Products Made in Minnesota

Minnesota's industry started with logs, grain and iron ore. Minneapolis grew around the sawmills and flour mills at St. Anthony Falls, and by the late 1800s its mills ground wheat from across the northern plains. Iron ore from the Mesabi Range shipped out through Duluth on the Great Lakes. Wool mills, potteries and shoe makers grew in river towns like Faribault and Red Wing. Several of those trades continue. Faribault Mill has woven wool blankets in Faribault since 1865, and Red Wing Heritage boots are made in Red Wing from leather tanned in the same town. Duluth Pack sews canvas packs in Duluth. Nordic Ware makes Bundt pans in Minneapolis, Watkins makes vanilla extract in Winona, and St. Paul has BEKA building wooden blocks, Mendota Pet braiding leashes and Viking Drill and Tool making drill bits. Bondhus makes hex keys in Monticello, Malco makes HVAC tools in Annandale, and Minn Kota builds trolling motors in Mankato.