Babbitt, Minnesota
Babbitt is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 1,475.
Saint Louis County Highway 21 (CR 21) serves as a main route in the community.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 106.72 square miles (276.40 km2); 105.91 square miles (274.31 km2) is land and 0.81 square miles (2.10 km2) is water.
History
The city grew out of the formation of a taconite mine built by the Armco and Republic Steel starting in 1944. The company town was built near the eastern edge of the Mesabi Iron Range. The city of Silver Bay was built simultaneously along Lake Superior (60 miles to the southeast), and connected by train, for transportation of iron ore to cities along the Great Lakes. Babbitt is named after Judge Kurnal R. Babbitt of New York City. Judge Babbitt, who died on February 15, 1920, was general counsel for and a director of several mining companies. Before removing to New York in 1908, he practiced law in Colorado at Aspen, Cripple Creek, and Colorado Springs.
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by: 3 Minute Herofood on the table
got a brand new car
you're willing -- and able
to make a lifetime scar
got two point two five daughters
can't remember their middle names
the days fly by like a long cold winter
pretty soon they all look the same
grey slacks, grey shirt, grey tie
grey all around
livin in a corporate shanty town
life is like cable
but you only watch CNN
if this sounds like a modern fable
then it's time for the story to end
flip around and find another station
channel after channel -- boredom is rife
when you hear the message crackle through
"i've never done a thing i've wanted in my life"
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when you're out doing whatcha gotta do
wifey's at home yellin
"honey honey honey honey"
and when you come home
wifey is blue from screaming her demands for
"money money money money"
deep down it's time for a change
but habits and love are hard things to break
when the two are braided into one your vision is strange
so do you stick with what you know for sanity's sake?
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