Schroeder is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Cook County

Cook County, Minnesota

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, Minnesota

Minnesota

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, United States

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. Schroeder is located on Minnesota State Highway 61

Minnesota State Highway 61

Minnesota State Highway 61 is a highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from the junction of Interstate Highway 35 and Minnesota 61 in Duluth and continues northeast to its northern terminus at the U.S.-Canadian border near Grand Portage...

 between Grand Marais

Grand Marais, Minnesota

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 and Little Marais

Little Marais, Minnesota

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. The Cross River flows through the heart of Schroeder.

History

Two landmarks in town are Lamb's resort (previously Stickney's) and the Cross River Lumber Company. The lumber mill is now closed, It was owned and operated by Robert Silver for many years. Bob had a long history in Schroeder. He cruised timber for the Schroeder company as a younger man. You can read about it in the book "Cutting Across Time." At the mouth of the Cross River is the place where Frederic Baraga

Frederic Baraga

Frederic Baraga, Servant of God was a Slovene American Roman Catholic missionary, bishop, and grammarian.-Early life:Frederic Baraga was born as Friderik Irenej Baraga in the manor house at Mala Vas no...

safely washed ashore on a boat during a storm in 1846. In thanks he left a cross, now replaced by a granite one.