Minnesota Discovery Center, The Museum of the Iron Range
This short video illustrates Minnesota Discovery Center's year in review for 2012-2013. There's always lots to see and lots to do, and here is just a glimpse over the last twelve months. Enjoy, and come visit us. We'd love to have you.
The Museum of the Iron Range, Minnesota Discovery Center, aims to educate and inspire people of all ages through celebration of the past, present and the future of the Iron Range. As a community asset, Minnesota Discovery Center is responsible for preserving and enhancing the integrity of the assets we manage and telling the story of Iron Range history through exhibits, activities and research materials.
Mesabi Trail: Hibbing to Chisholm, MN
This segment of the Mesabi Trail has many spurs entering Chisholm. There is a southern spur that leads to the Minnesota Discovery Center. A northeastern spur travels around Longyear Lake.
Located in northeastern Minnesota between the cities of Grand Rapids and Biwabik, the Mesabi TrailTM is a premier bicycle trail winding through some of the state's prettiest regions. When completed, the trail will travel to Ely, traversing over 145 miles and connecting 28 communities. A superior paved bike trail that is well-mapped and well-maintained, the Mesabi Trail also makes an interesting walking path.
Footage was filmed with a Garmin VIRB Elite camera. Check out more of the Mesabi Trail at mesabitrail.com
#biketour #mesabi
Iron Range: Minnesota Building America
It's hard to underestimate the importance of Minnesota's Iron Range in building America. Iron from the Range is found in everything from the grand structures of the Empire State Building and California's Bay Bridge to the day-to-day tools of life, such as electrical lines and even iron-fortified bread. Learn about the rich history of the Iron Range and its significance to America's history. Produced with the Minnesota Humanities Center.
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Chisholm MN Homes for Sale - 513 NW 1st Avenue - Zip Code 55719 - Iron Country Realty
Beautiful 3 BR 2.75 Bath 1556 SF home in Chisholm MN. $153,900. Listing ID: 124073
Well kept home, on nice sized lot. Oversized garage and landscaped yard. Newer roof on both garage and house. New Pergo floors. Freshly Painted exterior and a sewing/craft room in the basement. Lots of storage space and a bathroom on every floor. Nicely tiled master bathroom. This home is a must see!
See link below for more Information:
The City of Chisholm is in the geographic center of Minnesota's, Mesaba Iron Range, located about two hundred miles North of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, and about one hundred miles South of the Canadian Border. Easily accessible from Highways 169 and 73.
Chisholm offers parks, tennis courts, a curling club, a hockey facility, a walking trail around Longyear Lake with summer and winter fishing. Many lakes, woods, snowmobile trails, cross country skiing, hiking trails, and golf courses are within a half hour drive of Chisholm. Other Chisholm MN attractions include Historic Main Street, the Veterans Memorial, Mining Museum, Minnesota Discovery Center, and the St. Louis County Fair each summer.
To schedule a viewing of this home, please contact:
Iron Country Realty
213 W. Lake Street
Chisholm MN 55719
Phone: (218) 254-7101
Acoustic Cafe @ The MN Discovery Center
MN Discovery Center in Chisholm, MN, has a neat way to present talented musicians on Minnesota's Iron Range. Tammy Jensen explains how it works on The PlayList (theplaylistonline.org)
Memories of the Minnesota Iron Range: Jean Schibel Gross
2008
DSCN0101 Mintac iron mine, northern Mn
Huge open pit mine in northern Mn. It's at least 7 miles long from end to end. I'm on the west end, and it goes a good bit past the big pink colored buildings and windmills. Just got a little video of the end of it, but it's still kind of impressive. Jim
Aaron Friedman testifies at Minnesota House
Aaron Friedman, Vice President of Health Services and Dean of the Medical School at the University of Minnesota, testifies before the Minnesota House Higher Education and Finance Committee on March 1, 2011.
Daniel Garry, Director of the U of M's Lillehei Heart Institute and Chief of the Cardiology Department, also testifies in this clip.
