 2 | 131. | Immigrant Americanization | Anthony Grebenc | Jun., 2012 | * |
| Vol. 37 | No. 3 | 132. | Early Eveleth Boarding House Days | Louise Gruska | Sep., 2012 | * |
| Vol. 37 | No. 4 | 133. | A Close Call at the Pioneer Mine | Joan Stajer Holmes | Dec., 2012 | * |
| Vol. 38 | No. 1 | 134. | Recollections of Clinton Township | Edwin Takala | Mar., 2013 | * |
| Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Source Name | Pub. Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRHS 2011 Commercial and Emergency Vehicles | Iron Range Historical Society | Iron Range Historical Society | June 30, 2011 | $12.00 + $3 postage |
| IRHS 2010 Mining Machines | Iron Range Historical Society | Iron Range Historical Society | June 30, 2010 | $12.00 + $3 postage |
| IRHS 2009 Iron Range Beauty | Iron Range Historical Society | Iron Range Historical Society | June 30, 2009 | $12.00 + $3 postage |
| IRHS 2008 Gilbert Centennial | Iron Range Historical Society | Iron Range Historical Society | June 30, 2008 | $12.00 + $3 postage |
| IRHS Food and Farming Book | Iron Range Historical Society | Iron Range Historical Society | June 30, 2007 | $7.95 + $3 postage |
| IRHS Logging and Lumbering Book | Iron Range Historical Society | Iron Range Historical Society | June 30, 2006 | $7.95 + $3 postage |
| Minnesota News Gazette: A Chronological Compendium of Remarkable and Curious Events in the History of the North Star State | Tony Greiner | various sources | 2006 | $13.95 (800-647-7827) |
| Annual Books of Aurora Newspapers | Aurora Newspapers | Some Years | ||
| Annual Books of Biwabik Newspapers | Biwabik Newspapers | 1900 - 1901 | ||
| Annual Books of Eveleth Newspapers | Eveleth Newspapers | 1902 - 1978 | ||
| Annual Books of Virginia Newspapers | Virginia Newspapers | Some Years | ||
| Annual Books of the Gilbert Herald Newspaper | Gilbert Herald | 1923 - 1978 | ||
| History of Slovenes: Activity In Minnesota, Part 1 | Gregorich, Joseph | Gilbert Herald | Aug. 4, 1949 | * |
| History of Slovenes: Activity In Minnesota, Part 2 | Gregorich, Joseph | Gilbert Herald | Aug. 11, 1949 | * |
| History of Slovenes: Activity In Minnesota, Part 3 | Gregorich, Joseph | Gilbert Herald | Aug. 18, 1949 | * |
| History of Slovenes: Activity In Minnesota, Part 4 | Gregorich, Joseph | Gilbert Herald | Sep. 8, 1949 | * |
| History of Slovenes: Activity In Minnesota, Part 5 | Gregorich, Joseph | Gilbert Herald | Sep. 15, 1949 | * |
| They Chose Minnesota: A Survey of The State's Ethnic Groups | Holmquist, June Drenning [Editor] | Minnesota Historical Society Press | 1981 | * |
| Those Were the Days, My Friend: The History of Gilbert and Sparta | Bordeau, Sanford P, James L. & Kathie I. Krause [Editors] | Gilbert Herald | 1983 | * |
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