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Ramsey County History – Spring 2018: “Charles and Elaine Eastman: Their Years in St. Paul, 1893–1898”
Teresa Swanson, Sydney Beane, and William BeaneCharles and Elaine Eastman: Their Years in St. Paul, 1893–1898 Authors: Teresa Swanson, Sydney Beane, and William Beane Born in 1858 in Minnesota, Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa) survived the US Dakota War of 1862 and fled with his family to Canada, where he was raised in the…
The Crusade for Forgotten Souls: Reforming Minnesota’s Mental Institutions, 1946–1954
Reviewer: Gary GleasonThe Crusade for Forgotten Souls: Reforming Minnesota’s Mental Institutions, 1946–1954 Susan Bartlett Foote Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2018 312 pages; soft cover; photos; $22.95 Susan Bartlett Foote has written an impressive book that combines a great story and exhaustive research about the early years of social…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2017: “The Ties That Bind: Mounds-Park Nurses and the Great War”
Johannes R. AllertThe Ties That Bind: Mounds-Park Nurses and the Great War Author: Johannes R. Allert After the United States entered World War I in 1917, some graduates of the Mounds-Park Nursing School in St. Paul joined the American Red Cross, which played a supportive role in the conflict,…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2017: “Can America Be Bombed? The St. Paul Science Museum’s Answer”
Brian McMahonCan America Be Bombed? The St. Paul Science Museum’s Answer Author: Brian McMahon In the spring of 1941, the St. Paul Science Museum (predecessor to today’s Science Museum of Minnesota) opened an exhibit provocatively titled “Can America Be Bombed?” The museum’s president, Charles Lesley Ames, was alarmed…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2017: “Two Graves in White Bear Lake: The Story of Claude and Daisy White”
James LindnerTwo Graves in White Bear Lake: The Story of Claude and Daisy White Author: James Lindner Claude and Daisy White died within two days of each other in November 1918 and are buried in a single grave in White Bear Lake. This circumstance inspired the author to wonder who…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2017: “William T. Francis, at Home and Abroad”
Paul D. NelsonWilliam T. Francis, at Home and Abroad Author: Paul D. Nelson William T. (Billy) and Nellie Francis were a “Golden Couple” in Ramsey County in the 1920s. They were good-looking, intelligent, talented, ambitious, and successful. Then they went to Africa, and things went terribly wrong. This article presents the…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2016: “John Anderson’s Fall from the High Bridge”
John T. SielaffJohn Anderson’s Fall from the High Bridge Author: John T. Sielaff On May 2, 1902, John Anderson, a painter working as part of a crew repainting the St. Paul High Bridge, fell 125 feet into the Mississippi River and survived. Although injured when he hit the footing of the…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2016: “‘Abide with Me:’ Grace Craig Stork, 1916”
Rebecca A. Ebnet-Mavencamp‘Abide with Me:’ Grace Craig Stork, 1916 Author: Rebecca A. Ebnet-Mavencamp Beginning in 1903, the family of William and Grace Stork lived on St. Paul’s Cleveland Avenue. Grace began to experience eye pain in 1914, and two years later she underwent surgery for “orbital cancer,” which removed a tumor…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2016: “Helen Marks, Dressmaker, the 1903 Summer Carnival, and the Unions”
David RiehleHelen Marks, Dressmaker, the 1903 Summer Carnival, and the Unions Author: David Riehle In late July and early August of 1903, St. Paul held its only Summer Carnival. One of the principal events in this festival that lasted nearly two weeks was the popular election of a queen. Men…