Mesabi Pioneers

Here is the highly readable account of one of the remarkable achievements of the 19th century: how a remote tree-covered area of northern Minnesota became Americas greatest source of iron ore. It is 1891. An improbable team of American businessmen and European immigrants hunt for iron ore in a formidable expanse of dense pine forest. Fighting isolation harsh winters and mosquito-infested summers they find it. What follows is an extraordinary tale of both personal and technological achievement. Mesabi Pioneer​s brings the pursuit of iron ore to vivid life illuminating the men and women mostly forgotten by history who built an industry carved towns from trees and created a rich culture that lasts to this day.