The Merritt Family and the Mesabi Iron Range (original) (raw)

"A Big Verdict." Duluth News Tribune, June 14, 1895.

"Big Struggle is On." Saint Paul Daily Globe, June 6, 1895.
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"Big Suit Over." Duluth News Tribune, June 12, 1895.

"Brought On Again." Saint Paul Daily Globe, February 28, 1893.
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Burns, Manley P. History of Oneota Minnesota. N.p., [1962?].
Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul

Chernow, Ron. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr. New York: Vintage Books, 2004.

"Dreary Grind." Duluth News Tribune, June 8, 1895.

"First Car of Ore." Mesaba Range, October 20, 1892.

"First of Last." Duluth News Tribune, June 11, 1895.

Folwell, William Watts. A History of Minnesota. Vol. 4. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1969.

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Ingersoll, Paul Baughman. "The Merritt Brothers and the Opening of the Mesaba Iron Range." Masters' Thesis, University of Chicago, 1928.

John D. Rockefeller, Plaintiff in Error v. Alfred Merritt, Plaintiff in Error, No. 707, U.S. District Court of Appeals (Eighth Cir. September 2, 1895).
Description: Transcript of the court case brought on by Rockefeller's appeal.

"Letters of Lon." Duluth News Tribune, June 7, 1895.

"Lon Merritt Talks of Early Days on Range; Shatters Tradition." Virginia Enterprise, July 9, 1915.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059180/1915-07-09/ed-1/seq-1/

"Lon On Stand." Duluth News Tribune, June 6, 1895.

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Alfred Merritt v. John D. Rockefeller, 1895–1900
Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: Proceedings of the court case in which the Alfred Merritt sued Rockefeller for fraud.

Merritt, Alfred. Reminiscences of Early Days of the Head of the Lakes. Duluth, MN: N.p., [1915?].

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Merritt, Andrus. The Story of the Mesabi, 1934.
Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: In this unpublished manuscript Andrus Merritt gives the most detailed account of the Merritts' version of events. It describes many of the claims the family made against Rockefeller.

The Merritt Family: Minnesota Pioneers. Typescript, [Duluth, MN: St. Louis County Historical Society, 1930].

"The Merritt Family: Seven Sons of One House." Duluth Daily Commonwealth, May 24, 1893.

"Merritts are Convinced." Saint Paul Globe, February 28, 1897.
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"Merritts are Out." Mesaba Range, February 8, 1894.

Nevins, Allan. John D. Rockefeller: The Heroic Age of American Enterprise. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1940.

"To Mountain Iron." Duluth News Tribune, October 17, 1895.

Van Brunt, Walter. Duluth and St. Louis County Minnesota: Their Story and People; An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development. Vol. 1. Chicago and New York: American Historical Society, 1921.

Walker, David A. Iron Frontier: The Discovery and Early Development of Minnesota's Three Ranges. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1979.