Chisholm, Minnesota is in Saint Louis County. The community was founded as a mining town in the center of the Mesabi Range by Archibald Mark Chisholm, for whom the town was named. The city was incorporated as a village in 1901, the same year that its post office was established. Situated along a railroad line to Duluth, and with mining work available, Chisholm’s population grew quickly. By 1908, its population had grown to more than six thousand, and there were about five hundred buildings in town. However, in September of that year, a fire destroyed almost the entire town, although no one died as a result of the fire. By the following summer, more than seventy fireproof buildings had been built. Chisholm was incorporated as a city in 1934. In recent years, tourism has become a significant part of the community’s economy, although mining remains prominent. Roger Enrico, Chairman of PepsiCo from 1996 to 2001, was born in Chisholm. US Highway 169 and Minnesota Highway 73 are the chief routes to and from the city. Nearby communities include Grant, Buhl, Kinney, and Mountain Iron, Virginia, Cherry, Iron Junction, Leonidas, Eveleth, and Forbes to the east, Hibbing and Cherry to the south, and Kelly Lake, Keewatin, and Nashwauk to the west.
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Chisholm Area Chamber of Commerce
The non-profit organization is made up of business owners and individuals in the Chisholm, Minnesota area. Membership benefits, meeting schedules, and a calendar of events are published, along with a business directory, tourism opportunities, contacts, and a guide to the area.
http://www.chisholmchamber.com/
An affiliate of the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners, the Foundation is a permanent, philanthropic endowment that secures, manages and allocates investors’ gifts for charitable purposes in the Chisholm and Balkan area. Its corporate partners, grants, memorials, and contacts are posted.
http://www.chisholmcommunityfoundation.com/
Built in 1999, the hotel includes forty-three guest rooms and twelve suites, as well as accommodations for family trips and reunions, including an indoor heated pool, whirlpool and sauna. Offering direct access to more than two thousand miles of groomed snowmobile and multi-use recreational trails, guests of the facility can experience all of Minnesota’s adventures.
http://www.chisholminn.com/
Established in 1917, the grocery store has been at its current location in Chisholm, Minnesota since 1972, and is affiliated with Shurfine, Shurfresh, and Affiliated Foods Midwest. Directions, store hours, and information about its Rewards discount program, a shopping list, and contacts are posted.
http://www.chisholmjubileefoods.com/
Established by the Northland Foundation, and associated with the Chisholm Youth Family & Community Partnership, the program offers a variety of services, including school-based prevention for youth at risk, after school programs, youth leadership programs, and volunteer opportunities.
http://www.ckplus.org/
Headquartered in Chisholm, Minnesota, the PK-12th grade public school district operates Vaughan-Steffensrud Elementary School, Chisholm Elementary School, and Chisholm High School, each of which are highlighted here, along with district office contacts, a district calendar, and an overview of its community education programs.
http://www.chisholm.k12.mn.us/
Chisholm, Minnesota is in the geographic center of Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range, about two hundred miles north of the Twin Cities region, and about a hundred miles south of the Canadian border. The official municipal web site featured a calendar of events, employment opportunities, and administrative contacts.
http://www.ci.chisholm.mn.us/
Held over several days surrounding Halloween, the event is held at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm. Schedules, group and tour information, ticket sales, amenities, policy information, and volunteer opportunities are posted to the site. Sponsorships, vendors, a video from previous events are posted.
http://www.fieldofscreams.info/
The real estate office is located on West Lake Street in Chisholm, Minnesota. Specializing in lake cabins, country homes, hunting properties, starter homes, investment properties, and foreclosures, the office handles properties in Chisholm, Virginia, Hibbing, Side Lake, and areas around Voyageurs National Park, Quetico Provincial Park, and Lake Vermillion.
http://ironcountryrealty.com/
Located at the Minnesota Discovery Center, the archive of research materials includes census records, naturalization records, passenger arrival records, mining company newsletters, and a survey of women in industry taken in 1919, most of which are a designated government records repository for the Taconite Tax Relief Area.
http://www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org/
The non-profit museum complex is comprised of the museum itself, a research center, and 660-acre park, offering a focus on telling the story of the Iron Range and the European immigrants who migrated to this region to find work in the iron ore industry. Located in Chisholm, its collections, exhibits, research facilities, educational programs, and events are highlighted.
http://www.mndiscoverycenter.com/
Situated in downtown Chisholm, the museum facilities include a stone castle built in 1933, filled with several displays of mining history, as well as a gift shop, with several outdoor displays on the grounds, including mining trucks, a 1907 stream locomotive, and replicas of an underground mine and mining town.
http://www.mnmuseumofmining.org/
Rupp Funeral Home & Cremation Service
In business since 1905, the funeral home was originally part of the Lundall and Son Hardware Store in Chisholm, Minnesota. A history and profile of the business is put forward, including its services, policies and resources, staff contacts, testimonials and other resources. Obituaries are published to the site.
http://www.ruppfuneralhome.com/
The full-service restaurant and bar is located on West Lake Street in the city of Chisholm, Minnesota. Directions, hours of operation, and an overview of the dining room and facilities are put forward, along with a menu, special offers, and information about its take-out and delivery services.
http://snickerspizzachisholm.com/