Side Lake Parade 2012
Side Lake Parade 2012 Minnesota
Egg hunt Mining Museum
Easter egg hunt at the Minnesota Museum of Mining in Chisholm, Minn. See the full story at
hibbingmn.com.
Grandpa Kotchevar
In 1987 during the dedication of the Iron Miner Memorial, my grandfather Joseph Kotchevar is interviewed by WDIO TV. He worked in the underground mines near Chisholm, MN. This is his story.
Chisholm State of City Address
Chisholm Mayor Mike Jugovich gives his first State of the City Address in a public forum Thursday at Minnesota Discovery Center. Read more on the Hibbing Daily Tribune at hibbingmn.com.
Hull Rust Mine Hibbing Mn #1 YouTube
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Picking Up Stolen Items In Hibbing Mn.
Getting my camera and phone back from Hibbing Police.
Iron Range Road Trip
Take a road trip to northeastern Minnesota's Iron Range and take in all the quirky roadside stops, the amazing mine view, cool museums and all the trails, lakes and golf courses you can handle.
Vandalism at North Hibbing Cemetery
See full story at hibbingmn.com.
Chisholm City Council deflects criticism over Ironbound Studios
Members of the Chisholm City Council call on a candidate to speak about his criticism of a deal leasing City Hall to a proposed movie studio run by a man arrested for defrauding movie investors. The studio's lease was recently terminated, and councilors and councilors appeared defensive over the criticism from an involved citizen.
Logging Camp 1880-1910 - Living History Museum
Forest History Center Logging Camp 1890s to 1910 (Minnesota Historical Society) Grand Rapids Minnesota. The logging of the forests was the most dramatic event in the relationship between people and the environment of Minnesota. Because so many Scandinavians settled in Minnesota the lumber camps where manned by a huge number of Swedes and Norwegians.
So if you think your Norse grandparents worked as a logger this is the Minnesota Historical site you want to visit to see how he may of worked and lived for a few years. White pine logging was done in the winter. Logging camps were usually used for one or two seasons until the timber was cut, and then moved to another location.
1890s to 1910 The “golden era” of lumbering in Minnesota. Logging railroads reached deep into the woods as steam power became the mover of logs. Over 20,000 lumberjacks and half that number of draft horses were working in the northern forests of the state. An equal number of men worked in the state’s sawmills and another 20,000 people worked in related wood-production factories. Yet, dark clouds emerged on the lumbering skyline; catastrophic forest fires, fueled by logging operations leaving dry tree tops called slash, swept the landscape and devastated many northern communities — Hinckley in 1894, Chisholm in 1908, Baudette in 1910, and Cloquet & Moose Lake in 1918.
1900 The peak year of white pine logging. From that year alone, Minnesota pine could build over 600,000 two-story homes or a boardwalk nine feet wide encircling the earth at the equator.
Visitors are welcome to explore the fire tower and visitor center on their own, and take a short walk to the moored river “wanigan” — the floating cook shack and bunkhouse used by river drivers on the Mississippi River when moving logs down river to the mills. At the beginning of the century, the most viable and economical way to move logs from forests to the sawmills was to float them down the river. These river drives were the most colorful and dangerous part of the lumbering story.
The river drives took place early in the spring, to take advantage of the high water resulting from the melting snow. The wanigan, a barge-like boat, was the headquarters for the drive.
Guided 60-minute tours of the recreated logging camp leave the visitor center on the hour during summer hours. During winter season, visits to the logging camp are self-guided.
Tours begin in the visitor center with an introductory video and time to explore the exhibits. The visitor center also houses the museum store and restrooms.
Newport, Minnesota -- NewPort Train Club
37: Holiday StationStore Restroom ( Hibbing, MN )( 1st Ave Location )
Toilet: American Standard Cadet ( Replaced an American Standard Champion )
There are two Holiday StationStores in Hibbing, there’s this one, and The Hwy 169/73 Location which has one of the worst Restrooms I’ve ever Seen which you’ll be able to see in a future video.
This Restroom is under Ok. Rating: 2/10 ????????