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Ramsey County History – Spring 1969: “Orders, Letters, Lists of Possessions: Colonel Snelling’s Journals”
Virginia Brainard KunzOrders, Letters, Lists of Possessions: Colonel Snelling’s Journals Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz A recounting of life and the historical significance of Fort Snelling. The excerpts, joined by explanatory text, touch on death by disease, military discipline, relations with Native Americans, planned participation in a duel, Snelling’s transfer…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1969: “The Enterprising Salesman and the Old Road to Lake Como”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyThe Enterprising Salesman and the Old Road to Lake Como A short account of real estate developer Henry McKenty and his energetic efforts in the 1850s and ‘60s to sell properties at Lake Como, where McKenty had a house. To get to the lake, a pathway came into…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1969: “Forgotten Pioneers: Dr. John H. Murphy”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyForgotten Pioneers: Dr. John H. Murphy Dr. John Henry Murphy (1826–1894) was “virtually the first formally trained doctor to settle in what is now the Twin Cities.” He and wife, Adelaide, the daughter of Ramsey County pioneer Benjamin Hoyt, settled in St. Anthony in 1849. He served in the…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1968: “Theater in Old St. Paul—Extravaganzas, Melodramas”
Frank M. WhitingTheater in Old St. Paul—Extravaganzas, Melodramas Author: Frank M. Whiting Vignettes from early theater in St. Paul, beginning with an amateur production at Fort Snelling in the winter of 1821–22, through an “Around The World In 80 Days” extravaganza in 1890. Professional theater began in 1851, and…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1968: “Bernheimer Block Is Gone But Memories Linger On”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBernheimer Block Is Gone But Memories Linger On The Bernheimer Block, on East Third Street (now Kellogg Boulevard) at the corner with Minnesota, was built in 1859. It was the site of many noteworthy events: the first Civil War enlistments; the first velocipede demonstrations; one of the first…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1968: “‘Salubrious Minnesota’—Kohlman’s Hotel and the Resort Era”
Jerome O. Schueler‘Salubrious Minnesota’—Kohlman’s Hotel and the Resort Era Author: Jerome O. Schueler “People came out in these tally-hos (double-decked, horse-drawn carriages), on horseback, and in surreys with the fringe on top” to Kohlman’s Hotel on Lake Gervais in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Kohlman’s had a…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1968: “Forgotten Pioneers: Stephen Desnoyer”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyForgotten Pioneers: Stephen Desnoyer Stephen Desnoyer (1805–1877) operated a saloon and hotel on the old ox cart trail from Pembina to St. Paul. The site was later occupied by the Shriners Children’s Hospital. He came to St. Paul in 1845 and died there in 1877. The Desnoyer Park neighborhood…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1968: “Ramsey County’s German Americans: Their Struggle with Pride and Prejudice”
Sister John Christine WolkerstorferRamsey County’s German Americans: Their Struggle with Pride and Prejudice Author: Sister John Christine Wolkerstorfer Throughout most of the modern history of Ramsey County, Germans have comprised the largest ethnic group. This article covers many aspects of German immigration to Ramsey County and the participation of German…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1968: “In North St. Paul: Boom, Boom, Bust, Come-back!”
Edward J. LettermannIn North St. Paul: Boom, Boom, Bust, Come-back! Author: Edward J. Lettermann North St. Paul was an early planned community, first residential, then industrial. Just as industrial development seemed to be taking hold, the Panic of 1893 came along. Still, developer of North St. Paul (and historian)…