Editing Carlton County, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Under a 1854 [[Treaty of La Pointe]] the [[Fond du Lac Indian Reservation]] and other reservations were established in exchange for all the Lake Superior [[Ojibwe]] land in the Arrowhead Region. Carlton County was formed and organized in 1870.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Upham |first=Warren |url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog |title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=1920 |page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n92 73]}}</ref> It was named for Reuben B. Carlton, a member of the Minnesota Senate (1857–58).<ref>[https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11582 Minnesota Legislative Reference Library: RBCarlton (accessed March 5, 2019)]</ref>

In October 1918, an immense forest fire occurred, known as the [[Cloquet fire]]. The Carlton County Historical Society hosts a permanent exhibit about the fire of 1918, along with ones about the Ojibwe of Carlton County and the Logging Era.<ref>[http://www.carltoncountyhistory.org/ Carlton County Historical Society]</ref>