The museum displays artifacts, photos, and documents of life and events on the Cuyuna Iron Range. The residual landscape, after mining, has lead to an amazing recreational area with numerous natural and pit lakes, hiking, camping and biking trails. When it became known that mountain bike trails were coming to the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area (CCSRA), Aaron and Beth wanted to help promote the region. Cuyuna.com and Cuyuna Adventure Town USA® exist to continue to tell the story and to build the bridge to our shared, preferable, and sustainable future—for our residents and our guests. The museum is open from Memorial Weekend through Labor Day Weekend, Tuesday through Saturday, 10a–4p. We helped start it! But to expand the trails, the DNR required a plan be created, vetted by the DNR, and presented to the public for input. This is their story. These are just a few of many reasons for other global destinations to be (rightfully) envious. The word “Cuyuna” was created by Adams’ wife—the first three letters of Cuyler and “Una,” their St. Bernard’s name. Arkansas Bike Summit, Bentonville, AR As the miners and their families left Cuyuna, the stores, shops, hotels and most business places also moved out. Aaron soon discovered that the CCSRA lacked the volunteers to maintain 25 miles of trails. Dagny Aulie remembers, "When I was very small, we had a theater, and the mining company brought in movies and the whole town could attend for no charge. Andrew Hook, retired economist, and resident of Riverton, Minnesota, recognized cycling as an economic driver opportunity—one that could bring in new visitors, new businesses, and new opportunities for local residents. A boardwalk over the water leads to the shaft—the cap on the mine shaft is still visible—and boards in the boardwalk are inscribed with the names of those who perished. Mountain bicycling, bicycling, trail hiking/running, swimming, paddle boarding, kayaking, and scuba diving are inherently risky and failure to abide by the rules and signage of the trail, road, and water may cause serious injury or death. Cuyuna Adventure Town USA® and the Cuyuna logo and script are nationally registered trademarks, and they should not be reproduced, imitated, or used in any form, including any printing of the trademarks on third-party clothing or merchandise, unless Cuyuna Adventure Town USA® has given prior written consent. Her boy friend was going to the war [WW I], and everybody was crying when she broke down. Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) Recharge the Range, Chisholm, MN Jenny Smith Two years before it was officially platted on November 14, 1908, the village of Cuyuna1 was begun a mile west of the Kennedy mine. The balloon and capsule reached an altitude of 110,000 feet, allowing Dr. Simons to gather data on altitude’s effects on the body—valuable information used by NASA in space flights. Seven miners scrambled up the ladder to the surface, but 41 miners perished. That year a new school, The Cuyuna High School, housing grades 1 through 8 to begin with, was built. Soo Line Depot/Cuyuna Range History Museum . The Milford Mine site in Crosby has been opened as a meaningful, historic memorial. It was part of a 1908 - 1910 project to build a rail line from Superior, Wisconsin to Thief River Falls, Minnesota with a branch (Crosby) to the Cuyuna Iron Range. • Brainerd Public Schools To attract married men with families (who would be steady employees), The Rogers, Brown Mining Company built a number of two story, three and four bedroom houses in Cuyuna, each with a fair sized yard, city water, and quite often enough space to raise a cow, a few pigs, a flock of chickens and a small garden.