The Hill Farm Historical Society’s Spring event features James A. Stolpestad, author of Great Northern Iron: James J. Hill’s 109-year Mining Trust.  The exclusive story of Great Northern Iron Ore Properties. 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 the Great Northern Iron Ore Properties mining trust formed in 1906 by James J. Hill and Louis W. Hill to acquire, manage, and lease 67,000 acres on Minnesota’s 100-mile long Mesabi Range.

Recorded May 17, 2024
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