The Iron Range Historical Society, since 1976, has published and mailed more than 170 issues of Where History Comes Alive, formerly called Range Reminiscing and Range History. Copies of these issues have been saved and may be purchased from the Society. At the present time, Where History Comes Alive is sent to members of the Society quarterly; March, June, September, and December. To place an order, please call the Society at (218)749-3150, send an email ironrangehistsoc@gmail.com, or send a written request to IRHS, 5454 Grand Avenue, McKinley, MN 55741. Be sure to list the date(s), volume(s), number(s), and title(s) you are requesting. Each issue is $2.00 plus postage. Please note payment must be received prior to shipping.
Volume | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. |
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Vol. 1 | No. 1 | 1. | Merritt, A Ghost Town | Marvin Lamppa | Mar., 1976 |
Vol. 1 | No. 2 | 2. | Birth of the Bus Industry | Ron Dicklich | Jun., 1976 |
Vol. 1 | No. 3 | 3. | Pioneer Days | Barbara E. Lamppa | Sep., 1976 |
Vol. 1 | No. 4 | 4. | Harvesting the Ice Crop | Albert & Violet Laukkonen | Dec., 1976 |
Vol. 2 | No. 1 | 5. | Gold!! | Dana Miller | Mar., 1977 |
Vol. 2 | No. 2 | 6. | Vermilion Gold | Dana Miller | Jun., 1977 |
Vol. 2 | No. 3 | 7. | A Gamble at the Grant | Marvin Lamppa | Sep., 1977 |
Vol. 2 | No. 4 | 8. | The Finnish Temperence Movement | Dr. Michael Karni | Dec., 1977 |
Vol. 3 | No. 1 | 9. | The Moving of North Hibbing | Lorraine DeMillo | Mar., 1978 |
Vol. 3 | No. 2 | 10. | Women on the Range | Barbara E. Lamppa | Jun., 1978 |
Vol. 3 | No. 3 | 11. | Americanization Classes | Catherine Rukavina | Sep., 1978 |
Vol. 3 | No. 4 | 12. | Ethnic Radicalism/1916 Mesabi Strike | Douglas Ollilla, Jr. | Dec., 1978 |
Vol. 4 | No. 1 | 13. | Skiing | Dr. Harold E. Lager | Mar., 1979 |
Vol. 4 | No. 2 | 14. | Northern Timber | Duane Krenz | Jun., 1979 |
Vol. 4 | No. 3 | 15. | Three Ghost Locations on the Mesabi | Marvin Lamppa | Sep., 1979 |
Vol. 4 | No. 4 | 16. | The Pioneering Butlers | Peter Bolf | Dec., 1979 |
Vol. 5 | No. 1 | 17. | The Longyear Lake Landfill Bridge | Catherine Rukavina | Spring, 1980 |
Vol. 5 | No. 2 | 18. | J. Victor Maryland, Pioneer Busman | Violet Maryland Weckman | Summer, 1980 |
Vol. 5 | No. 3 | 19. | Exploratory Diamond Drilling on the Mesabi 1890 to 1910 | David Perry | Fall, 1980 |
Vol. 5 | No. 4 | 20. | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn & the Mesabi Strike of 1916 | Michael Karni | Winter, 1980 |
Volume | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. |
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Vol. 6 | No. 1 | 21. | N. B. Shank, Early Day Logger | Ken Greene | Spring, 1981 |
Vol. 6 | No. 2 | 22. | A Pair of Moccasins | Harold E. Lager | Summer, 1981 |
Vol. 6 | No. 3 | 23. | Merritt - Once a Metropolis | Joan Larson | Fall, 1981 |
Vol. 6 | No. 4 | 24. | Mesaba Railway Company | Barbara Simons | Winter, 1981 |
Vol. 7 | No. 1 | 25. | A Hundred Years Ago | Barbara Simons | Spring, 1982 |
Vol. 7 | No. 2 | 26. | Who Was Who in Iron Range History | Barbara Simons | Summer, 1982 |
Vol. 8 | No. 1 | 27. | Pioneer Missionary Remembers the Range | Arnold Alanen | Spring, 1983 |
Vol. 8 | No. 2 | 28. | Saga of a Supermarket | Bill Potocnik | Summer, 1983 |
Vol. 8 | No. 3 | 29. | Ashawiwisitagon | Marvin Lamppa | Winter, 1983 |
Vol. 8 | No. 4 | 30. | Changing Attitudes of Iron Range Women | Catherine Rukavina & Joan Larson | Spring, 1984 |
Vol. 9 | No. 1 | 31. | The Mesabi Iron Company Taconite Pioneer | Donald C. Wright | Jun., 1984 |
Vol. 9 | No. 2 | 32. | Tall Pines | Barbara J. Brandt | Aug., 1984 |
Vol. 9 | No. 3 | 33. | Life on the Edge - Franklin | Rodney L. Halunen | Oct., 1984 |
Vol. 9 | No. 4 | 34. | IRHS: Gallery of History | Dec., 1984 | |
Vol. 10 | No. 1 | 35. | Spruce Hill - Squatter Land | Rosemary Postudensek Mattson | Aug., 1985 |
