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Ramsey County History – Spring 1998: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Dawn to Dusk: Grand Hill and Its Grand Fourth of July Extravaganza”
Charlotte McKendree Wright LewisGrowing Up in St. Paul: Dawn to Dusk: Grand Hill and Its Grand Fourth of July Extravaganza Author: Charlotte McKendree Wright Lewis This memoir begins around 1960. The author and her childhood chums organized elaborate Fourths—games, parades, speeches, posters, and more games in her Summit Hill neighborhood. PDF…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1997: “Growing Up in St. Paul: A Childhood Revisited: The State Fish Hatchery and a Collision of the Past with the Present”
Muriel Mix HawkinsGrowing Up in St. Paul: A Childhood Revisited: The State Fish Hatchery and a Collision of the Past with the Present Author: Muriel Mix Hawkins The author grew up in the old fish hatchery, beneath Dayton’s Bluff. She and her brother visited the mostly deserted site in 1987. This memoir…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1997: “Growing Up in St. Paul: West Seventh Street: Czechs, Slovaks, Bohemians, and Kolache Dough Rising in the Warm Attic”
Emily {anushka EricksonGrowing Up in St. Paul: West Seventh Street: Czechs, Slovaks, Bohemians, and Kolache Dough Rising in the Warm Attic Author: Emily Panushka Erickson A memoir of growing up in one of St. Paul’s ethnic neighborhoods in the early twentieth century (the author was born in 1900). Quite a few of…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1997: “Growing Up in St. Paul: The Milkman, the Iceman, and Ice Chips in the Sawdust at the Bottom of the Wagon”
Ruth F. BrinGrowing Up in St. Paul: The Milkman, the Iceman, and Ice Chips in the Sawdust at the Bottom of the Wagon Author: Ruth F. Brin The author was born in 1921 in the Macalester-Groveland neighborhood. She grew up in a prosperous Jewish family. This memoir conveys the times—the Swedish milkman…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1997: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Everyone Knew the Rules for the Rites of Passage and Transportation Was Mainly on Foot”
Brenda RaudenbushGrowing Up in St. Paul: Everyone Knew the Rules for the Rites of Passage and Transportation Was Mainly on Foot Author: Brenda Raudenbush The author grew up in St. Paul in the 1940s and ‘50s. “To every child . . . the very bricks, dogs, and all growing things of…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1997: “‘Empty Nests’ and Tea at the Ramsey House”
Patsy Raudenbush‘Empty Nests’ and Tea at the Ramsey House Author: Patsy Raudenbush A mini-memoir of the author’s early marriage years, visiting the home of Unity Church’s pastor, Arthur Foote, and the Alexander Ramsey House, then still occupied by Ramsey’s granddaughters. PDF of Raudenbush, P. article…
Ramsey Couny History – Summer 1996: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Grandfather Joel Larson—Swedish Immigrant—That ‘Mysterious Stranger’ in Our Midst”
John W. LarsonGrowing Up in St. Paul: Grandfather Joel Larson—Swedish Immigrant—That ‘Mysterious Stranger’ in Our Midst Author: John W. Larson Because the author’s grandfather rarely talked about himself even to family members, Joel Larson was something of a “mysterious stranger” to his grandson. This affectionate account of Joel Larson gives insight into…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1996: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Sam’s Cash-and-Carry, the Tiger Store—Payne Avenue and the 1930s Depression”
Ray BartonGrowing Up in St. Paul: Sam’s Cash-and-Carry, the Tiger Store—Payne Avenue and the 1930s Depression Author: Ray Barton An evocative memoir—full of names, places, and sensations—of a Depression-era childhood around Payne Avenue on St. Paul’s East Side. PDF of Growing Up in Saint Paul…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1995: “Growing Up in St. Paul: A Boyhood Resting on the City’s Seven Hills—But Once There Were Eight”
John S. SonnenGrowing Up in St. Paul: A Boyhood Resting on the City’s Seven Hills—But Once There Were Eight Author: John S. Sonnen To this memoir of flying kites on Capitol Hill many years ago, the author adds information about St. Paul’s physical high points and the city’s famous Seven Hills.