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Ramsey County History – Fall 1997: “Life in 1937’s ‘Home of Tomorrow’”

Brian McMahon

Life in 1937’s ‘Home of Tomorrow’ Author: Brian McMahon The Cemstone Corporation, founded in St. Paul, built an all-concrete demonstration house in 1937 at 1345 East Minnehaha. This very short article (less than a full page) tells its story. PDF of McMahon article…

Ramsey County History – Spring 1987: “Diphtheria, Typhoid, Tuberculosis: Roots of Ramsey’s Health Care Trace Back to Anker Hospital”

Mary Alice Czerwonka

Diphtheria, Typhoid, Tuberculosis: Roots of Ramsey’s Health Care Trace Back to Anker Hospital Author: Mary Alice Czerwonka This article describes the history of Ramsey County’s public hospitals from 1873 to 1987. Dr. Arthur Ancker arrived in St. Paul in 1883, and, over the next forty years, created a much-admired…