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Ramsey County History – Spring 2006: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Stranger in a Strange Land: A Culture That for a Child Was Foreign and Alien”
Bernice M. FisherGrowing Up in St. Paul: Stranger in a Strange Land: A Culture That for a Child Was Foreign and Alien Author: Bernice M. Fisher Bernice Fisher started kindergarten at Scheffer School in 1933. A later move to St. Adelbert’s School changed her in ways her parents had not anticipated.
Ramsey County History – Summer 2003: “The Story of Minnie Dassel: Was She a Mysterious ‘Countess’ Who Settled in St. Paul?”
Paul JohnsonThe Story of Minnie Dassel: Was She a Mysterious ‘Countess’ Who Settled in St. Paul? Author: Paul Johnson This is the story of a woman who worked in St. Paul for fifty-five years in the late nineteenth century. Some people thought that Minnie Dassel was secretly a German countess…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2003: “Roots with the English—St. Paul’s First German Methodist Church”
Helen Miller DickisonRoots with the English—St. Paul’s First German Methodist Church Author: Helen Miller Dickison The First German Methodist Church of St. Paul was founded in 1852, a time when German immigration to Minnesota was soaring. In that year, the congregation built a church on Sixth Street between Broadway and today’s…
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: “Growing Up In St Paul: Manager, Fight Promoter, Minnesota Game Warden—Johnny Salvator and His Impact on Boxing in St. Paul”
Paul R. GoldGrowing Up In St Paul: Manager, Fight Promoter, Minnesota Game Warden—Johnny Salvator and His Impact on Boxing in St. Paul Author: Paul R. Gold The young German, Johann Salwetter (b. 1891 in Serbia), came to St. Paul around 1910 and became, in time, Johnny Salvator—boxer, trainer of World War…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2002: “Tubal Cain in New Brighton: The Harris Forge and Rolling Mill Company”
Leo J. HarrisTubal Cain in New Brighton: The Harris Forge and Rolling Mill Company Author: Leo J. Harris Abraham and Mark Harris were immigrant brothers from Russia. They founded Harris Forge and Rolling Mill, and, by 1891, it had more than 200 workers. It was one of the earliest concerns that…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2000: “Transplants from Europe: Germans, Poles, Italians—Settlers on the Levee”
Greg SchachTransplants from Europe: Germans, Poles, Italians—Settlers on the Levee Author: Greg Schach The Upper Levee is a small piece of land near the Mississippi River, where steamboats landed in the nineteenth century and “transplants from Europe” were the early settlers. Immigrants from Germany, Ireland, and Poland were later joined…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1999: “The Dakota Perspective: ‘We Have Been Cheated So Often’”
Mark DiederichThe Dakota Perspective: “We Have Been Cheated So Often” Author: Mark Diedrich Before white Minnesotans organized Minnesota as a territory in 1849, the Native American population of the region consisted mainly of Dakota, who had been living in the area of Lake Mille Lacs since the 1600s. One division of…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1998: “The Story of Rose Hanna and Her Journey from Old-World Palestine to St. Paul”
Rose Hanna and Jean HannaThe Story of Rose Hanna and Her Journey from Old-World Palestine to St. Paul Author: Rose Hanna, as told to Jean Hanna Rose Hanna was born Wardeh Awwad in Jifna, Palestine. Soon after her marriage, in 1948, she became a Palestinian refugee. In 1956 she and her family landed in…