MEA 2016 Thursday, October 20 Half-day Camp: 9:00 am-Noon Full-day Camp: 9:00 am-4:00 pm Please call the Gibbs Farm directly at 651-646-8629 to register. Gibbs Farm is offering an exciting new fun and educational experience for your kids during MEA 2016. This mini one-day camp will be offered on Thursday of MEA, October 20. Kids […]
Celebrate Halloween the old-fashioned way! Halloween! Included in general admission: $8 adults, $7 seniors 62+, $5 children 3 and up Free for RCHS members Kids of all ages can make pig cookies, find pennies in the hay stack, enter the costume contest, trick-or-treat at the Gibbs' farmhouse, hear not-so-scary Halloween stories in the one-room schoolhouse. […]
Give to the Max Day Support RCHS online during Give to the Max Day – Minnesota’s very own giving day! - through the RCHS website or GiveMN.org. Join your friends and neighbors in supporting local history and RCHS’s efforts to tell the stories that preserve our past, inform our present and inspire our future. Give […]
Thank you! Everyone at RCHS and the Gibbs Farm is grateful for the support of our members, donors, friends and neighbors in helping us reach so many students, families and adults in Ramsey County and beyond, sharing the multi-faceted stories of our Capital County. And we want to particularly thank all of our individual volunteers […]
The Fall 2016 issue of Ramsey County History magazine is now released. Ramsey County History Magazine, Vol. 51, #3 A Workplace Accident: John Anderson's Fall from the High Bridge Author: John T. Sielaff Includes: St. Paul's High Bridge: 1889-1985 Abide with Me: Grace Craig Stork, 1916 Author: Rebecca A. Ebnet-Mavencamp Production for Victory: The Ford […]
The RCHS collection of photos & postcards is now available online. RCHS Photograph & Postcard Research Collection RCHS has an extensive collection of historical photos and postcards that are available for searching and researching on the RCHS PastPerfect online database. If you are interested in an image for publication or another project, please contact the […]
In Honor of Pearl Harbor In honor of the 75th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that ushered the US into WWII on December 7, 1941, at 7:48 am, we want to thank all the service men and women from Ramsey County and throughout the US, and their families. The destroyer U.S.S. Ward and […]
RCHS & Gibbs Farm wishes you and yours a very festive and happy Holiday Season! We thank all of our supporters at RCHS and Gibbs Farm, you are fulfilling our wishes for a great 2016! The image above is from a 1922 postcard, printer unknown, and features a rather athletic Santa strewing wreaths with the […]
RCHS & Gibbs Farm wishes you and yours a wonderful 2017! RCHS & Gibbs Farm thanks all of our staff, Board and committee members, volunteers, members and supporters for your support in 2016. We are grateful for the hard work, memberships and donations of each and every one of you! Together we have accomplished some […]
As the long days of winter settle in, join the fun during the Saint Paul Winter Carnival and embrace the season! Saint Paul Winter Carnival Winter Carnival events take place all over Saint Paul, with several events in Landmark Center. For more information on any Winter Carnival events visit www.wintercarnival.com. Friday, January 27, take in […]
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents Brian McMahon, The Ford Century in Minnesota History Revealed Series February 23, 2017 Thursday, 7 p.m. Ramsey County Library – Roseville Free and open to all Join the Ramsey County Historical Society for a new series, History Revealed, featuring the best of local history authors talking about a wide range […]
Dr. Jeremy Nienow, Archaeology at Lake Vadnais History Revealed Series March 13, 2017 Monday, 7 p.m. Ramsey County Library – Shoreview Free and open to all. No reservations needed. Learn more about the early inhabitants of our area as archaeologist Jeremy Nienow presents findings from last summer’s 2016 volunteer archaeological survey around Lake Vadnais, sponsored […]
