Gust Hagberg Explained

Gust Hagberg (born 1873) was a Swedish Immigrant to the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota during the late 19th century. Hagberg lived along the eastern end of the Duluth & Northern Minnesota Railway (Alger-Smith Line), where it passed northwest of Little Cascade Lake.^[1] He was known by the name Jockmock, derived from the name of his hometown of Jokkmokk in Norrbotten, Sweden.^[1] He lived there until at least 1940.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Hagberg was the namesake of several lakes or water features in Cook County, Minnesota: Gust Lake, the source of the Poplar River,^[5] Jock Mock Lake, which lies nearby but is a tributary to the Cascade River and Jock Mock Bay on Lake Brule.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Wolff, Julius F. "Some Vanished Settlements of the Arrowhead Country." Minnesota History. v. 34, p. 183. http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/34/v34i05p177-184.pdf
2. Web site: Railroads once abundant in Arrowhead region . Cook County News Herald . September 5, 2009 . December 5, 2015.
3. Web site: The Alger Line . Duluth Township . Todd Lindahl . March 2007 . December 5, 2015.
4. Web site: Gust Hagberg in the 1940 Census . U.S. Census, Township 60 N Range 2 W, Cook, Minnesota . December 5, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222173905/http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Collections_v17_1000121473/153 . December 22, 2015 . dead.
5. Upham, Warren. Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Significance. p. 145. Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Volume 17. 1920.
6. Web site: Minnesota Geographic Names Their Origin and Historic Significance. Volume 17, page 143 . Minnesota Historical Society . Warren Upham . 1920 . December 5, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222173905/http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Collections_v17_1000121473/153 . December 22, 2015 . dead.