Range Reminiscing
The Iron Range Historical Society has published and mailed to its members more than 100 issues of Range Reminiscing, formerly called Range History, since 1976. Back copies of these issues have been saved and may be purchased from the Research Library. The asterisk in the note column indicates which back issues are available. At present, issues are sent to members four times a year. Please contact us with the numbers of the newsletter back issues you wish to purchase at a cost of $2.00 each.
| Volume# | Number | Seq# | Principal Article Title or Subject | Author's Name | Pub. Date | Note |
| Vol. 1 | No. 1 | 1. | Merritt, A Ghost Town | Lamppa, Marvin | Mar., 1976 | * |
| Vol. 1 | No. 2 | 2. | Birth of the Bus Industry | Dicklich, Ron | Jun., 1976 | * |
| Vol. 1 | No. 3 | 3. | Pioneer Days | Lamppa, Barbara E. | Sep., 1976 | * |
| Vol. 1 | No. 4 | 4. | Harvesting the Ice Crop | Laukkonen, Albert & Violet | Dec., 1976 | * |
| Vol. 2 | No. 1 | 5. | Gold!! | Miller, Dana | Mar., 1977 | * |
| Vol. 2 | No. 2 | 6. | Vermilion Gold | Miller, Dana | Jun., 1977 | * |
| Vol. 2 | No. 3 | 7. | A Gamble at the Grant | Lamppa, Marvin | Sep., 1977 | * |
| Vol. 2 | No. 4 | 8. | The Finnish Temperence Movement | Karni, Dr. Michael | Dec., 1977 | * |
| Vol. 3 | No. 1 | 9. | The Moving of North Hibbing | DeMillo, Lorraine | Mar., 1978 | * |
| Vol. 3 | No. 2 | 10. | Women on the Range | Lamppa, Barbara E. | Jun., 1978 | * |
| Vol. 3 | No. 3 | 11. | Americanization Classes | Rukavina, Catherine | Sep., 1978 | * |
| Vol. 3 | No. 4 | 12. | Ethnic Radicalism/1916 Mesabi Strike | Ollilla, Douglas Jr. | Dec., 1978 | * |
| Vol. 4 | No. 1 | 13. | Skiing | Lager, Dr. Harold E. | Mar., 1979 | * |
| Vol. 4 | No. 2 | 14. | Northern Timber | Krenz, Duane | Jun., 1979 | * |
| Vol. 4 | No. 3 | 15. | Three Ghost Locations on the Mesabi | Lamppa, Marvin | Sep., 1979 | * |
| Vol. 4 | No. 4 | 16. | The Pioneering Butlers | Bolf, Peter | Dec., 1979 | * |
| Vol. 5 | No. 1 | 17. | The Longyear Lake Landfill Bridge | Rukavina, Catherine | Spring, 1980 | * |
| Vol. 5 | No. 2 | 18. | J. Victor Maryland, Pioneer Businessman | Weckman, Violet Maryland | Summer, 1980 | * |
| Vol. 5 | No. 3 | 19. | Exploratory Diamond Drilling on the Mesabi 1890 to 1910 | Perry, David | Fall, 1980 | * |
| Vol. 5 | No. 4 | 20. | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn & the Mesabi Strike of 1916 | Karni, Michael | Winter, 1980 | * |
| Vol. 6 | No. 1 | 21. | N. B. Shank, Early Day Logger | Greene, Ken | Spring, 1981 | * |
| Vol. 6 | No. 2 | 22. | A Pair of Moccasins | Lager, Harold E. | Summer, 1981 | * |
| Vol. 6 | No. 3 | 23. | Merritt - Once a Metropolis | Larson, Joan | Fall, 1981 | * |
| Vol. 6 | No. 4 | 24. | Mesaba Railway Company | Simons, Barbara | Winter, 1981 | * |
| Vol. 7 | No. 1 | 25. | A Hundred Years Ago | Simons, Barbara | Spring, 1982 | * |
| Vol. 7 | No. 2 | 26. | Who Was Who in Iron Range History | Simons, Barbara | Summer, 1982 | * |
| Vol. 8 | No. 1 | 27. | Pioneer Missionary Remembers the Range | Alanen, Arnold | Spring, 1983 | * |
| Vol. 8 | No. 2 | 28. | Saga of a Supermarket | Potocnik, Bill | Summer, 1983 | * |
| Vol. 8 | No. 3 | 29. | Ashawiwisitagon | Lamppa, Marvin | Winter, 1983 | * |
| Vol. 8 | No. 4 | 30. | Changing Attitudes of Iron Range Women | Rukavina, Catherine & Joan Larson | Spring, 1984 | * |
