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Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, MN

by Linda (minnemom) of Travels with Children

Greyhound Bus in Hibbing, MN

Did you know that the bus industry in the United States had humble beginnings in little Hibbing, MN?  Two men started with a car and charged for a ride from tiny Alice to nearby Hibbing.  Their business took off, and they created the first bus by elongating a car.  The rest, as they say, is history.  Their buses branched out across the Iron Range, then the rest of Minnesota, and eventually around the U.S.  Along they way, they adopted the Greyhound name.

All this history is showcased at the Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, Minnesota.  (Hibbing itself has an interesting history, the entire town having been moved as an iron mine grew larger and larger.)

Greyhound Bus Museum

A film in a theater made of bus seats tells the history of the company, and displays about its beginnings are highlighed in the gallery area.  Once you’ve learned about the various buses that have been used through the decade, you can head to the garage and experience them yourself.  Actual buses from many eras are available for display in the indoor area, and more are outside.

Greyhound Bus Museum

Bus service in the United States has an interesting begininning, and you can learn about it at the Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, Minnesota.

Do you have a favorite Greyhound memory?

Photo credits:  minnemom