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
What is a bonanza farm?
An extremely large farm that grew only one crop, usually wheat.
What is the name of the man who came from Illinois and created a lumber empire here and in many places?
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
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
Oliver H Kelley started what group?
The Grange
What natural resource provided power for the turbines and water wheels?
Water
Why was white pine the best tree for the lumber industry?
Tall (grew more than 150 tall), good quaulity (mad great board for construction), did not have any branches for many feet up above the ground.
What body of water did they use to ship the ore?
Lake Superior
A miller would work in which industry?
Flour milling
What year did Minnesota become a state?
1858
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