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Ramsey County History – Fall 2011: “Growing Up in St. Paul: The West End Neighborhood of the Thirties and Forties”

Douglas R. Heidenreich

Growing Up in St. Paul: The West End Neighborhood of the Thirties and Forties Author: Douglas R. Heidenreich Somewhere, probably in a shoebox filled with curved, faded, brittle pictures shot about seventy years ago on a Kodak Brownie camera, Douglas Heidenreich has a short letter from Gerhard Bundlie, a…

Ramsey County History – Fall 2009: Letters to the Editor

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Ramsey County History – Summer 2009: “Pith, Heart, and Nerve, Truman M. Smith: Horticulture as the Way Back”

Barry L. & Joan Miller Cotter

Pith, Heart, and Nerve, Truman M. Smith: Horticulture as the Way Back  Authors: Barry L. & Joan Miller Cotter This is the second article on Truman Smith—the first was in the Fall 2008 issue. This article reports how, after financial difficulties and the economic crash of the 1850s, Smith…

Ramsey County History – Fall 2008: “Pith Heart & Nerve, Truman M. Smith: From Banker to Market Gardener”

Barry L. & Joan Miller Cotter

Pith Heart & Nerve, Truman M. Smith: From Banker to Market Gardener Authors: Barry L. & Joan Miller Cotter According to the authors, Truman Smith did not give up in the face of a major economic collapse in 1857; instead he showed resilience and used “pith, heart, and nerve”…

Ramsey County History – Fall 2007: Letters to the Editor

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Ramsey County History – Winter 2007: “An Encounter at Kaposia: The Bishop and Chief”

Leo J. Harris

An Encounter at Kaposia: The Bishop and Chief Author: Leo J. Harris In July 1839, there was a meeting of two men at Kaposia during a time of cultural change for the Mdewakanton Dakota who lived there. Their leader at the time was Wakoyantanke (Big Thunder) commonly called Little…

Ramsey County History – Winter 2007: Letters to the Editor

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Ramsey County History – Fall 2006: Letters to the Editor

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Ramsey County History – Summer 2006: Letters to the Editor

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