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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…
Clarence Hathaway: Civil Rights Pioneer
Jim McCartneyAlthough civil rights activists have, at times, been falsely accused of being communist, some Communist Party members, including Clarence Hathaway, did help advance the American civil rights movement. In the 1930s and ’40s, the Communist Party was prominent in the fight for racial equality in the American South, specifically Alabama,…
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…
March of the Governors: Jesse Ventura
Paul Nelson, Matt Wright, and Ken PetersonTo call our thirty-eighth governor, Jesse Ventura, unique is to engage in understatement. He was Minnesota’s first third-party governor since Elmer Benson in 1936. Though he ran on the Reform Party ticket, that party elected no one else, so he had no allies in the legislature. His plurality, 37% of…
Ramsey County History Summer 2023
Kristina Her, John H. Guthmann, Heidi Heller, John Lindley, Dave Beal, Lowell Benson, Don Hall, Jay Pfaender, and Chad RobertsVolume 58, Number 2: Summer 2023 Link to download PDF of RCHS Summer 2023 Magazine Articles in this Issue: Hmong Foodways in Ramsey County Author: Kristina Her Growing Up at Fort Snelling: Honoring the First Regiment of…
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…
March of the Governors #30: Special Edition Billy Williams
Frank White, Paul NelsonMarch of the Governors Special Edition: Billy Williams March of the Governors Series Podcast #30 William F. (Billy) Williams never served as Minnesota’s governor, but he served more Minnesota governors than any public servant in our state’s history. He caught the eye of…
Ramsey County History Spring 2023
Frank M. White, Matt Goff, Johannes R. AllertVolume 58, Number 1: Spring 2023 Link to download PDF of RCHS Spring 2023 Magazine Articles in this Issue: From a Star on the Baseball Diamond to a Star at the Minnesota State Capitol: Billy Williams Author: Frank M. White A Slow…