Oliver Mining Company steam-powered shovel near Hibbing, 1919. A shovel removes overburden, the rock and soil that covers the ore body, so that miners can access the ore from the open pit.

Oliver Mining Company steam-powered shovel near Hibbing

Oliver Mining Company steam-powered shovel near Hibbing, 1919. In this method of mining, a shovel removes overburden, the rock and soil that covers the ore body, so that miners can access the ore from the open pit.

Oliver-built homes in Marble, Minnesota, 1920. The company designed and built homes in in the Canisteo District for employees to live in as they populated towns throughout the western Mesabi Range.

Oliver Mining Company-built homes in Marble

Oliver-built homes in Marble, Minnesota, 1920. The company designed and built homes in in the Canisteo District for employees to live in as they populated towns throughout the western Mesabi Range.

Oliver-built homes in Taconite, 1920. Similar to those built in Marble, Oliver built homes in nearby Taconite to accommodate for the growing Canisteo District population and workforce.

Oliver Mining Company-built homes in Taconite

Oliver-built homes in Taconite, 1920. Similar to those built in Marble, Oliver built homes in nearby Taconite to accommodate for the growing Canisteo District population and workforce.

Ona Kingbird teaching Anishinaabemowin at the Heart of the Earth Survival School

Ona Kingbird teaching Anishinaabemowin at the Heart of the Earth Survival School

Ona Kingbird teaching Anishinaabemowin (the Ojibwe language) to students at the Heart of the Earth Survival School, November 28, 1972. From the Minneapolis and St. Paul newspaper negatives collection, Minnesota Historical Society.

Ona Kingbird with a baby

Ona Kingbird with a baby

Ojibwe elder and Heart of the Earth Survival School teacher Ona Kingbird with a baby, ca. 1980s. Used with the permission of Jon Lurie.

Landscape watercolor on paper by Edwin Whitefield painted, c.1856–1859.

One mile above Shakopee looking over the valley of the Minnesota River

Landscape watercolor on paper by Edwin Whitefield painted, c.1856–1859.

Nina Clifford’s brothel at 147 South Washington Avenue in St. Paul, down the street from Ida Dorsey’s brothel at 151 South Washington Avenue. Photograph by A. F. Raymond, 1937.

One of Nina Clifford's brothels

Nina Clifford’s brothel at 147 South Washington Street in St. Paul. Photograph by A. F. Raymond, 1937.

One of the first automobiles used in Minnesota

One of the first automobiles used in Minnesota

Harold Sturgis (seated at left) and his electric automobile (one of the first automobiles used in Minnesota) draw a crowd outside the West Hotel, Minneapolis, 1896.

One of the original Buffalo River colony cabins

One of the original Buffalo River colony cabins

One of the original Buffalo River colony cabins, built in 1879 and restored by Orabel Thortvedt, granddaughter of Olav Thortvedt. Photograph by Cal Olson, June 1, 1955. Used with the permission of North Dakota State University Archives.

One of the original Buffalo River colony cabins

The second Buffalo River cabin (built 1879) moved onto the property of Orabel Thortvedt, granddaughter of Olav Thortvedt, for restoration. Photograph by Cal Olson, June 1, 1955. Used with the permission of North Dakota State University Archives.

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