| Vol. 9 | No. 1 | 31. | The Mesabi Iron Company Taconite Pioneer | Wright, Donald C. | Jun., 1984 | * |
| Vol. 9 | No. 2 | 32. | Tall Pines | Brandt, Barbara J. | Aug., 1984 | * |
| Vol. 9 | No. 3 | 33. | Life on the Edge - Franklin | Halunen, Rodney L. | Oct., 1984 | * |
| Vol. 9 | No. 4 | 34. | IRHS: Gallery of History | Dec., 1984 | * | |
| Vol. 10 | No. 1 | 35. | Spruce Hill - Squatter Land | Mattson, Rosemary Postudensek | Aug., 1985 | * |
| Vol. 10 | No. 2 | 36. | The History of the Soudan Mine | Yapel, Mark | Nov., 1985 | * |
| Vol. 11 | No. 1 | 37. | Nostalgia - Gheen, Willow Valley Area | Holmer, Reinhold | Jun., 1986 | * |
| Vol. 11 | No. 2 | 38. | History of Embarrass Township | Lamppa, Richard V. | Dec., 1986 | * |
| Vol. 12 | No. 1 | 39. | Laurel Sherman Remembers | Sherman, Laurel D. | May, 1987 | * |
| Vol. 12 | No. 2 | 40. | Midwifery and the Immigrant Cultures of the Iron Range | Hepokoski, Carol | Oct., 1987 | * |
| Vol. 12 | No. 3 | 41. | The Virginia Oliver Shops | Parden, John "Jack" | Dec., 1987 | * |
| Vol. 13 | No. 1 | 42. | Harvest Time: Nett Lake--Capitol of the | Knollman, Maurice | Mar., 1988 | * |
| Vol. 13 | No. 2 | 43. | Biwabik, Minnesota: A Pioneer Mining Community | Jun., 1988 | * | |
| Vol. 13 | No. 3 | 44. | History of the Technological Development of the Linde JPM-1 Jet Piercing Machine | Sep., 1988 | * | |
| Vol. 13 | No. 4 | 45. | Vermilion Trail | Dec., 1988 | * | |
| Vol. 14 | No. 1 | 46. | Law Enforcement | Cook, Ryan | Oct., 1989 | * |
| Vol. 14 | No. 2 | 47. | A Legend in Law Enforcement | Servaty, Debbie | Oct., 1989 | * |
| Vol. 14 | No. 3 | 48. | Ely's Polarnaut: Will Steger | Dec., 1989 | * | |
| Vol. 15 | No. 1 | 49. | Trans-Antarctica | Jun., 1990 | * | |
| Vol. 15 | No. 2 | 50. | 100 Years and Growing...Mt. Iron | Ostman, Velma | Dec., 1990 | * |
| Vol. 16 | No. 1 | 51. | Ely Fire Department | Jul., 1991 | * | |
| Vol. 16 | No. 2 | 52. | 1907 Strike | Aug., 1991 | * | |
| Vol. 16 | No. 3 | 53. | Fayal Underground Mine | Sep., 1991 | * | |
| Vol. 16 | No. 4 | 54. | Adams-Spruce Mine | Oct., 1991 | * | |
| Vol. 17 | No. 1 | 55. | Palo Band | Jan., 1992 | * | |
| Vol. 17 | No. 2 | 56. | 1936 Forest Fires | Jun., 1992 | * | |
| Vol. 18 | No. 1 | 57. | Old Mesaba School | May, 1993 | * | |
| Vol. 18 | No. 2 | 58. | Elba-Elcor | Jun., 1993 | * | |
| Vol. 19 | No. 1 | 59. | Vermilion Range | Aug., 1994 | * | |
| Vol. 19 | No. 2 | 60. | Gilbert Bailey Block | Oct., 1994 | * | |
| Vol. 19 | No. 3 | 61. | Gilbert Aids Poor | Dec., 1994 | * | |
| Vol. 20 | No. 1 | 62. | Easter Styles | Mar., 1995 | * | |
| Vol. 20 | No. 2 | 63. | Fourth of July | Jun., 1995 | * | |
| Vol. 20 | No. 3 | 64. | Cyclone | Sep., 1995 | * | |
| Vol. 20 | No. 4 | 65. | Biwabik Iron Ore Newspaper | Dec., 1995 | * | |
| Vol. 21 | No. 1 | 66. | Jokers | Gulbranson, Garfield | Mar., 1996 | * |
| Vol. 21 | No. 2 | 67. | Churn Drills | Jun., 1996 | * | |
| Vol. 21 | No. 3 | 68. | World War II Flyer Hero | Gulbranson, Garfield | Sep., 1996 | * |
| Vol. 21 | No. 4 | 69. | Early Recollections of the Mesabi I | McInnis, Neil | Dec., 1996 | * |
| Vol. 22 | No. 1 | 70. | Early Recollections of the Mesabi II | McInnis, Neil | Mar., 1997 | * |
| Vol. 22 | No. 2 | 71. | Early Recollections of the Mesabi III | McInnis, Neil | Jun., 1997 | * |