Vol. 10 | No. 2 | 36. | The History of the Soudan Mine | Mark Yapel | Nov., 1985 |
Volume | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. |
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Vol. 11 | No. 1 | 37. | Nostalgia - Gheen, Willow Valley Area | Reinhold Holmer | Jun., 1986 |
Vol. 11 | No. 2 | 38. | History of Embarrass Township | Richard V. Lamppa | Dec., 1986 |
Vol. 12 | No. 1 | 39. | Laurel Sherman Remembers | Laurel D. Sherman | May, 1987 |
Vol. 12 | No. 2 | 40. | Midwifery and the Immigrant Cultures of the Iron Range | Carol Hepokoski | Oct., 1987 |
Vol. 12 | No. 3 | 41. | The Virginia Oliver Shops | John "Jack" Parden | Dec., 1987 |
Vol. 13 | No. 1 | 42. | Harvest Time: Nett Lake--Capitol of the Wild Rice World | Maurice Knollman | 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 | Ryan Cook | Oct., 1989 |
Vol. 14 | No. 2 | 47. | A Legend in Law Enforcement | Debbie Servaty | 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 | Velma Ostman | Dec., 1990 |
Volume | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. |
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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 |
Volume | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. |
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Vol. 21 | No. 1 | 66. | Jokers | Garfield Gulbranson | Mar., 1996 |
Vol. 21 | No. 2 | 67. | Churn Drills | Jun., 1996 | |
Vol. 21 | No. 3 | 68. | World War II Flyer Hero | Garfield Gulbranson | Sep., 1996 |
Vol. 21 | No. 4 | 69. | Early Recollections of the Mesabi I | Neil McInnis | Dec., 1996 |
Vol. 22 | No. 1 | 70. | Early Recollections of the Mesabi II | Neil McInnis | Mar., 1997 |
Vol. 22 | No. 2 | 71. | Early Recollections of the Mesabi III | Neil McInnis | 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 | Juli Kellner | 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 | Elvera Lundstrom Takala | 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 | Albin Wicklund | Mar., 1999 |
Vol. 24 | No. 2 | 79. | Homesteading in Palo | Mae S. Byrd | Jun., 1999 |
Vol. 24 | No. 3 | 80. | Elcor: An Iron Range Ghost Town / The Elcor Smokestack | Gregory S. Glavan | Sep., 1999 |
Vol. 24 | No. 4 | 81. | Eveleth: The City on the Hill (Ch.6: Doctor Blane) | Henry C. Peterson | Dec., 1999 |
Vol. 25 | No. 1 | 82. | Ely Area: Robinson Lake Section Gang & Captain Trezona | E. G. Deane | 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 | Rod Halunen | Sep., 2000 |
Vol. 25 | No. 4 | 85. | Southern Slavs on the Iron Ranges | Anthony Grebenc | Dec., 2000 |
Volume | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. |
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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. | Americanization / 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 |
Volume | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. |
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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 Its 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 and 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 |
Volume | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. |
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Vol. 36 | No. 1 | 126. | Minnesota's First State Capitol Building is Destroyed | St. Paul Pioneer Press | 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 | Arthur Moscatelli | Sep., 2011 |
Vol. 36 | No. 4 | 129. | When the Horse was King | Lee Brownell | Dec., 2011 |
Vol. 37 | No. 1 | 130. | The Lumber Camp | 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 |
Vol. 38 | No. 2 | 135. | A Life Well Spent-William F. and Ida Haenke | Karen Haenke Guimont | Jun., 2013 |
Vol. 38 | No. 3 | 136. | We Visit the Good Old Days | Lee Brownell | Sep., 2013 |
Vol. 38 | No. 4 | 137. | Iron Brew: A Century of American Ore and Steel | Stewart H. Holbrook | Dec., 2013 |
