Editing Crosby, Minnesota (section)

==History==
[[File:Cuyuna Range Museum-Soo Line Depot-04.jpg|thumb|left|Cuyuna Range Museum]]Crosby was built for the sole purpose of mining. It was named for George H. Crosby, a businessman in the mining industry.<ref>{{cite book|author=Warren Upham|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n175 156]}}</ref>

Crosby was the location of Minnesota's worst mining disaster, the [[Milford Mine]] disaster.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cuyunalakestrail.org/index.cfm/pageid/14 |title=Brainerd-Crosby Lakes Area Trail System {{!}} Cuyuna Country {{!}} Crosby - Ironton {{!}} Attractions<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907130052/http://cuyunalakestrail.org/index.cfm/pageid/14 |archive-date=2008-09-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On February 5, 1924, a new tunnel was blasted too close to nearby Foley Lake, and water rushed in, killing 41 miners.

In the 1932 local elections, [[Karl Emil Nygard]] was elected president of Crosby's Village Council, making it the first city in the United States to have a [[Communist Party USA|Communist]] mayor.<ref>{{cite book |last=Donnelly |first=Thomas |date=1935 |title=The 1932 Campaign,: An Analysis |publisher=[[Farrar & Rinehart]]}}</ref>

In August 1957, [[David G. Simons]], a 35-year-old Air Force major, climbed to nearly {{convert|102000|ft}} above the earth as part of [[Project Manhigh]]. The flight, which was launched from Crosby's {{convert|400|ft|m|adj=mid|-deep}} [[Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake]], helped the United States take its fledgling steps into space exploration. Simons returned to Crosby in 2007 to mark the 50th anniversary of the project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/042110/obi_20100421026.shtml |title=Brainerd Dispatch: Obits &#124; Brainerd, Minnesota &#124; Brainerd Lakes Area Obits on brainerddispatch.com |access-date=2010-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425055958/http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/042110/obi_20100421026.shtml |archive-date=2010-04-25 }}</ref>