Correspondence and historical materials, 1890-1921.

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Correspondence and historical materials, 1890-1921.

Letterpress copybook (1890-1898) and historical sketches and related information (1891-1921) concerning a Great Northern subsidiary that owned iron ore properties on the Mesabi Range (Minn.).

0.25 cu. ft. (5 folders and 1 v. in 2 partial boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7315362

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Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

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The Rexford, Mont., station of the Great Northern Railway was established in 1903. It was closed in 1972 when the railroad was rerouted due to the flooding of the area behind the Libby Dam. The building was moved to Eureka where it became part of the Tobacco Valley Historical Village Museum. From the description of Records of the Rexford Station, Rexford, Mont., 1952-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70962045 On 23 Feb. 1910 two Great Northern Railway trains--the "Seattle...

North Star Iron Company of West Virginia.

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The company was incorporated in 1892, as a West Virginia corporation, to carry on the work of a previously incorporated (1890) Maryland company, the North Star Iron Company of Baltimore County. It owned 18,400 acres of iron ore land in northern Minnesota, and its principal shareholders were the North Star Construction Company (a GN subsidiary) and the Merritt brothers (Duluth). It functioned as a holding company for the assets of five operating companies: Minawa Iron Company, Minosin Iron Compan...

Merritt, D. H.

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North Star Construction Company.

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