News & Updates
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March 5, 2024
Its Our 75th Anniversary!
It’s our birthday today—March 5, 2024! For seventy-five years, Ramsey County Historical Society (RCHS) has been sharing and celebrating the history of the people who call Ramsey County home, beginning with the Jane and Heman Gibbs family. In fact, the society formed in 1949 when a group of…
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February 27, 2024
Ramsey County History Magazine Winter 2024
Welcome to 2024! A new year presents opportunities to share new and corrective histories in our Winter issue of Ramsey County History magazine, which you should receiving soon. We’ve attached a link to this most recent issue here, where you will find bonus supplements that are…
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February 16, 2024
History Revealed Special Program: Dakhóta Iápi
History Revealed Special Program Dakhóta Iápi (Dakota Language): Its History and Future with Šišókaduta (Joe Bendickson), Dr. Rev. Clifford Canku Sr. and Heather Menefee Moderated by Meredith Cummings, RCHS editor Thursday, March 21, 2024, 7:00 pm In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library.
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February 7, 2024
Summer Camp Registration is Open Now!
Are you ready for an adventure? In 2024, Gibbs Farm has camps for kids aged 4 to 13. Whatever piques your interest – 19th century farm or Dakota seasonal life, nature, games, farm animals, gardening, tea parties – we have a camp for you! Gibbs Farm is an eight-acre site…
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February 6, 2024
History Revealed Special Program: Heart of the Heartland
The Heart of the Heartland: Norwegian American Community in the Twin Cities David C. Mauk History Revealed Special Event Thursday, February 15, 2024, 1:00 pm Join us for this special live presentation on Zoom. Register Here. Please note 1:00 CST program time – Prof.
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February 2, 2024
ERA and the Twin Cities Computer Industry
What do the some of the giants of the computer and medical technology industries, like Control Data, Sperry Rand, Cray Research, Medtronic, UNISYS have in common? These companies, worth millions, all came from a small company that began in a nondescript building in the Midway area of Saint Paul, Engineering…