Editing Iron Range (section)

==Culture==
Immigrants from over 23 countries settled the area, drawn to the [[mining industry]]. By 1910 the Finns were the largest immigrant group, followed by Slovenes and Croats from the Austrian Empire, and Italians and Swedes.<ref name="LaVigne2020">{{cite web |last=LaVigne |first=David |title=Immigration to the Iron Range, 1880–1930 |url=https://www.mnopedia.org/immigration-iron-range-1880-1930 |work=MNpedia |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |date=November 10, 2020 |access-date=December 19, 2022}}</ref> Over time the area developed a strong "Ranger" culture and accent. This northern Minnesota [[Accent (sociolinguistics)|accent]] is still present in the area, especially among older people; hence the popular nickname "da Range".<ref name="BinghamGansler2003">{{cite book | author1 = Clara Bingham | author2 = Laura Leedy Gansler | date = 14 October 2003 | title = Class Action: The Landmark Case that Changed Sexual Harassment Law | publisher = Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | pages = 29–34 | isbn = 978-0-385-49613-1 | oclc = 1005478412 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=N4xIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31}}</ref> 

The regional culture is strongly linked to former periods of steady, usually well-paid mining employment, although in recent decades, the region's outdoor recreation and relative remoteness has attracted new residents unconnected to the industry.<ref>Erik Kojola. 2020. Divergent memories and visions of the future in conflicts over mining development. Journal of Political Ecology 27: 898-916. https://doi.org/10.2458/v27i1.23210</ref> There are tensions between supporters and detractors of mining, especially over the potential reuse of ironworks to exploit copper ores. [[Bob Dylan]], who grew up in [[Hibbing, Minnesota|Hibbing]],<ref name=EDLIS>{{cite book| title =Bob Dylan's Hibbing| publisher =EDLIS Café Press| year =2019| location =Hibbing, Minnesota| isbn =9781091782891}}</ref> memorialized the Iron Range in the 1963 song "[[North Country Blues]]", a lament portraying hard times in the region. Presented in his 1964 album ''[[The Times They Are a-Changin' (album)|The Times They Are a-Changin']]'', it includes such lines as:

:''So the mining gates locked and the red iron rotted''
:''And the room smelled heavy from drinking''
:''When the sad, silent song made the hour twice as long
:''As I waited for the sun to go sinking'' <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metrolyrics.com/north-country-blues-lyrics-bob-dylan.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802070522/http://www.metrolyrics.com/north-country-blues-lyrics-bob-dylan.html|archive-date=2016-08-02|url-status=dead |title=Bob Dylan - North Country Blues Lyrics |website=Metro Lyrics }}</ref>

The [[Iron Range cuisine]] is known for [[Cornish pasties]] stuffed with a combination of beef, rutabaga, onion, carrots, and potatoes. Pasties were an easy lunch for those working deep in the iron mines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/12/02/appetites-iron-range-recipes|title=Appetites: Preserving Iron Range recipes|website=MPRNews|author1=Pease, Krystyna | date=December 2, 2015 |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio}}</ref> [[Slovenian cuisine|Slovenian]] and [[Croatian cuisine|Croatian]] immigrants brought the honey-nut bread [[potica]] to the Iron Range; it is still served on Easter and Christmas in northern Minnesota.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-02-21-0702200295-story.html |title=Memories of potica |author1=Ostman, Eleanor | date=2007-02-21 |work=Chicago Tribune|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[Ice hockey]] is a predominant sport in the region, which has produced several [[NHL]] players as well as the three members of the "Iron Range line" from the 1980 [[United States men's national ice hockey team]] that defeated the [[Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team|Soviet Union team]] in the "[[Miracle on Ice]]" game.<ref>{{cite web | title=The 1980 U.S. Olympic Team | website=U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame | url=https://www.ushockeyhalloffame.com/page/show/831562-the-1980-u-s-olympic-team | access-date=January 16, 2024}}</ref> In 2022, [[Hockeyland]], a documentary focusing on high school hockey in the Iron Range and Duluth area was released.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Minnesota documentary looks to be the 'Friday Night Lights' of hockey |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/09/09/new-minnesota-documentary-looks-to-be-the-friday-night-lights-of-hockey |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=MPR News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Inside the making of 'Hockeyland' |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/34585835/inside-making-hockeyland-bringing-minnesota-high-school-hockey-big-screen |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>