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Ramsey County History – Fall 2002: “Those Squealing Red River Ox Carts: Norman Kittson and the Fur Trade”
Clarence Rife and Holly WaltersThose Squealing Red River Ox Carts: Norman Kittson and the Fur Trade Authors: Clarence Rife and Holly Walters In 1830 at the age of sixteen, Canadian-born Norman Kittson joined the American Fur Company and headed west. He eventually arrived in Minnesota, where he joined Henry Sibley in the fur…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: “The Road to the Selby Tunnel, Or How to Make It Up the St. Anthony Hill”
Virginia Brainard KunzThe Road to the Selby Tunnel, Or How to Make It Up the St. Anthony Hill Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz St. Paul’s hills posed a challenge for the street railways of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article describes the earliest days of horsecars, the problem of…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1999: “In the Beginning: The Geological Forces that Shaped Ramsey County and the People Who Followed”
Scott F. AnfinsonIn the Beginning: The Geological Forces that Shaped Ramsey County and the People Who Followed Author: Scott F. Anfinson “Ramsey County lies in a setting that is geologically complex, both in its bedrock and its glacially produced features.” Beginning about sixty-five million years ago when the region was very close…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1998: “Stairway to the Abyss: The Diverting Story of Cascade Creek and Its Journey under St. Paul”
Greg BrickStairway to the Abyss: The Diverting Story of Cascade Creek and Its Journey under St. Paul Author: Greg Brick Among the many lost wetlands and watercourses of Ramsey County is Cascade Creek, which flowed from near Cretin-Derham Hall High School and tumbled over a cascade into the Mississippi near the…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1997: “Millions of Years in the Making: The Geological Forces that Shaped St. Paul”
Edmund C. BrayMillions of Years in the Making: The Geological Forces that Shaped St. Paul Author: Edmund C. Bray The geological history of what became St. Paul, starting with an epicontinental sea 455 million years ago, through the glacial era and Glacial Lake Agassiz, the Glacial River Warren, and the spectacular waterfall…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1986: “The Mississippi and St. Paul—Change Is Constant for the River and the City That Shaped It”
Paul Donald HestermanThe Mississippi and St. Paul—Change Is Constant for the River and the City That Shaped It Author: Paul Donald Hesterman The article’s theme is how today’s Mississippi River is different from the mid-nineteenth century river “in virtually every way, from the contours of its banks to the chemical composition…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1974: “Promoters Waxed Lyrical in “Selling” St Paul”
Virginia Brainard KunzPromoters Waxed Lyrical in “Selling” St Paul Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz A publication entitled The Minnesota Year Book for 1853, published in St. Paul, offered its readers information on a host of subjects. Among them were: the makeup of the Territorial Legislature and its salient acts, including a Prohibition…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1965: “‘Floating Down the River…:’ Today’s Boaters See Landmarks As Pioneers Once Viewed Them”
Frances Bruce Shepherd‘Floating Down the River…:’ Today’s Boaters See Landmarks As Pioneers Once Viewed Them Author: Frances Bruce Shepherd Frances Bruce Shepherd surveys the history of fifty-three miles of the Upper Mississippi, from St. Anthony Falls to Red Wing, with history and observations for each stop along the way:…