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Ramsey County History – Fall 2022: Retracing the Red River Trail
Terry DoerksenVolume 57, Number 3: Fall 2022 A Man, a Woman, an Ox, and a Cart: Retracing the Red River Trail Author: Terry Doerksen Remember your teachers assigning the annual class essay, What I Did on Summer Vacation? Canadians Terry and Patty Doerksen were kind enough to share Terry’s one-of-a-kind…
History Revealed: Gichigami Hearts
Linda Legarde GroverGichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong Linda Legarde Grover History Revealed Series Program Date: October 10, 2022, Indigenous Peoples’ Day Program Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library Award-winning author Linda LeGarde Grover interweaves family and…
History Revealed: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Katrina PhillipsIndigenous Peoples’ Day: Traditions & Celebrations Dr. Kate Phillips History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022 Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library The second Monday in October is a day to honor Native…
History Revealed: Black, Brown & Red Power
Jimmy PatinoBlack, Brown and Red Power in the Twin Cities: Parallels, Intersections and Self-Determination in a Liberal Haven Dr. Jimmy Patino History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, August 18, 2022 Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library. he…
History Revealed: Land Acknowledgments
Jacob JurssHistory Revealed: Land Acknowledgments, Land Back, & 10,000 Lakes: Indigenous History in Minnesota With Dr. Jacob Jurss History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, August 11, 2022 Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library What do land acknowledgments…
History Revealed: Daybreak Woman
Jane Lamm CarrollDaybreak Woman with Jane Lamm Carroll History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, July 14, 2022 Video on YouTube In partnership with the East Side Freedom Library & Roseville Library A remarkable woman’s life spans nearly a century of peace, invasion, war, exile, return, and…
Grasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs, Minnesota Farm Girl 1877
Terry Swanson, Author and Peggy Stern, IllustratorIt is 1876—Christmas day—which just happens to be the eleventh birthday of Lillie Belle Gibbs. Her mother and father present her with a new journal. Now she must decide how to fill the pages. Grasshoppers in her bed, a smudge pot to keep the mosquitos at bay, the one-room schoolhouse…
A Natural Curiosity: The Story of the Bell Museum
Reviewer: Anne FieldA Natural Curiosity: The Story of the Bell Museum Lansing Shepard, Don Luce, Barbara Coffin, and Gwen Schagrin Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2022 400 pages; cloth cover/jacket, 310 color plates, $34.95 The Bell Museum, located on the edge of the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul…
March of the Governors, Governor #12, Knute Nelson
Paul Nelson and Tyler TaylorKnute Nelson (1843-1923) spent two years as governor of Minnesota on his way to becoming a representative in the US Senate, where he served for twenty-eight years. Nelson was the first prominent Scandinavian-American politician in Minnesota and in the United States. He immigrated from Voss, Norway, to…