Editing Northome, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Northome was founded in 1903 and enjoyed a boom time early in the 20th century as a logging town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Northome History|url=http://www.lakesnwoods.com/NorthomeHistory.htm|accessdate=November 27, 2012}}</ref> It is possible that the name "Northome" is derived from the Norwegian place name "Norheim", which is found in four places in Norway. The name literally means north home.

By the 1930s the big white and red pines were gone and pine trees were essentially locally [[Local extinction|extirpated]] due to the unsustainable logging practices of the time,<ref name="Minnesota Historic Sites">{{cite web | url=http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/fhc/shortsupply.html | title=Short Supply—1900 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727091931/http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/fhc/shortsupply.html|archivedate=July 27, 2011|accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref> and farming gained importance. Many farmers relocated here from the [[Dust Bowl]] conditions in the Dakotas at that time.

The Burlington Northern Railroad had a depot in Northome until the 1980s, although passenger service discontinued in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|title=M&I Railroad History|url=http://www.r2parks.net/M&I.html|accessdate=November 27, 2012}}</ref> Today the abandoned railroad bed forms the ''Blue Ox'' section of a large network of snowmobile trails.<ref>{{cite web|title=Blue Ox Rail to Trail|url=http://www.traillink.com/trail/blue-ox-trail-(voyageur-trail).aspx|accessdate=November 27, 2012}}</ref>