Great Northern Iron: James J. Hill's 109-Year Mining Trust

Revealing for the first time a story hidden from public view for a century, award-winning historian James A. Stolpestad and the Ramsey County Historical Society present the history of Great Northern Iron Ore Properties formed in 1906 by James J. Hill and Louis W. Hill to acquire, manage, and lease 67,000 acres on the 100-mile long Mesabi Range. The 348-page volume contains original documents, photographs, maps and detailed tables. Dramatic 36-inch fold out maps show the entire Northern Minnesota mining region from both a birds-eye view and its cross-section. Author: James A. Stolpestad Publisher: Ramsey County Historical Society (2020) Hardcover, 348 pages Review, Minnesota History Magazine: St. Paul author, lawyer, and real estate developer Stolpestad was given exclusive access to Great Northern’s archives and to its former senior managers to reveal for the first time a story hidden from public view for a century: that of Great Northern Iron Ore Properties, a trust formed i