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A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson
Reviewer: Anne CowieA Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson Sigurd F. Olson; David Backes, ed. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2021 376 pages; cloth cover/jacket, 74 b&w photos, 1 map, $29.95 Sigurd Olson, a father of the movement to save the Boundary Waters in the Quetico-Superior…
History Revealed: St. Paul Hiking Club
Bob Tholkes, Janice Quick, Donna Naumann Jensen, Pat Hustings, Meredith CummingsThe St. Paul Hiking Club With Bob Tholkes, Janice Quick, Donna Naumann Jensen and Pat Hustings with editor Meredith Cummings History Revealed Program Date: 04/29/2021 Video on YouTube The history and stories of the St. Paul Hiking Club from its beginnings over one…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2021: “Take a Hike: A Century of Walks with the St. Paul Hiking Club”
Bob Tholkes, with Meredith CummingsTake a Hike: A Century of Walks with the St. Paul Hiking Club Author: Bob Tholkes, with Meredith Cummings On January 15, 1921, twenty-five hardy young people bundled up in their warmest boots, knickers, hiking skirts, and woolen mittens and socks for a six-mile round-trip jaunt on the…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2021: “We Represent: Evolving Public Art at the Saint Paul City Hall – Ramsey County Courthouse”
Kristina YousoWe Represent: Evolving Public Art at the Saint Paul City Hall – Ramsey County Courthouse Author: Kristina Youso On August 19, 2020, the public got its first look at four new 16’ x 5’ murals now on display in the council chambers of the Saint Paul City…
Minnesota’s Geologist: The Life of Newton Horace Winchell
Reviewer: Paul NelsonMinnesota’s Geologist: The Life of Newton Horace Winchell Sue Leaf Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2020 280 pages; hardcover, 30 b&w plates, $29.95 Newton Horace Winchell deserves to be remembered. He was probably Minnesota’s greatest nineteenth-century scientist, a giant in not only geology but paleontology and…
Ramsey County History Podcast #10 – Spring 2018: Minnesota Caves: History and Lore
Paul Nelson and Greg BrickMinnesota Caves: History and Lore No one knows more about subterranean St. Paul — the caves beneath our feet — than geologist and author Greg Brick. In his new book, Minnesota Caves: History and Lore, Brick describes the many caves, both natural and human-made, under St. Paul — their…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2017: “Two Graves in White Bear Lake: The Story of Claude and Daisy White”
James LindnerTwo Graves in White Bear Lake: The Story of Claude and Daisy White Author: James Lindner Claude and Daisy White died within two days of each other in November 1918 and are buried in a single grave in White Bear Lake. This circumstance inspired the author to wonder who…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2014: “The Stork Family in St. Paul, 1914–1916”
Rebecca A. MavencampThe Stork Family in St. Paul, 1914–1916 Author: Rebecca A. Mavencamp William E. and Grace C. Stork moved to St. Paul from western Minnesota in 1903 along with their children, Florence C. and Norman Clinton. They built a home in the western part of the city near the Mississippi…
Ramsey County History: Summer 2014: “The History of the Mississippi River Boulevard”
Donald L. EmpsonThe History of the Mississippi River Boulevard Author: Donald L. Empson In 1872, the Saint Paul City Council decided to build public parks in the city, and soon, thereafter, hired landscape architect Horace W. S. Cleveland to prepare a plan for where this should be done. One park that…