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Ramsey County History – Spring 2016: “Albert Wolff: Brilliant Career, Tragic Death”
LaVern J. RippleyAlbert Wolff: Brilliant Career, Tragic Death Author: LaVern J. Rippley Albert Wolff (1825–1893) was a German Forty-eighter; that is an out-spoken liberal who left Germany in the wake of the revolutionary spirit that swept much of Europe starting in 1848. Wolff’s participation in street fighting led to the commutation…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2016: “Carl Florin, Ray Florén, and Eleven Houses near Hamline University”
Barbro Sollbe and Ann Thorson WaltonCarl Florin, Ray Florén, and Eleven Houses near Hamline University Authors: Barbro Sollbe and Ann Thorson Walton Carl O. Florén (1884–1948) came to the United States in 1900 from Sweden. He eventually made his way to St. Paul about 1906 and began working for Hamline University. He subsequently married…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2015: “Brings Is Gone: The Life and Death of a St. Paul Family Business”
Marcia KremerBrings Is Gone: The Life and Death of a St. Paul Family Business Author: Marcia Kremer Joseph Brings and his family immigrated to the US in 1857 and eventually settled in St. Paul, where Joseph opened a store in 1870 on West Seventh Street that later (1884) became Brings…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2015: “October 1857: The Kochendorfers Arrive in St. Paul”
Daniel C. MunsonOctober 1857: The Kochendorfers Arrive in St. Paul Author: Daniel C. Munson Johan and Catherine Kochendorfers were German immigrant farmers in central Illinois who along with their four children moved to Minnesota Territory in 1857. In November of that year, Catherine wrote a long letter in German to her…
Ramsey County History Podcast #2 – Summer 2014: Minnesota’s Oldest Murder Mystery; Life in Old Swede Hollow
Paul Nelson, Gary Bruggemann, and Steve TrimbleMinnesota’s Oldest Murder Mystery; Life in Old Swede Hollow Part 1: Edward Phelan was one of St. Paul’s very first settlers. Was he also a murderer? In September 1839, the body of Phelan’s cabin-mate, John Hays, was found floating in the Mississippi River. He had been beaten…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2014: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Mike Sanchelli Remembers Swede Hollow”
Steven C. TrimbleGrowing Up in St. Paul: Mike Sanchelli Remembers Swede Hollow Edited by Steven C. Trimble This article is drawn from Mike Sanchelli’s first-person (1915–2003) reminiscences of life in Swede Hollow during the 1920s and ‘30s. The Sanchelli’s first home in Swede Hollow cost $20 plus $20 a year for…
“Ramsey County History – Fall 2013: “Growing Up in St. Paul: My Family and La Nuova Vita”
Eugene A. RanconeGrowing Up in St. Paul: My Family and La Nuova Vita Author: Eugene A. Rancone This is a memoir of a man who grew up in the neighborhood of St. Paul’s Upper Levee in the 1930s and ’40s. He recounts his immigrant forebears who came to the city from…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2013: “One History of Service: The Guild of Catholic Women and Guild Incorporated”
Hayla DrakeOne History of Service: The Guild of Catholic Women and Guild Incorporated Author: Hayla Drake In 1906, out of concern for the welfare of new immigrants in their community, a group of thirty women from St. Luke’s Catholic Church began the Guild of Catholic Women (GCW), which helped meet…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2012: “St. Paul’s Beaux-Arts Libraries: Philanthropic Architecture in a Local Context”
Lauren M. FreeseSt. Paul’s Beaux-Arts Libraries: Philanthropic Architecture in a Local Context Author: Lauren M. Freese In 1917, Saint Paul City Architect Charles Hausler designed three libraries in St. Paul. They are the St. Anthony Park Free Public Library; the Riverview Free Public Library (West Side); and the Arlington Hills Free…