Schroeder is an

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in Schroeder Township,

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, United States. The community is located on the North Shore of

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. The Cross River flows through the center, or middle of Schroeder. Schroeder is located southwest of the city of Grand Marais; and northeast of the city of Two Harbors. Minnesota Highway 61 serves as a main route in the community. Temperance River State Park and the

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are both nearby.

History

The community was named for John Schroeder, a lumber baron. The Schroeder Lumber Company Bunkhouse, listed on the

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, stands near the town. It is the last remaining structure of a logging camp that existed from 1895 through 1905. At the mouth of the Cross River is the place where Frederic Baraga safely washed ashore on a boat during a storm in 1846. In thanks he left a cross, now replaced by a granite one.

Education

The entire county is served by Cook County

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166 ( ISD 166).

References

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