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 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
Last Year's
ANNUAL DINNER MEETING
Tuesday, October 10, 2000
The Eveleth Inn
Eveleth, MN
5:30 PM Social Hour
6:30 PM Dinner Buffet
Historian Marvin Lamppa will speak on "Ghost Towns of the Iron Range"
Followed by a short business meeting
Free to members, $12 for guests
RSVP to (218) 749-3150 by Wednesday, October 4, 2000
| 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 | 78. | Mar., 1998 | |||
| Vol. 23 | No. 2 | 79. | Jun., 1998 | |||
| Vol. 23 | No. 3 | 80. | My Story / The Rouchleau Mine of Virginia | Takala, Elvera Lundstrom | Sep., 1998 | * |
| Vol. 23 | No. 4 | 81. | 50, 60, 70, 80, & 90 Years Ago / Winter Fun Photos | Dec., 1998 | * | |
| Vol. 24 | No. 1 | 82. | A Diamond Driller Reminisces | Wicklund, Albin | Mar., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 24 | No. 2 | 83. | Homesteading in Palo | Byrd, Mae S. | Jun., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 24 | No. 3 | 84. | Elcor: An Iron Range Ghost Town / The Elcor Smokestack | Glavan, Gregory S. | Sep., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 24 | No. 4 | 85. | Eveleth: The City on the Hill (Ch.6: Doctor Blane) | Peterson, Henry C. | Dec., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 1 | 86. | Ely Area: Robinson Lake Section Gang & Captain Trezona | Deane, E. G. | Mar., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 2 | 87. | Joe Hogan's Incident at the Biwabik Mine | The Eveleth Mining News | Jun., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 3 | 88. | Iron Junction + Merritt: Mesabi Range Ghost Town | Halunen, Rod | Sep., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 4 | 89. | Southern Slavs on the Iron Ranges | Grebenc, Anthony | Dec., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 26 | No. 1 | 90. | Sam Keller, 65-Year Blacksmith in Sparta and Gilbert | The Gilbert Herald | Mar., 2001 | * |
| Vol. 26 | No. 2 | 91. | The Fourth of July; Remembering Our Heritage | Mary Lou Nemanic, M.A., Ph.D. | Jun., 2001 | * |
| Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Source Name | Pub. Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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