Minnesota Ghost Towns

[Charles B]

AURORA, St. Louis County, Minnesota

The ORIGINAL SITE of this town of 2000 was located a mile north of the present town, at the site of the Meadow Mine. Nothing remains at the original site of this ghost iron-mining town. Present-day Aurora is a city of some 2000 citizens and over 80 businesses.

 

[Charles B]

BOVEY, Itasca County, Minnesota

This near ghost town mining community had a 1990 population of 662 although it has faded a lot from its boom period in the early 1900s when it was a busy iron town. In 1940, it still had 1355 folks. Two of its major mines were the Canisteo and Danube mines

 

[Charles B]

CALUMET, Itasca County, Minnesota

An early 1900s iron mining town, is located seven miles west of Nashwauk. It had 946 people in 1940 and only 382 in 1990.

 

[Charles B]

CRAMER, Lake County, Minnesota

Cramer is a ghost town in Lake County, not too far from Finland. Cramer was a satellite community to Finland when Finnish settlers began occupying the area in 1895. The Finns tried to farm in the area, but the land and weather made it tough going. There are still people that have Cramer as an address, but the old group of buildings (one looks like an old blacksmith shop) still stand.

 

[Charles B]

CUSOON, St. Louis County, Minnesota

This former lumber camp is on US 53, three miles north of Orr, and 52 miles southeast of International Falls, in the northwest part of the county. Not shown on present maps.

 

[Charles B]

DALE, Chisago County, Minnesota

Located in Fish Lake Township, Used to have a creamery and general store from what I understand, as well as a school house, it appears about one mile away from where the Dale site was. There is Dale Free Church now on the property where once was Fish Lake Baptist church est. 1873.

 

[Charles B]

DALSTORP, Chisago County, Minnesota

Located in Fish Lake Township, the site of Dalstorp is approximately 1.5 miles west of the Dale site. It had at least one church which was moved at one time. A cemetery remains.

 

[MNCoinhunter]

CUSOON, St. Louis County, Minnesota

This former lumber camp is on US 53, three miles north of Orr, and 52 miles southeast of International Falls, in the northwest part of the county. Not shown on present maps.

It is called Cusson, I worked at a sawmill there for about 10 years and I presently live about 18 miles south. The Cusson site was the northern headquarters of the The Virginia & Rainy Lake Lumber Company (significant period: 1900-1924), which had the largest white pine lumber mill in the United States at the time, located 30 miles south in Virginia, MN. The logs would come out of the woods on a smaller gauge railway into Cusson to be processed, and then on a train down to Virginia to be made into lumber. Lots of old CCC camps scattered in this area, including on the site of the sawmill in which I was employed. There are plenty of railroad relics to be found, but the guys at the logging camps really did'nt have any money until they would go to town, and most would spend it on booze and women. So coin finds are pretty scarce, but it's still fun to find relics if that is what you are into.

Liking this particular forum !!

 

[Charles B]

Hello McDave,

Thanks for the correction. and additional information.
We hope to see you often in the new forum.

Cheers,