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Ramsey County History – Fall 1967: “Charles Borup: Fur Trader, Banker, Lumberman, and Minnesota’s First Danish Consul”
Nancy L. WoolworthCharles Borup: Fur Trader, Banker, Lumberman, and Minnesota’s First Danish Consul Author: Nancy L. Woolworth Charles Borup lived in St. Paul only eleven years. Born in Copenhagen in 1806, he was educated to be a physician, but chose adventure instead. In about 1830, he landed at the…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1967: “A Bridge, A Street, A Levee: Louis Robert’s Name Lingers in St. Paul”
Patricia CondonA Bridge, A Street, A Levee: Louis Robert’s Name Lingers in St. Paul Author: Patricia Condon He was one of Minnesota’s pioneers: early settler, merchant, fur trader, steamboat captain and entrepreneur, real estate speculator, and politician. He even got in on the US Dakota War of 1862, narrowly escaping…