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Ramsey County History 2026 Issue 3
Jennings Mergenthal, Lisa Heinrich, and Kylie Linh HoangVolume 61, No. 3 Jennings Mergenthal, Lisa Heinrich, and Kylie Linh Hoang PDF of full issue: Ramsey County History 2026 #3 Articles in this issue: “An Insatiable Colonial Appetite: The Rise and Fall of the Passenger Pigeon in Ramsey County and Environs” Author: Jennings Mergenthal Flocks of passenger…
We Should All Be Public Historians
Kylie Linh Hoangby Kylie Linh Hoang To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. My history education began in a very ordinary classroom with a whiteboard and a large world map. I remember reading atlases and encyclopedias and diligently copying down dates and…
Ramsey County History 2026 Issue 2
Jeremiah E. Ellis, James Fleming and Paul Nelson, Frank M. WhiteVolume 61, No. 2 Jeremiah E. Ellis, James Fleming and Paul Nelson, Frank M. White PDF of full issue: Ramsey County History 2026, Issue 2 Articles in this issue: “James and Frances Hughes and the Architecture of Black Excellence in Minnesota” Author: Jeremiah E. Ellis At a…
Growing Up Dos Culturas
Frank M. Whiteby Frank M. White To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. When I think back on my family history, where do I begin? I was born in November of 1945, which seems like a long time ago, into a bicultural…
Ramsey County History 2026 Issue 1
Paul Nelson and James Fleming, Kate Dietrick, Eula T. Murphy (with David V. Taylor)Volume 61, No. 1 Paul Nelson and James Fleming, Kate Dietrick, Eula T. Murphy (with David V. Taylor) PDF of full issue: Ramsey County History 2026, Issue 1 Articles in this issue: “Hired to Carry the Dagger: Pierce Butler in St. Paul” Authors: Paul Nelson and James Fleming…
Myth, Memory, and the Origins of the St. Paul Jewish Community Center Symphony Orchestra
Kate Dietrick“Under Lisowsky’s Baton” by Kate Dietrick To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. Conductor Peter Lisowsky in action. Part of the St. Paul Jewish Community Center records, courtesy of the Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives, University of…
Ramsey County History Spring 2025
Andrea Swensson, Chia Youyee Vang, PhD, Janice R. Quick, Pete BoulayRamsey County History Spring 2025 Volume 60, No. 2: Spring 2025 Chia Youyee Vang, PhD, Janice R. Quick, Pete Boulay Link to download PDF of full Ramsey County History Spring 2025 Articles in this issue: Reflections from the 1.5 Generation Fifty Years of Hmong Lives in Ramsey County…
Fifty Years of Hmong Lives in Ramsey County
Chia Youyee Vang, PhDMy mother bought Green Hmong skirts for her (middle), my younger sister Mao (right), and me. She made the shirts, sashes, and my headwear. This was taken in August 1981 in the back of our first home on Marshall Avenue in St. Paul. In winter, Mao and I wore these…
The Fraud of the Century
Paul NelsonSt. Paulite Clarence Cochran was convicted of fraud and reported to Leavenworth in 1930. Mugshot courtesy of National Archives of Kansas City, Record Group 129, Records of the Bureau of Prisons, Leavenworth Penitentiary, Inmate Case Files (1895-1952), National Archives Identifier 571125. By Paul Nelson To see this complete magazine…