Type: Text / Physical Format: Memoirs / Subject Headings: Frontier and Pioneer Life / Contributor: Duluth Public Library

Creator:: Merritt, Alfred, 1847-1926
Date Created:: 1915
Description:: This typescript was copied in November 1926 from Alfred Merritt's original 1915 manuscript. The author described his family's experience on the north shore of Lake Superior from the time of their arrival via steamboat in 1856 until the year 1894, including accounts of pioneers, settlers and land claims, and the discovery of iron ore on the Mesaba Range. Merritt also addressed the creation and demise of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railroad.
Contributing Institution:: Duluth Public Library
Type:: Text
Format:: Memoirs

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