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Ramsey County History Summer 2025
Andrea Swensson, Diane Trout-Oertel, Robin J. Doroshow, Nancy Sanchelli Guertin, Frederick L. JohnsonRamsey County History Summer 2025 Volume 60, No. 3: Summer 2025 Diane Trout-Oertel, Robin J. Doroshow, Nancy Sanchelli Guertin Link to download PDF of full Ramsey County History Summer 2025 Articles in this issue: The Matriarch of the Art Colony Early Twentieth Century Art in St. Paul as…
The Day Camp That Launched St. Paul’s Adaptive Recreation Program
Nancy Sanchelli Guertin“Close to You” By Nancy Sanchelli Guertin To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. It seems like every time Twin Cities Public Television has a pledge drive, they haul out concerts and documentaries designed to hit us baby boomers right…
Early Twentieth Century Art in St. Paul as Seen Through the Career of Alice Hügy
Diane Trout-Oertel“The Matriarch of the Art Colony” By Diane Trout-Oertel To see this complete magazine article with endnotes and additional images, please view the PDF version. Portrait of Alice Hügy by Clara Mairs, 1922. Hügy had brown hair, brown eyes and wore wire-rim glasses. Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society. In…
Rise to the Challenge: A Memoir of Politics, Leadership, and Love
Reviewed by Anne CowieRise to the Challenge: A Memoir of Politics, Leadership, and Love Marlene M. Johnson Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2024 248 pages; cloth/jacket, 15 b&w plates, $24.95 Marlene Johnson came to leadership early. When she was just thirty-seven, she became Minnesota’s first woman lieutenant governor, assuming that position…
Violet Gould’s Civic Opera Musical Circle
Mady Metzger-Ziegler founded the St. Paul Opera Workshop. Her son, Max Metzger, followed in his mother’s musical footsteps as an orchestra conductor. Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society. Mady Metzger-Ziegler (1897-1979), mezzosoprano, was a featured performer in the St. Paul Civic Opera Association (Civic Opera) and its associated Pops concerts. She…
Ramsey County History Winter 2024
Nicole Foss, Linda Kohl, Krista Finstad Hanson, Renoir Gaither, Mary Lethert WingerdVolume 59, Number 1: Winter 2024 Link to download PDF of full issue of RCHS Winter 2024 Magazine Articles in this Issue: Architect of St. Paul’s West Side: H. Emil Strassburger Author: Nicole Foss Link to N. Foss article PDF Additional Resources:…
Ramsey County History Winter 2024: Community in Hamline Midway Neighborhood
Krista Finstad HansonVolume 59, Number 1: Winter 2024 It Takes a Village: Building Community in the Hamline Midway Neighborhood Author: Krista Finstad Hanson What happens when a historian/writer becomes a homeowner? When Krista Finstad Hanson and her husband purchased a bungalow on Englewood Avenue in 1997, she couldn’t help herself. She…
Ramsey County History Fall 2023 – From Lower Phalen Creek Project to Wakaŋ Tipi Awaŋyaŋkapi
Daniel W. McGuiness with Maggie LorenzVolume 58, Number 3: Fall 2023 Link to download full issue of Fall 2023 Ramsey County History magazine A Sacred Dakhóta Site Inspires Community Renewal: From Lower Phalen Creek Project to Wakaŋ Tipi Awaŋyaŋkapi Authors: Daniel W. McGuiness, with Maggie Lorenz In the 1970s, land below St.
Ramsey County History Fall 2023 – Full Issue
Daniel W. McGuiness, Maggie Lorenz, Deacon DeBoer, Eileen Bass, Justis Brokenrope, Ava Grace, Dr. Rev. Clifford Canku, Heather Menefee, ŠišókadútaVolume 58, Number 3: Fall 2023 Link to download full issue of Fall 2023 Ramsey County History magazine Articles in this Issue: A Sacred Dakhóta Site Inspires Community Renewal: From Lower Phalen Creek Project to Wakaŋ Tipi Awaŋyaŋkapi Authors: Daniel W. McGuiness, with Maggie Lorenz…