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Community Beginnings - Bessemer
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The settlement is located 12 miles east of Bancroft. It was named after Harry Bessemer, an Englishmen known for his process of manufacturing steel from cast iron. The community grew around the Bessemer Iron Mines that opened in 1906 and operated until the first World War.

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