Vol. 39 | No. 1 | 138. | Iron Brew II: A Century of American Ore and Steel | Stewart H. Holbrook | Mar., 2014 |
Vol. 39 | No. 2 | 139. | Iron Brew III: A Century of American Ore and Steel | Stewart H. Holbrook | Jun., 2014 |
Vol. 39 | No. 3 | 140. | Iron Brew IV; Conclusion | Stewart H. Holbrook | Sep., 2014 |
Vol. 39 | No. 4 | 141. | Albert Faille, Trapper and Gold Prospector | Tauno Maki | Dec., 2014 |
Vol. 40 | No. 1 | 142. | Master Surveyor George Stuntz | Duluth News Tribune | Mar., 2015 |
Vol. 40 | No. 2 | 143. | Master Surveyor George Stuntz II | Duluth News Tribune | Jun., 2015 |
Vol. 40 | No. 3 | 144. | Minnesota's Story I | Prof. E. M. Lehnert | Sep., 2015 |
Vol. 40 | No. 4 | 145. | Minnesota's Story II | Prof. E. M. Lehnert | Dec., 2015 |
Volume | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. |
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Vol. 41 | No. 1 | 146. | Arthur Niemi Memoirs | Adrian Niemi | Mar., 2016 |
Vol. 41 | No. 2 | 147. | The Life of a Miner on the Mesabi Iron Range | Arthur Moscatelli | Jun., 2016 |
Vol. 41 | No. 3 | 148. | Have You Heard of Pengilly? | Pengilly History & Memoirs: 1908-2008 | Sep., 2016 |
Vol. 41 | No. 4 | 149. | The Deserted Village | John Krause | Dec., 2016 |
Vol. 42 | No. 1 | 150. | The Old School in Biwabik | Robert Juusola | Mar., 2017 |
Vol. 42 | No. 2 | 151. | Do You Remember Way Back? | William Ryder, Jr. | Jun., 2017 |
Vol. 42 | No. 3 | 152. | Memories of Sparta Location & Village of Sparta/Sanborn Maps | Marian (Johnson, Latvala) Dirks & Steven Jarvela | Sep., 2017 |
Vol. 42 | No. 4 | 153. | George Perham, Eveleth Mining News Editor | Reminiscenses of George Addison Perham | Dec., 2017 |
Vol. 43 | No. 1 | 154. | Yeggmen Rob the Biwabik Bank | The Biwabik Times, 9-11-1908 & 10-2-1908 | Mar., 2018 |
Vol. 43 | No. 2 | 155. | "Doc" Strathern Likes the Range | Gilbert Herald Editor, John Krause | Jun., 2018 |
Vol. 43 | No. 3 | 156. | My Mother's Boarding House | Arthur Moscatelli | Sep., 2018 |
Vol. 43 | No. 4 | 157. | Life in a Small Mining Town: Aurora | Frank C. Modetz | Dec., 2018 |
Vol. 44 | No. 1 | 158. | Ruth Hautala's Fire Story | Janet Eichholz | Mar., 2019 |
Vol. 44 | No. 2 | 159. | Part I: Little Minnesota World War II from St. Louis County | Jill Johnson | Jun., 2019 |
Vol. 44 | No. 3 | 160. | Part II: Little Minnesota World War II from St. Louis County | Jill Johnson | Sep., 2019 |
Vol. 44 | No. 4 | 161. | Pikku Joulu - Little Christmas | Eloise Jean Reigstad | Dec., 2019 |
Vol. 45 | No. 1 | 162. | Iron Range Pioneers, Part 1: Capt. Charles Trezona | Michele Lammi | Mar., 2020 |
Vol. 45 | No. 2 | 163. | A New Sky Pilot on an Old Trail | Fred Eastman | Jun., 2020 |
Vol. 45 | No. 3 | 164. | History of One Room Schools in the Melrude Area | Ada E. Lundgren | Sep., 2020 |
Vol. 45 | No. 4 | 165. | The Biwabik Hospital & the Bray Family | Robert B. Bray, MD | Dec., 2020 |
Volume | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. |
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Vol. 46 | No. 1 | 166. | Iron Range Pioneers, Part 2: Anton I. Lopp, Grocer | Michele Lammi | Mar., 2021 |
Vol. 46 | No. 2 | 167. | Early Memories of My Life | Mary Lou Stupca Brown | Jun., 2021 |
Vol. 46 | No. 3 | 168. | Village of Buhl/A Concise History of Buhl | The Daily Virginian/Michele Lammi | Sep., 2021 |
Vol. 46 | No. 4 | 169. | The History of Snowshoes | David Braaten | Dec., 2021 |
Vol. 47 | No. 1 | 170. | Iron Range Pioneers, Part 3: Charles G. Shipman, M. D. | Michele Lammi | Mar., 2022 |
Vol. 47 | No. 2 | 171. | Solitude, Creative Ability Suffice for Violin Maker | Clarence Ivonen | Jun., 2022 |
Vol. 47 | No. 3 | 172. | Copper & Nickel in Northeastern Minnesota | Michele Lammi | Sep., 2022 |
Vol. 47 | No. 4 | 173. | History of Pioneer Days | Bear River Pioneer Reunion | Dec., 2022 |
Vol. 48 | No. 1 | 174. | Pioneer Days (reprint)Download newsletter | Barbara E. Lamppa | Mar., 2023 |