Flour
Flour is made from this
Wheat
What is a person who worked in a lumber camp called?
A lumberjack
What mineral was mined in MN?
Iron ore
This industry got the wheat from southern and southwestern Minnesota.
Flour milling
The homestead act gave up to how many acres to each settler?
160
The man who helped make Minnesota the milling capital of the world.
Charles Pillsbury
What type of tree was cut for lumber?
White Pine
Iron ore is an ingredient in...
Steel
This industry was centered in northeast Minnesota.
Iron ore mining
What type of farming had the practice of producing a variety of crops and livestock?
Diversified farming
Flour was grown mostly in what part of Minnesota?
The southern and southwestern part
What is the name of the man who came from Illinois and created a lumber empire here and in many places?
What is the man's name who was important in the iron mining industry?
Henry Oliver
This industry used the river as the main way to transport it until trains came.
Lumber Industry
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What natural resource provided power for the turbines?
Water
What season was most of the lumbering done?
Winter
What body of water did they use to ship the ore?
Lake Superior
A miller would work in which industry?
Flour milling
What is the name of the largest city in Minnesota that is located on Lake Superior?
Duluth
The highest paid workers were those who...
Worked the machines
What is the place where the lumber was cut down into workable wood called?
Sawmill
What is the area called where they found iron ore?
Iron range
Minnesota's iron range is located near which big city?
Duluth
What main river in Minnesota did the loggers use for transportation?
Mississippi River