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Discover one of the last frontiers in the contiguous
48 states, which were heralded as a great agricultural Garden of
Eden. A divergent ethnic composition, long and severe winters, a
short growing season, and muskeg swamps intensified the problems
of this isolated frontier. But the natural forest and abundance
of waterpower helped shape the area's history. The author focuses
on pioneers who settled within a 60 - 70 miles on the northern border
of Minnesota in an area extending from Baudette on the west to Kettle
Falls on the east. Realizing that this would be some of the last
free land, the pioneers had hopes that were probably greater than
on earlier frontiers.
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