The 85-foot statue, depicting an ordinary miner standing atop steel girders, is an Iron Range landmark and a tribute to the tenaciousness of the late Veda Ponikvar.
The celebration in Chisholm on Aug. 20, 1932, was of such magnitude that an estimated crowd of 5,000 packed every nook, cranny and window ledge of the town's Community Building, while hundreds more were turned away.
CHISHOLM — After more than a year of just about everything being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s a new event for music and dancing starting next week in
CHISHOLM â Minnesota Discovery Center recently hosted an opening for its new traveling exhibit called, âWe Are Water MN.â The exhibit runs through July 11.
About a dozen speakers, representing the various partnerships on the exhibit spoke at the opening event, which was attended by about 18 stakeholders. Some of the speakers participated in person, while the others gave their presentations via an online platform.
MDC Executive Director Donna Johnson was also in the lineup of speakers for Thursday. âIâm just honored to have the exhibit here at the Discovery Center,â she told the Chisholm Tribune Press the following day. âItâs such an important topic and a partnership with all those involved. It opens your eyes on how water touches you in so many ways.â