Author Topic: International Falls is officially the "Icebox of the Nation." (Read 243 times)

Member · February 11, 2008, 05:02:03 PM

Associated Press

INTERNATIONAL FALLS — International Falls is officially the "Icebox of the Nation."

The city on the Canadian border had been fighting the ski town of Fraser, Colo., for the legal right to the trademark. International Falls claimed victory this week when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sent the city attorney a certificate granting the community Reg. No. 3,375,139.

"I ran over to the attorney's office and kissed the certificate," Mayor Shawn Mason said Friday. "Fraser's actions had sent a chill down my spine."

Mason said more was at stake than bragging rights. She said International Falls has used the icebox title to market itself to industry as the nation's premier site for cold-weather testing.

International Falls is officially the "Icebox of the Nation."

Member · February 11, 2008, 05:26:01 PM

Smokey Bear and the "Icebox of the Nation"

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International Falls erected a 22-foot high thermometer "as a tribute to the local climate." At any size, the thermometer kept International Falls on the map, a weather PR darling referenced in countless national TV weather reports.

In January, the town conducts its Ice Box Days festival, featuring such events as the "Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run," and the "Frostbite Falls Frozen Foot Broomball Tournament."

The Smokey Bear statue was built in 1954, is 26 feet tall, holds a shovel, and protects two adorable cartoon bear cubs.

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