TPT’s Best Cultural Documentary Emmy-awarding film from 2009.
Minnesota’s Iron Range supplied late 19th and 20th century America with the iron needed to fuel industrialization, economic expansion, and military might. The history of the Iron Range tells the history of America; it is the story of immigrants, of conflict and assimilation, of people creating lives for themselves, their families, and for others. It is a story about industrial America and U.S. military build-ups in the first and second world wars. And yet, the Iron Range appears as only a footnote in treatments of American histories. Through professional development opportunities, resources for educators, and an exciting new documentary, the Minnesota Humanities Center hopes to change this and make the stories of the Range widely known and appreciated.
