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Ramsey County History – Spring 2002: “Growing Up In St Paul: The War To End All Wars: A Schoolboy’s Recollections of World War II”
Ray BartonGrowing Up In St Paul: The War To End All Wars: A Schoolboy’s Recollections of World War II Author: Ray Barton The author looks back at the coming of World War II when he was a young boy. His uncle had been a hero in World War I, and…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1999: “The Dakota Perspective: ‘We Have Been Cheated So Often’”
Mark DiederichThe Dakota Perspective: “We Have Been Cheated So Often” Author: Mark Diedrich Before white Minnesotans organized Minnesota as a territory in 1849, the Native American population of the region consisted mainly of Dakota, who had been living in the area of Lake Mille Lacs since the 1600s. One division of…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1998: “A ‘Wicked Looking Revolver’ and $3,000 in Gold: F.R. Bigelow’s Dash to France to Rescue His Family from the Guns of August”
Frederic R. BigelowA ‘Wicked Looking Revolver’ and $3,000 in Gold: F.R. Bigelow’s Dash to France to Rescue His Family from the Guns of August Author: Frederic R. Bigelow It’s an adventure tale and a gripping one. The author was president of St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company in 1914 when his…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1995: “The Obscure Plaque on the Wall: Who Were the Boys from the Adams School?”
Paul D. NelsonThe Obscure Plaque on the Wall: Who Were the Boys from the Adams School? Author: Paul D. Nelson Adams School is today a public grade school in St. Paul’s West Seventh neighborhood. Built in 1924, the building contains a memorial plaque acknowledging boys from the school who gave their lives…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1994: “The ‘Fighting Saint’—The U.S.S. St. Paul and Its Minnesota Connection”
Tom BolanThe ‘Fighting Saint’—The U.S.S. St. Paul and Its Minnesota Connection Author: Tom Bolan The last shot of World War II from a U.S. warship was fired from the U.S.S. St. Paul, a heavy cruiser known as the “Fighting Saint.” This article recounts the combat record of the ship at the…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1994: “D-Day Remembered by Seven Who Were There”
Virginia Brainard KunzD-Day Remembered by Seven Who Were There Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz This article consists of excerpts from interviews with seven men from the St. Paul area who were among the many British and American soldiers, sailors, and airmen who fought the Germans at Normandy in France on D-Day, June 6,…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1993: “Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, Daughter of a Frontier Regiment—1819”
Ronald M. HubbsCharlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, Daughter of a Frontier Regiment—1819 Author: Ronald M. Hubbs Charlotte Clark was born in Prairie du Chien in 1819 as her family made their way to her father’s posting at still-to-be-built Fort Snelling. As an adult, she married another soldier, who served in the Dakota War…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1993: “Josias King: First Volunteer for the Union”
Robert J. StummJosias King: First Volunteer for the Union Author: Robert J. Stumm Minnesota legend insists that Minnesota offered the first Union army volunteers of the Civil War, and that the first of the first was Josias King. He posed for the monument at the foot of Summit Avenue. This is his…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1992: “Fifty Year Later—A Survivor’s Memories of the Bataan Death March”
Philip S. Brain Jr.Fifty Year Later—A Survivor’s Memories of the Bataan Death March Author: Philip S. Brain Jr. “The line beneath life and death is very narrow.” The first line of this memoir sets the tone. The author spent almost all of World War II as a prisoner of the Japanese. His account,…