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1893
Gunflint Trail

The American Realty Company and the Gun Flint Iron Company rejoice at the completion of the Gunflint Trail. They will use it to transport iron ore from inland mines to Grand Marais, where it can be moved by ship.

The area lies on the eastern edge of the Mesabi Iron Range, but proves to be less rich in iron-ore deposits than prospectors had originally hoped. In the end, the road is used more by logging trucks and later by tourists.

Plat Map Cook County Township that borders Gunflint Lake
 Minnesota map highlighting Cook County.
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Investigate Further
  		• Read Clifford E. Clark, Jr. (editor), Minnesota in a Century of Change: The State and Its People Since 1900.
  		• Read Jay Steinke's, Gunflint Territory
  		• Read Justine Kerfoot's, Gunflint: Reflections on the Trail
  		• Read Pioneers in the Wilderness: Minnesota's Cook County, Grand Marais, and the Gunflint in the 19th century by Willis H. (Bill) Raff.
  		• Use the Visual Resource Database to search and view some of the Society's 250,000 images.
  		• Search PALS, the MHS online card catalog, to find books, archives, manuscripts, maps, and some of the Society's vast object collections.

    1964

    Wilderness Act/BWCA

    1884

    Iron Industry Launch

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