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Ramsey County History – Spring 1966: “Box Stoves, Cipher-Downs, Sleigh Rides: Memories of a Rural School”
Frank PaskewitzBox Stoves, Cipher-Downs, Sleigh Rides: Memories of a Rural School Author: Frank Paskewitz Frank Paskewitz, a member of the Ramsey County Historical Society Board of Directors, attended a one-room school in Todd County in the first decade of the twentieth century. He recalls that school in detail—its…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1966: “Corn-husking and Sweeping Out: 1901 Graduate Recalls the Early Years of the St. Paul Campus”
Coates BullCorn-husking and Sweeping Out: 1901 Graduate Recalls the Early Years of the St. Paul Campus Author: Coates P. Bull Coates P. Bull attended the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture in the 1890s, shortly after its creation. He recounts the school’s founding, dormitory living, and anecdotes about his professors.
Ramsey County History – Fall 1965: “The Story of White Bear Lake: Hardship and Struggle in a Rugged Wilderness”
Nancy L. WoolworthThe Story of White Bear Lake: Hardship and Struggle in a Rugged Wilderness Author: Nancy L. Woolworth This article covers the town’s first fourteen years, 1849–1862. The first settler in 1849, the official opening for claims in 1850, James Goodhue’s stories of a land boom, the first…