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The danger looming above Bovey
Local media have reported on the dangers surrounding the eroding Canisteo Mine Pit by Bovey, where water levels in the pit now rest several feet above portions of the city of Bovey. A rapidly eroding wall of earth is all that prevents a major flood that would destroy much of the town and wash out…
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Implicatons of a new era for Range mining industry
On Tuesday, the Iron Range Resources board held a special meeting to approve a new structure for a loan to the Minnesota Steel project as it enters the final stages of its purchase by India-based Essar Steel. (Today’s Mesabi Daily News details the deal). This is seen as the final hurdle in the private financing,…
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Time to ‘hunt’
I often tell people that, while I do not hunt, I come from a family with deep hunting traditions. This is my way of defraying the perplexed looks I get from my Iron Range/Northern Minnesota brethren who can’t understand a guy who lives here but doesn’t hunt OR fish. Really, I have nothing against hunting.…
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Welcome to MinnesotaBrown’s new blog location!
Welcome to the new home for the Minnesota Brown blog. I’m still operating my website at http://www.minnesotabrown.com/, where you’ll find my weekly columns, bio, and information on my upcoming book. I’m moving the blog feature here to blogspot.com to make posting and archiving easier. This also allows readers to make comments. The official rollover takes…
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About Aaron J. Brown
On a cold December 1979 night in the heart of northern Minnesota’s Iron Range one Aaron James Brown joined the rag-tag lot of babies born in the waning operation of the old Hibbing general hospital. The hospital would later be razed to become a senior living community where, one day, Brown hopes to expire in…
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Read what others say about "Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range"
Aaron J. Brown’s “Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range” was a critical and commercial success as a debut book published by a new company, Red Step Press of Duluth, in November 2008. “Overburden” won a Northeastern Minnesota Book Award the next year and continues to shape the discussion and spur conversation in Minnesota and…
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MinnesotaBrown also does real things sometimes
Meet the Author This blog doesn’t pay the bills. What it does, however, is allow me to build support for my professional work as a teacher, writer, speaker and radio producer. I deliver keynote speeches, lectures and specialized presentations related to topics like the Iron Range, Minnesota politics and history, writing, blogging and the media.…
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Contact MinnesotaBrown
To reach Aaron J. Brown, author of MinnesotaBrown.com: E-mail: aaronjbrown(at)yahoo.com Twitter: @minnesotabrown Facebook: Facebook.com/ironrange Related posts: No related posts.