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This Day in Minnesota History

December 17, 1915

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The Mesaba Transportation Company of Hibbing is incorporated. Owners Andrew G. Anderson and Carl Eric Wickman transported passengers and freight from Hibbing to destinations in Alice and Grand Rapids. A subsidiary company, the Mesaba Motor Company, was incorporated on October 23, 1919, to build, repair, and sell buses. Through various mergers, these companies eventually became Greyhound Lines, headquartered in Chicago.

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