Erie Mining Company’s Concentrator Building under construction, ca. 1954. The Concentrator Building—where taconite is finely ground and iron ore is removed from the rock—was built near Hoyt Lakes around 1954.

Erie Mining Company’s Concentrator Building under construction

Erie Mining Company’s Concentrator Building under construction, ca. 1954. The Concentrator Building—where taconite is finely ground and iron ore is removed from the rock—was built near Hoyt Lakes around 1954.

Ernest and Vernell Wabasha

Ernest and Vernell Wabasha at their wedding, 1956. Used with the permission of Cheyanne St. John.

Ernest Oberholtzer, 1940

Ernest Oberholtzer

Ernest Oberholtzer, 1940.

Ca. 1942 image of Ernest Oberholtzer at Mallard Island.

Ernest Oberholtzer

Ca. 1942 image of Ernest Oberholtzer at Mallard Island.

Ernest Oberholtzer and Billy Magee

Ernest Oberholtzer and Billy Magee, ca. 1912. In 1912 the two men canoed through the subarctic Barrens on their way to Hudson Bay.

1933 image of Ernest Oberholtzer and Sewell Tyng representing the Quetico–Superior Council and defending the newly passed regulations of the Shipstead–Nolan Act and the Rainy Lake watershed in front of an international commission.

Ernest Oberholtzer and Sewell Tyng

1933 image of Ernest Oberholtzer and Sewell Tyng representing the Quetico–Superior Council and defending the newly passed regulations of the Shipstead–Nolan Act and the Rainy Lake watershed in front of an international commission.

Ca. 1910 image of Ernest Oberholtzer on a canoe trip in the Quetico–Superior region.

Ernest Oberholtzer canoe trip into Canada

Ca. 1910 image of Ernest Oberholtzer on a canoe trip in the Quetico–Superior region.

Color image of the Ernest Sperry House, 2163 Iglehart, St. Paul designed in 1908. Photograph by Paul Nelson, September 29, 2014.

Ernest Sperry House

Ernest Sperry House, 2163 Iglehart, St. Paul designed in 1908. Photograph by Paul Nelson, September 29, 2014.

Ernest Wabasha

Ernest Wabasha

Ernest Wabasha of Lower Sioux Indian Community, recognized hereditary chief of the Mdewakanton band of Dakota, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, ca. 1999–2001. Photograph by David’s Photography, Redwood Falls. Used with the permission of Cheyanne St. John.

Picture of Ernest Wabasha in Navy Uniform

Ernest Wabasha

Ernest Wabasha in the US Navy, early 1950s. Used with the permission of Cheyanne St. John.

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