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Minnesota's Lost Mining Towns

Sparta, Taconite Harbor, Genoa, Penobscot and Cooley live on in Northern Minnesota’s...

Aired 11/20/2019

Minnesota's Lost Mining Towns

Minnesota's Lost Mining Towns

Special | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Sparta, Taconite Harbor, Genoa, Penobscot and Cooley live on in Northern Minnesota’s...

Sparta, Taconite Harbor, Genoa, Penobscot and Cooley live on in Northern Minnesota’s memory, although there are few physical remnants of the towns that claimed these names. These “locations”, as they were originally called, played a vital role in the development of the emerging mining industry on the Minnesota Iron Range.

Aired 11/20/2019

Minnesota's Lost Mining Towns is a local public television program presented by PBS North

Minnesota's Lost Mining Towns

Minnesota's Lost Mining Towns

Special | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Sparta, Taconite Harbor, Genoa, Penobscot and Cooley live on in Northern Minnesota’s memory, although there are few physical remnants of the towns that claimed these names. These “locations”, as they were originally called, played a vital role in the development of the emerging mining industry on the Minnesota Iron Range.

Aired 11/20/2019

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