Iron Country: Iron Ore and Minnesota's Future (1952)

★★★★ · Bob Dylan's Hometown · WhiteWall · 2006-06-04

This probably would have been a pretty boring little film for me except that it turns out the town of Hibbing is featured begining at around minute 6 and shows a view of the towns main street and the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine which is there in Hibbing. Hibbing is the hometown of the musician Bob Dylan. I found that really interesting as there's not alot of info available on the small town especially from around that time. I'm guessing young Bob must've been around 11 years old then and his father owned an electrical appliance store there.

★★★ · Watch out for the well dressed men at Minnesota fairs! · Spuzz · 2003-09-08

Quite interesting overview of why Iron ore is sooo important to Minnesotans. An interesting prologue and genesis to this story is set during a county fair setting (with scary looking rides). An anncountant is there with his family, which the narrarator says "Has forgotten for now, the ledgers piled high on his desk" Same goes for the salesman and his family. I guess they need to be totally free of mind for the Iron Ore guy, who goes on and on during a lunch time chat about why Iron ore is so important for Minnesota that the women can't stand it, but all the men are rapt in attention. After…