| Vol. 22 | No. 3 | 72. | 1906 Fayal Finnish Band / D & I R Railroad | Sep., 1997 | * | |
| Vol. 22 | No. 4 | 73. | "Iron Country" Documentary | Kellner, Juli | Dec., 1997 | * |
| Vol. 23 | No. 1 | 74. | Virginia Fire Department | Mar., 1998 | * | |
| Vol. 23 | No. 2 | 75. | Sparta Dance Pavilion | Jun., 1998 | * | |
| Vol. 23 | No. 3 | 76. | My Story / The Rouchleau Mine of Virginia | Takala, Elvera Lundstrom | Sep., 1998 | * |
| Vol. 23 | No. 4 | 77. | 50, 60, 70, 80, & 90 Years Ago / Winter Fun Photos | Dec., 1998 | * | |
| Vol. 24 | No. 1 | 78. | A Diamond Driller Reminisces | Wicklund, Albin | Mar., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 24 | No. 2 | 79. | Homesteading in Palo | Byrd, Mae S. | Jun., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 24 | No. 3 | 80. | Elcor: An Iron Range Ghost Town / The Elcor Smokestack | Glavan, Gregory S. | Sep., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 24 | No. 4 | 81. | Eveleth: The City on the Hill (Ch.6: Doctor Blane) | Peterson, Henry C. | Dec., 1999 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 1 | 82. | Ely Area: Robinson Lake Section Gang & Captain Trezona | Deane, E. G. | Mar., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 2 | 83. | Joe Hogan's Incident at the Biwabik Mine | The Eveleth Mining News | Jun., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 3 | 84. | Iron Junction + Merritt: Mesabi Range Ghost Town | Halunen, Rod | Sep., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 25 | No. 4 | 85. | Southern Slavs on the Iron Ranges | Grebenc, Anthony | Dec., 2000 | * |
| Vol. 26 | No. 1 | 86. | Sam Keller, 65-Year Blacksmith in Sparta and Gilbert | The Gilbert Herald | Mar., 2001 | * |
| Vol. 26 | No. 2 | 87. | The Fourth of July; Remembering Our Heritage | Mary Lou Nemanic, M.A., Ph.D. | Jun., 2001 | * |
| Vol. 26 | No. 3 | 88. | Marshal William O'Hara, Biwabik Marshal and Chief of Police | Biwabik Iron Ore, Biwabik Times Duluth and St. Louis County by Walter Van Brunt |
Sep., 2001 | * |
| Vol. 26 | No. 4 | 89. | NE Minnesota: Nation of the Bear from The American Geography | Jedidiah Morse | Dec., 2001 | * |
| Vol. 27 | No. 1 | 90. | Pettit Underground Miner Matti Hallila Pelto | Translated by Vienna C. Saari Maki | Mar., 2002 | * |
| Vol. 27 | No. 2 | 91. | The Iron Range: Melting Pot of Minnesota [The Pioneer Mine] | Excerpts from a 2/18/17 Ely Miner Article | Jun., 2002 | * |
| Vol. 27 | No. 3 | 92. | The Home Front in WW1 | Excerpts from The Eveleth News, 1917-18 | Sep., 2002 | * |
| Vol. 27 | No. 4 | 93. | St. Louis County Schools / Linden Grove School Days | Walter Van Brunt / Marian Dirks | Dec., 2002 | * |
| Vol. 28 | No. 1 | 94. | Life in the Early Logging Camps | IRHS & UM College of Education | Mar., 2003 | * |
| Vol. 28 | No. 2 | 95. | Early Tower | Lee Brownell | Jun., 2003 | * |
| Vol. 28 | No. 3 | 96. | A Walk to Eveleth to Find a Job | Arthur Moscatelli | Sep., 2003 | * |
| Vol. 28 | No. 4 | 97. | The Latvala Legacy | Marian Dirks | Dec., 2003 | * |
| Vol. 29 | No. 1 | 98. | The Aho Homestead in Embarrass / The Aho Farm: The Way It Is Now | Wayne Gudmundson / Tiffany Anderson | Mar., 2004 | * |
| Vol. 29 | No. 2 | 99. | Iron Range Schoolmarm [in Eveleth, MN] | Polly Bullard | Jun., 2004 | * |
| Vol. 29 | No. 3 | 100. | Past Recalled by Samuel H. Owens | Samuel H. Owens (1858�1941) | Sep., 2004 | * |
