Ausmus, Jim.  Personal interview.  March 31, 2005.

Barshay, Jill J.  “Upping the Ante:  Mille Lacs Band takes casinos’ reins:  With the help of Lyle Berman’s Grand Casinos Inc., the Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa has established to profitable casinos.  Now, as planned, the band is assuming the risks and rewards of direct management control.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) July 20, 1998, Metro ed., D1+.  LexisNexis.  February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

Boxmeyer, Don.  “Hinckley not really fired up about its casino.”  Saint Paul Pioneer Press June 8, 1992, B2.

Bream, Jon.  “Johnny Cash gives grand show for casino in Hinckley.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) June 6, 1994, Metro ed., B4.  LexisNexis.  February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

“Brighter Outlook in Wisconsin.”  New York Times September 4, 1894, 2.

“Burned in the Morass:  Residents of Hinckley Struggled and Perished in the Swamp.”  New York Times September 4, 1894, 2.

Carideo, Tony.  “Expansion-minded Grand Casinos is looking for some spending money.”  StarTribune (Minneapolis) January 18,  1992, Metro ed., D2.  LexisNexis February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

Coffey, Jeanne.  Personal Interview.  March 31, 2005.

---.  Telephone interview.  March 15, 2005.

Coffey, Richard A.  Notes from a North Country Cabin Bogtrotter.  Minneapolis:  MSP Books, 1996.

deFiebre, Conrad.  “Another tribal offer on the table:  Mille Lacs Band proposes talks with state on gaming.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) August 27, 2004, Metro ed., A1+.  LexisNexis   February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

Doyle, Pat.  “Casino-owning tribes resist unions.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) July 2, 1999, Metro ed., D1+.  LexisNexis February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

---.  “Key senator wants state to build an run a casino:  Profits would go for construction, transportation.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Jan 30, 2001, Metro ed., B1.  LexisNexis February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

---.  “Mille Lacs Chippewas vote for a new era:  Tribal leader Marge Anderson, who brought national attention to the reservation, was defeated.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) June 15, 2000, Metro ed., B3.  LexisNexis February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

Duchsechere, Kevin.  “Grand Casinos to cut the lights after 1 a.m.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) June 26, 1993, Metro ed., B5.  LexisNexis February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

“Estimates of the Dead:  One Newspaper Correspondent Counted 312 Corpses.”  New York Times September 4, 1894, 2.

Franklin, Robert.  “North vs. South in Pine County:  Some want to move the county seat.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) February 24, 2004, Metro ed., B1+.  LexisNexis.  February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

“From Three to Five Millions:  Such Is the Estimate Made of the Damage by the Fires.”  New York Times September 4, 1894, 2.

Franklin, Tim.  Personal interview.  March 31, 2005.

Gauper, Ruth.  “In Hinckley, memories of 1894 inferno loom large.”  Saint Paul Pioneer Press August 7, 1994, F8.

Goff, Bob.  Telephone interview.  March 17, 2005.

“Government Sending Troops and Tents.”  New York Times September 4, 1894, 2.

Hardman, David. “By the Numbers.”  Saint Paul Pioneer Press August 24, 1994, A14).

Hinckley Convention and Visitors Bureau.  Hinckley:  East Central Minnesota’s Visitors Guide.  Hinckley, MN.:  Hinckley Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2005.

“Hundreds Perish in Forest Fires:  Western Towns Destroyed and Citizens Burned to Death in Their Crumbling Houses.”  New York Times September 3, 1894, 1.

“Indians Among the Victims:  Twenty-Three Chippewas Perished in Forest Fires.”  New York Times September 8, 1894, 6.

Justin, Neal.  “Stacking the deck:  Regional casinos are betting big money on popular singers and comics, a strategy that may be squeezing other local clubs out of the game.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) August 22, 1996, E1.  LexisNexis February 3, 2004 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

Klobuchar, Jim.  “Whose sky is it, anyway?  Right now, the casinos rule.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) October 7, 1992, Metro ed., B3.  LexisNexis February 3, 2004 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

Krantz, Angela A.  Personal interview.  March 31, 2005.

Marcotty, Josephine.  “Hinckley casino will hire up to 1,400:  First phase to open in May.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) February 15, 1992, Metro ed., A1+.  LexisNexis February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

Meryhew, Richard.  “Casino brings jobs, development to Hinckley—at a price.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) May 14, 2002.  startribune.com May 4, 2005 <www.startribune.com>).

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.  General Information:  Grand Casino Hinckley.  Saint Paul:  Goff and Howard, Inc., 2005.  <http://www.grandcasinomn.com/About%20Us/Winter%202005%20GCH.pdf>.

Millet, Larry.  “Last person to survive 1894 Hinckley fire dies at age 102.   Saint Paul Pioneer Press December 20, 1996, C1.

“More Victims at Hinckley:  Several Bodies Found Burned Beyond Recognition.”  New York Times September 7, 1894, 6.

Nelson, Todd.  “Casinos Allowed Big Gains for Minnesota Tribes in 1990s.”  Saint Paul Pioneer Press June 4, 2002.  LexisNexis.  February 3, 2005<www.lexisnexis.com>.

 “Race for Life with Flames:  How Engineer Root Brought the Limited to a Place of Safety.”  New York Times  September 3, 1894, 1.

“Scene of Utter Desolation:  A Correspondent Tells What He Saw at Pine City and Hinckley.”  New York Times September 5, 1894, 2.

Sinker, Howard.  “Hinckley hears the call of the casino and wonders what might flock to town.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) May 15, 1992, Metro ed., A1+.  LexisNexis.  February 3, 2004 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

Stilgoe, John R. Metropolitan Corridor:  Railroads and the American Scene.  New Haven, CT.:  Yale UP, 1983.

“Still the Calamity Grows:  The Number of Charred Corpses Now Estimated at 450.”  New York Times September 5, 1894, 1.

Strickler, Jeff.  “Kids hit their own jackpot at Hinckley casino.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis)  December 5, 1996, Metro ed., E1+.  LexisNexis February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

Swenson, Grace Stageberg.  From the Ashes:  The Story of the Hinckley Fire of 1894.  Stillwater, MN.:  Croixside Press, 1979.

“Tales Told by Refugees:  Stories of Suffering and Deeds of Heroism Increase the Fire Literature.”  New York Times September 5, 1894, 2.

Tarbox, James M.  “Mille Lacs Chippewas to build second casino in Pine County.”  Saint Paul Pioneer Press July 16, 1991, A1+.

“The Dead Lie in Heaps at Hinckley:  Communication Has At Last Been Established with the Burned Minnesota Town.”  New York Times September 4, 1894, 1.

“Welcome Rain is Falling:  All Stations Between Duluth and Rutledge Report Fires Dying Out.”  New York Times September 4, 1894, 2.

Whereatt, Robert.  “Are casinos holding an unfair tax advantage?  Indians say they pay their share:  competitors don’t see it that way.”  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) December 27, 1992, Metro ed., A1+.  LexisNexis February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

Whereatt, Robert and Josephine Marcotty.  “Sprucing up their image:  Touch of class is focus of 3 new Indian casinos.  Star Tribune (Minneapolis) May 12, 1992, Metro ed., A1+.  LexisNexis February 3, 2005 <www.lexisnexis.com>.

 

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