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Ramsey County History – Fall 1997: “Growing Up in St. Paul: A Childhood Revisited: The State Fish Hatchery and a Collision of the Past with the Present”
Muriel Mix HawkinsGrowing Up in St. Paul: A Childhood Revisited: The State Fish Hatchery and a Collision of the Past with the Present Author: Muriel Mix Hawkins The author grew up in the old fish hatchery, beneath Dayton’s Bluff. She and her brother visited the mostly deserted site in 1987. This memoir…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1997: “Growing Up in St. Paul: West Seventh Street: Czechs, Slovaks, Bohemians, and Kolache Dough Rising in the Warm Attic”
Emily {anushka EricksonGrowing Up in St. Paul: West Seventh Street: Czechs, Slovaks, Bohemians, and Kolache Dough Rising in the Warm Attic Author: Emily Panushka Erickson A memoir of growing up in one of St. Paul’s ethnic neighborhoods in the early twentieth century (the author was born in 1900). Quite a few of…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1997: “Growing Up in St. Paul: The Milkman, the Iceman, and Ice Chips in the Sawdust at the Bottom of the Wagon”
Ruth F. BrinGrowing Up in St. Paul: The Milkman, the Iceman, and Ice Chips in the Sawdust at the Bottom of the Wagon Author: Ruth F. Brin The author was born in 1921 in the Macalester-Groveland neighborhood. She grew up in a prosperous Jewish family. This memoir conveys the times—the Swedish milkman…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1997: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Everyone Knew the Rules for the Rites of Passage and Transportation Was Mainly on Foot”
Brenda RaudenbushGrowing Up in St. Paul: Everyone Knew the Rules for the Rites of Passage and Transportation Was Mainly on Foot Author: Brenda Raudenbush The author grew up in St. Paul in the 1940s and ‘50s. “To every child . . . the very bricks, dogs, and all growing things of…
Ramsey Couny History – Summer 1996: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Grandfather Joel Larson—Swedish Immigrant—That ‘Mysterious Stranger’ in Our Midst”
John W. LarsonGrowing Up in St. Paul: Grandfather Joel Larson—Swedish Immigrant—That ‘Mysterious Stranger’ in Our Midst Author: John W. Larson Because the author’s grandfather rarely talked about himself even to family members, Joel Larson was something of a “mysterious stranger” to his grandson. This affectionate account of Joel Larson gives insight into…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1995: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Gas Stoves, Gas Jets, Gas Lamps and Coal through an Open Chute to the Cellar”
Frieda ClaussenGrowing Up in St. Paul: Gas Stoves, Gas Jets, Gas Lamps and Coal through an Open Chute to the Cellar Author: Frieda Claussen The author, born in 1897, grew up in a well-to-do German-American home. This delightfully detailed memoir describes life in her privileged childhood milieu, college “out east,” and…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1995: “Growing Up in St. Paul: ‘Grandfather Durkee Was a Crusty Gentleman’”
Rueul D. HarmonGrowing Up in St. Paul: ‘Grandfather Durkee Was a Crusty Gentleman’ Author: Rueul D. Harmon Adapted from an interview with the author done shortly before his death, he recounts his sometimes uneasy relationship with his grandfather during the author’s years growing up in St. Paul. PDF of Growing…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1994: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Yankeedom: Goal of the 19th Century Immigrant”
John W. LarsonGrowing Up in St. Paul: Yankeedom: Goal of the 19th Century Immigrant Author: John W. Larson The author’s fond recollections of his Swedish grandparents who when they reminisced would never talk about Sweden and whose ideal was to become a Yankee. In researching his family’s origins in Sweden and their…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1994: “Growing Up in St. Paul: A Grandchild’s Journey into a Swedish Past”
Growing Up in St. Paul: A Grandchild’s Journey into a Swedish Past Author: John W. Larson An exceedingly amusing and well-written memoir of the author’s childhood and the mysteries surrounding his Swedish immigrant forebears. PDF of Growing_Up…