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Ramsey County History Summer 2023 – Roller Skating
Heidi HellerVolume 58, Number 2: Summer 2023 Rolling through the Decades Roller Skating in Ramsey County Author: Heidi Heller What better way to spend a Saturday night than rolling ‘round and ‘round a skate floor with friends? Some will remember the disco era, complete with a sparkly, mirrored ball and…
Ramsey County History Winter 2023: My Harley Grandma
Eleta PierceVolume 57, Number 4: Winter 2023 Growing Up in St. Paul: My Harley Grandma Mary Eileen Kehoe and the St. Paul Motorcycle Escort Club Author: Eleta Pierce When friends introduced Mary Kehoe, fresh out of high school in 1944, to the world of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, it didn’t take…
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…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2007: “Lost Neighborhood: The Jews of Fourteenth Street Remembered”
Gene H. RosenblumLost Neighborhood: The Jews of Fourteenth Street Remembered Author: Gene H. Rosenblum Gene Rosenblum’s grandparents, immigrants from Lithuania, moved into St. Paul’s Fourteenth Street neighborhood in 1907. This heavily Jewish community comprised several streets in the shadow of the State Capitol. It had two synagogues, a community center, and…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2005: “Growing Up in St. Paul: I Remember My Aunt: Frances Boardman—Music Critic, Who Covered an Archbishop’s Funeral”
Alexandra (Sandy) KlasGrowing Up in St. Paul: I Remember My Aunt: Frances Boardman—Music Critic, Who Covered an Archbishop’s Funeral Author: Alexandra (Sandy) Klas Written by the niece of Frances Boardman, the memoir starts with the background of the family. Boardman graduated from Central High School and became a pioneering woman in…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2003: “The 146-Year History of the Louis Hill House: New Settlers, a Booming Real Estate Market, and a Summit Avenue Site Acquired on Speculation”
Eileen McCormackThe 146-Year History of the Louis Hill House: New Settlers, a Booming Real Estate Market, and a Summit Avenue Site Acquired on Speculation Author: Eileen McCormack The Louis Hill home at 260 Summit Avenue was built on a plot of land that was platted in November 1854. Home construction…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: “The Road to the Selby Tunnel, Or How to Make It Up the St. Anthony Hill”
Virginia Brainard KunzThe Road to the Selby Tunnel, Or How to Make It Up the St. Anthony Hill Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz St. Paul’s hills posed a challenge for the street railways of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article describes the earliest days of horsecars, the problem of…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2001: “Preservation before Preservationists: The Beginnings of Preservation in St. Paul”
Charles W. NelsonPreservation before Preservationists: The Beginnings of Preservation in St. Paul Author: Charles W. Nelson Charles Nelson traces the early efforts to preserve historic buildings in St. Paul, citing the restoration of homes in the Irvine Park Historic District, Old Town Restoration, the portion of Summit Avenue running from the Cathedral…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2001: “Growing Up In St Paul: All For Under $11,000; ‘Add-Ons,’ ‘Deductions’—The Growing Pains of Two ‘Queen Annes’”
Robert GarlandGrowing Up In St Paul: All For Under $11,000; ‘Add-Ons,’ ‘Deductions’—The Growing Pains of Two ‘Queen Annes’ Author: Robert Garland A delightful account of “growing up” in two houses side-by-side on St. Paul’s upscale Fairmount Avenue in the Crocus Hill neighborhood. Included are fascinating details of the design and construction…