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The March of Governors, Governor #6, Horace Austin
Paul Nelson and Ken PetersonThe second of four Minnesota governors from St. Peter, Horace Austin, was the state’s first governor to directly confront the increased power of railroads, the state’s most powerful business force. Noted for being honest and straight forward, Austin succeeded in regulating their rates after being reelected in 1871…
March of the Governors, Governor #5, William Rainey Marshall
Paul Nelson and Tom O'ConnellWilliam Rainey Marshall could be said to occupy a prominent place in Minnesota’s list of founding fathers. He played a leading role in many of the seminal events that shaped the state’s early history. A strong opponent of slavery, he chaired the founding meeting of Minnesota’s Republican…
March of the Governors, Governor #4, Stephen Miller
Paul Nelson, Matt Wright, and Rebekah CoffmanStephen Miller moved to Minnesota in middle age from Pennsylvania, several years after his friend Alexander Ramsey had moved to the state. He immediately involved himself in politics in St. Cloud. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he was named lieutenant colonel of the First Minnesota…
History Revealed: Charles W. Malchow
Dr. Ryan Hurt & Paul NelsonCharles W. Malchow and the Story Behind “The Sexual Life” With Dr. Ryan Hurt with Paul Nelson History Revealed Series Program Date: April 22, 2021 Video on YouTube Viewer discretion advised. At the turn of the twentieth century, a progressive doctor named…
History Revealed: Clara Anderson
John GuthmannClara Anderson: A Woman’s Fight to Save Her Job in the Face of Discrimination With John Guthmann History Revealed Series Program Date: April 15, 2021 Video on YouTube In the early 1940s, Clara Anderson worked as a bartender at a local hotel until the…
March of the Governors, Governor #1, Henry Hastings Sibley
Paul Nelson and Ken PetersonHenry Hastings Sibley Podcast Link This is the first in a new series of podcasts. We call it March of the Governors because we will examine the lives and careers of governors of the State of Minnesota, one by one. We start with our first governor, Henry…
History Revealed: Turnout
Joan Growe and Lori SturdevantTurnout: Making Minnesota the State That Votes Joan Growe and Lori Sturdevant History Revealed Series Program Date: December 3, 2020 Video on YouTube In “Turnout,” the architect and chief promoter of Minnesota’s high voter turnout tells her story, showing how hard work and cooperation…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2020: “Interminable Township Turmoil: White Bear Township and the Power of the Vote”
Sara Markoe HansonInterminable Township Turmoil: White Bear Township and the Power of the Vote Author: Sara Markoe Hanson Why is White Bear Township shaped that way? If you’ve ever wondered about the answer to that question, Sara Markoe Hanson, executive director of the White Bear Lake Area Historical Society, carefully…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2020: “A Doctor Ahead of His Time and the Trouble that Followed: The Sexual Life by Charles W. Malchow”
Ryan T. Hurt and Paul NelsonA Doctor Ahead of His Time and the Trouble that Followed: The Sexual Life by Charles W. Malchow Authors: Ryan T. Hurt and Paul Nelson At the turn of the twentieth century, a progressive doctor named Charles W. Malchow, who worked at Hamline University’s short-lived Department of Medicine, wrote…