Ramsey County Historical Society presents

Terry Swanson, Elaine Goodale Eastman: Sister to the Sioux, In Her Own Words

History Revealed Series
May 24, 2018
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Ramsey County Roseville Library

Free and open to all.

Join RCHS for History Revealed in 2018, featuring the best of local history authors, historians and archaeologists talking about a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County.

In 1884, twenty-one-year old Elaine Goodale, a published poet from New England became the first white woman to teach Dakota and Lakota students at South Dakota reservations. She was working at the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1890 at the time of the Wounded Knee Massacre. She met and fell in love with Dr. Charles Eastman, a noted Native American medical doctor who was the physician at the reservation during the tragedy.

They married in 1891 and moved to St. Paul in 1893 where they lived until 1897. During this period, Elaine and Charles began to write and publish children’s stories.

For the article, Charles and Elaine Eastman: Their Years in St. Paul, 1893–1898 by Teresa Swanson, Sydney Beane, and William Beane, published in Ramsey County History magazine, Spring 2018, Vol. 53, #1, click here for the article summary and a downloadable PDF of the entire article.

Terry Swanson, historian and recently retired manager of the Gibbs Farm historic site will examine the life and times of Elaine Goodale Eastman through the lens of her own autobiographical accounts.

Thank you to the Ramsey County Roseville Library for their support of this program.

History Revealed Presentations

Scheduled 2018 History Revealed Programs
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May 24, 2018, Thursday, 7:00 pm – Terry Swanson, Elaine Goodale Eastman: Sister to the Sioux in Her Own Words
History Revealed Library Series
Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Ave N, Roseville, MN 55113. Free and open to all.
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June 6, 2018, Wednesday, 10:30 am-noon – Mark Haidet, Walking Tour of the MN State Fair
History Revealed Walking Tour
Minnesota State Fairgrounds, 1265 Snelling Ave N, Saint Paul, MN 55108
Meet at the History & Heritage Center. Reservations required, limit 30.
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June 28, 2018, Thursday, 7:00 pm, Scott Carlson, Twin Cities Beer
History Revealed Library Series
Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Ave N, Roseville, MN 55113. Free and open to all.
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July 11, 2018, Wednesday, Noon, Peter Rachleff, Immigration Then and Now: From Swede Hollow to Arlington Hills Walking Tour
History Revealed Walking Tour
East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier Street, Saint Paul, 55106
Meet at the History & Heritage Center. Reservations required, limit 30.
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July 26, 2018, Thursday, 7:00 pm – Mark Haidet, The Minnesota State Fair During World War I
History Revealed Library Series
Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Ave N, Roseville MN 55113. Free and open to all.
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August 23, 2018, Thursday, 7:00 pm – Grant Merritt, Iron and Water: My Life Protecting Minnesota’s Environment
History Revealed Library Series
Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Ave N, Roseville MN 55113. Free and open to all.
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September 12, 2018, Wednesday, noon – Denis P. Gardner, Our Minnesota State Capitol: From Groundbreaking through Restoration
History Revealed Landmark Lunch Series
Landmark Center, 75 Fifth St W, Saint Paul MN 55102. Free and open to all.
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September 27, 2018, Thursday, 7:00 pm – TBA
History Revealed Library Series
Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Ave N, Roseville MN 55113. Free and open to all.

October 10, 2018, Wednesday, noon – Susan Bartlett Foote, The Crusade for Forgotten Souls: Reforming Minnesota’s Mental Health Institutions, 1946-1954
History Revealed Landmark Lunch Series
Landmark Center, 75 Fifth St W, Saint Paul MN 55102. Free and open to all.
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October 25, 2018, Thursday, 7:00 pm – TBA
History Revealed Library Series
Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Ave N, Roseville MN 55113. Free and open to all.

November 29, 2018, Thursday, 7:00 pm – Daniel Bergin, North Star Stories
History Revealed Library Series
Roseville Library, 2180 Hamline Ave N, Roseville MN 55113. Free and open to all.
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December 5, 2018, Wednesday, noon – Gibbs Farm staff, Holiday Traditions on the Minnesota Prairie
History Revealed Landmark Lunch Series
Landmark Center, 75 Fifth St W, Saint Paul MN 55102. Free and open to all.
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