Local Newspapers

Local newspapers were once the lifeblood of a community. Communication in the first part of the 20th century was not anything like it is today. Local editors and reporters published stories and photographs daily, or weekly, and the citizens of the area were kept up-to-date of the goings on of the community. The Iron Range Historical Society is fortunate to hold many issues of local newspapers. Today these newspapers are a wealth of information for researchers. In addition to past holdings of local newspapers, the Iron Range Historical Society occasionally contributes articles and photographs to the Ely Echo, a weekly local newspaper in Ely, Minnesota; to the Mesabi Tribune, a daily local newspaper in Virginia and Hibbing, Minnesota; and to the weekly local newspaper, Hometown Focus, also in Virginia.

All of the Society’s local newspapers are available for research.

The holdings of the local newspaper library of the Iron Range Historical Society are as follows:

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