| Vol. 29 | No. 4 | 101. | Americanizaton / Woman Who Stirs the Melting Pot: Martha O'Connor | Ely Winton Historical Society / Queen City Sun, November 6, 1922 | Dec., 2004 | * |
| Vol. 30 | No. 1 | 102. | Moose Vs. Machine / Moose Vs. Log Hauler | 70th Anniversary of Ely booklet, 1958 / Tower Weekly News, February 10, 1905 | Mar., 2005 | * |
| Vol. 30 | No. 2 | 103. | Range Pioneer's Life / Embarrass River View | Mary Lyon Burns, The Eveleth News, 1/21/1915 | Jun., 2005 | * |
| Vol. 30 | No. 3 | 104. | The Story of Oliver Pickett | The Eveleth Mining News, 12/02/1904 | Sep., 2005 | * |
| Vol. 30 | No. 4 | 105. | Winters in Eveleth | Tiffany Anderson and George A. Rasula | Dec., 2005 | * |
| Vol. 31 | No. 1 | 106. | Impressions of Another Time (Early Chisholm & Keewatin) | Mr. Bushman and others | Mar., 2006 | * |
| Vol. 31 | No. 2 | 107. | Underground Mules | John Harris Hearding, Eveleth News Clarion, Eveleth Mining News, Duluth News Tribune | Jun., 2006 | * |
| Vol. 31 | No. 3 | 108. | Eveleth City Hall 1906-2006: Celebrating the Walls and Bricks of History | Tiffany Anderson | Sep., 2006 | * |
| Vol. 31 | No. 4 | 109. | George Stuntz, Adventurer | Kathleen Bergan and David Stuntz | Dec., 2006 | * |
| Vol. 32 | No. 1 | 110. | Cooley, Minnesota | Alan Stone, Loren Lambert, and Vergal Buescher | Mar., 2007 | * |
| Vol. 32 | No. 2 | 111. | Education in a New Country [Aurora, Minnesota] | Tony Grebenc | Jun., 2007 | * |
| Vol. 32 | No. 3 | 112. | Iron Range Food and Farming | David Hanson | Sep., 2007 | * |
| Vol. 32 | No. 4 | 113. | John H. Hearding | Cover Photo Donated by Hope Bulger | Dec., 2007 | * |
| Vol. 33 | No. 1 | 114. | Gilbert Celebrates It's 100th Anniversary | Iron Range Historical Society Photograph | Mar., 2008 | * |
| Vol. 33 | No. 2 | 115. | Captain Oliver Knox | Mary Lou Pearson, National Parks Service | Jun., 2008 | * |
| Vol. 33 | No. 3 | 116. | Early Mail Deliveries | Multiple Sources | Sep., 2008 | * |
| Vol. 33 | No. 4 | 117. | Captain Binney's Narrow Escape | Collection of Jan and Joe Binney | Dec., 2008 | * |
| Vol. 34 | No. 1 | 118. | Can Henry Ford Come Back Again? | The Eveleth Clarion, 1927 | Mar., 2009 | * |
| Vol. 34 | No. 2 | 119. | The Milford Mine Tragedy | The Crosby Courier et. al. | Jun., 2009 | * |
| Vol. 34 | No. 3 | 120. | It's a Small World: From Gilbert, Minnesota to Auburn, Alabama | Ken Ringer | Sep., 2009 | * |
| Vol. 34 | No. 4 | 121. | The St. Louis County Poor House | Oscar Widstrand | Dec., 2009 | * |
| Vol. 35 | No. 1 | 122. | Tales of the Old Country and Activities of the Immigrants | Tony Grebenc | Mar., 2010 | * |
| Vol. 35 | No. 2 | 123. | Eveleth's Contribution to the Greatest Show on Earth | Lisa Mortensen | Jun., 2010 | * |
| Vol. 35 | No. 3 | 124. | A Cabin in the Woods | Ken Greene | Sep., 2010 | * | Vol. 35 | No. 4 | 125. | Armistice Day, 1940 | John Krause | Dec., 2010 | * |
| Vol. 36 | No. 1 | 126. | Minnesota's First State Capitol Building is Destroyed | St. Paul Pioneer Press | Mar., 2011 | * | Vol. 36 | No. 2 | 127. | Last of the Mine Mules | Walter Havighurst | Jun., 2011 | * |
| Vol. 36 | No. 3 | 128. | Coming to America and Early Days in a Mining Town | Arthur Moscatelli | Sep., 2011 | * | Vol. 36 | No. 4 | 129. | When the Horse was King | Lee Brownell | Dec., 2011 | * |