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Ramsey County History – Fall 2002: “Restoring the New York Eagle”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Restoring the New York Eagle…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2002: “Summit Overlook Park: Once Upon a Time: Carpenter Park and Its Five-Story Hotel”
Thomas ZahnSummit Overlook Park: Once Upon a Time: Carpenter Park and Its Five-Story Hotel Author: Thomas Zahn A short history of Summit Overlook Park, which once held the Carpenter Hotel. It was acquired by the Saint Paul Parks Department in 1900 and was the spot chosen for the New York…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2002: “Those Squealing Red River Ox Carts: Norman Kittson and the Fur Trade”
Clarence Rife and Holly WaltersThose Squealing Red River Ox Carts: Norman Kittson and the Fur Trade Authors: Clarence Rife and Holly Walters In 1830 at the age of sixteen, Canadian-born Norman Kittson joined the American Fur Company and headed west. He eventually arrived in Minnesota, where he joined Henry Sibley in the fur…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: “The Road to the Selby Tunnel, Or How to Make It Up the St. Anthony Hill”
Virginia Brainard KunzThe Road to the Selby Tunnel, Or How to Make It Up the St. Anthony Hill Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz St. Paul’s hills posed a challenge for the street railways of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article describes the earliest days of horsecars, the problem of…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: “Growing Up In St Paul: Manager, Fight Promoter, Minnesota Game Warden—Johnny Salvator and His Impact on Boxing in St. Paul”
Paul R. GoldGrowing Up In St Paul: Manager, Fight Promoter, Minnesota Game Warden—Johnny Salvator and His Impact on Boxing in St. Paul Author: Paul R. Gold The young German, Johann Salwetter (b. 1891 in Serbia), came to St. Paul around 1910 and became, in time, Johnny Salvator—boxer, trainer of World War…
Ramsey County Historical Society – Spring 1999: “Ramsey County History Preserved in Its Survey Office”
Ramsey County Public Information OfficeRamsey County History Preserved in Its Survey Office Author: Ramsey County Public Information Office A brief overview of the history of the surveying of public lands in Ramsey County using the rectangular grid system established in the Ordinance of 1785. In the 1890s Ramsey County was resurveyed to replace old…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1999: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Eleanor Joins the Family at the Fish Hatchery”
Muriel Mix HawkinsGrowing 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…
Jane Gibbs: Little Bird That Was Caught
Anne E. Neuberger, Illustrations by Tessie BundickIn 1834, five-year old Jane was placed into a covered wagon to travel with a family she did not know. The Stevens–a missionary family–took her through great woods and savannahs, boating across Lake Michigan and up rivers until they reached Minnesota. While the Stevens were building a log cabin, Jane…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1992: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Father Begged Feed for His Animals”
Margaret ManshipGrowing Up in St. Paul: Father Begged Feed for His Animals Author: Margaret Manship The father in this case was William McMahon, zookeeper at the Como Zoo starting in 1931. This memoir traces the early decades of the zoo, its struggles with lack of money, the animal donations, and the…