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Ramsey County Historical Society (RCHS) recently presented seven Dakhóta-language scholars with the Virginia B. Kunz Award for their article, “Dakhóta Iápi: A Brief History in Three Parts .” It ran in the society’s Fall 2023 issue of Ramsey County History magazine. RCHS President Chad Roberts made the presentation to a…

Greetings! Our spring issue of Ramsey County History magazine has published. Our first two articles—Paul Nelson’s “The Fraud of the Century” and Drew M. Ross’s “Decisions, Destiny, and Dreams: Plympton’s Reserve, St. Paul’s Founding, and Desnoyer’s New Bridge Square”—cover the seedier side of St. Paul’s history with tales of fraud,…

Ramsey County Historical Society and several of its authors have won accolades for their articles that have published in Ramsey County History, the society’s quarterly history publication. Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums Announces 2024 History Award Winners The Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums honored ten local…

Online RCHS article with supplements  – Search “Native American” in Publications for more articles Local Theater New Native Theater Local Restaurants/Coffee Shops Gatherings Café (Reopening Spring 2024) Indigenous Food Lab – Midtown Global Market Owamni Pow Wow Grounds Coffee Shop Local Stores…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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…