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Organization collecting Iron Range history in Minnesota, USA
Iron Range Historical Society
The Iron Range Historical Society is located in the McKinley City Hall
Established
1973
Location
5454 Grand Avenue
McKinley, St. Louis County, Minnesota
, USA
Coordinates
47°30′43.33″N
92°24′39.28″W
 / 
47.5120361°N 92.4109111°W
 /
47.5120361; -92.4109111
Type
History
Website
The
Iron Range Historical Society
is a historical society that operates a research library in
McKinley, Minnesota
. The Society is a non-profit organization that exists through donations and volunteers. Its mission is "to collect, preserve, and share the history of Minnesota’s
Iron Ranges
for the benefit of future generations."
The Iron Range Historical Society was incorporated in 1973. Prior to moving to McKinley, the Society was located in
Gilbert
Biwabik
and
Aurora
The Iron Range Historical Society has a collection of more than 20,000 photographs in 90+ albums and old newspapers and city directories of people who lived in the larger Iron Range cities dating from 1899 until recent times. Additionally, the Society has Iron Range history books, photo displays, a few
logging
and
mining
artifacts, family and oral histories, local high school and college yearbooks, city and township anniversary books, Iron Range maps, limited vital records, mine records, some hospital records (with limited access), and personal documents.
The Iron Range Historical Society publishes four newsletters annually entitled
Where History Comes Alive
The Iron Range Historical Society made efforts in 1976 to save the last remaining
smokestack
at the Corsica Mine near
Elcor, Minnesota
. Architecturally significant, it was built by
Cornish
miners in 1901 and was the last of its kind on the Iron Range.
The Iron Range Historical Society is located in the McKinley City Hall at 5454 Grand Avenue in McKinley, Minnesota.
References
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"There She Blows-Finally! Attempt to Save it Too Late: Old Stack Blasted Down" September 28, 1976 Hibbing Daily Tribune (MN)
"Last Stack Bombed: Old Stack Blown; Protests Overridden" September 28, 1976 Mesabi Daily News (MN)
"Before...and After" September 29, 1976 Gilbert Herald (MN)
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