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History: In 1880 several logging companies were operating near the future site of the village of Calumet. The logging companies, sometimes employing as many as 100 men, brought the first settlers to the Calumet area. Named after the Indian peace pipes, Calumet became a permanent community when the Hill Mine was put into operation. Businesses of all kinds came to Calumet. By 1909 a general store, hardware store, a women's clothing store, blacksmith shop, cigar factory, ice house, livery barn, butcher shop, public sauna and fourteen saloons had opened. Mining has been Calumet's principal economic base since the community was formed. The most important of the Calumet mines was the Hill-Annex Mine, one of the largest state-owned mines in Minnesota. Since the closing of the mine, the state has erected interpretive facilities overlooking the mine for visitor use.
Today Calumet still retains much of the flavor of an early mining community and warrants a turn off Highway 169 for a brief step into the history of Minnesota's iron ranges. Excerpt From: Iron Range Country |
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Go
down in history with a tour of the Hill Annex Iron Mine. On the
1 1/2-hour open pit mine tour, visitors make a spectacular
descent into mining's past. Learn about the mine operation, the
people who worked here, and where they came from. Discover
marine fossils in northern Minnesota. Get a sense of the mine's
deep, rich history. Learn how this National Historic Site played
an important role in state, national, and world history.
