Ramsey County History – Winter 1999: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Eleanor Joins the Family at the Fish Hatchery”

Growing Up in St. Paul: Eleanor Joins the Family at the Fish Hatchery

Author: Muriel Mix Hawkins

In this second memoir of her childhood at St. Paul’s fish hatchery, the author recounts the arrival of an orphan moose calf, which was named Eleanor, and some of Eleanor’s adventures during her years living there. Eleanor eventually moved on to Itasca State Park and then the Como Zoo.

PDF of Growing Up in Saint Paul