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Ramsey County Historical Society – Spring 1999: “Ramsey County History Preserved in Its Survey Office”
Ramsey County Public Information OfficeRamsey County History Preserved in Its Survey Office Author: Ramsey County Public Information Office A brief overview of the history of the surveying of public lands in Ramsey County using the rectangular grid system established in the Ordinance of 1785. In the 1890s Ramsey County was resurveyed to replace old…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1998: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Porches and Parties Around the Piano; A Year in the Life of Mary Etta Manship”
Margaret ManshipGrowing Up in St. Paul: Porches and Parties Around the Piano; A Year in the Life of Mary Etta Manship Author: Margaret Manship “We sat on the porch all evening.” Selections from the summer 1898 to spring 1899 diary of 17-year-old Mary Etta Manship, sister of sculptor Paul Manship. “After…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1992: “What’s Historic About This Site? The Cyrus B. Cobb House in White Bear Lake”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyWhat’s Historic About This Site? The Cyrus B. Cobb House in White Bear Lake Built in 1885 for a local merchant, this is “one of the most intact of the surviving Victorian era houses in White Bear Lake . . . .” PDF of Historic Site…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1991: “What’s Historic About This Site? First National Bank of White Bear Lake”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyWhat’s Historic About This Site? First National Bank of White Bear Lake Built in 1921 in the Beaux Arts tradition, “this delightful classically-inspired building is an excellent example of how the older buildings which have added so much character to the downtowns of Minnesota communities can be adapted to new…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1988: “A Record Setting Winter—And the Ice Harvest on Lake Owasso”
Neill J. O’NeillA Record Setting Winter—And the Ice Harvest on Lake Owasso Author: Neill J. O’Neill As a lad in the mid-1930s, the author worked three seasons harvesting ice on Lake Owasso in suburban Ramsey County. He recalls in detail how the ice harvest worked—the equipment, the procedures, the job hierarchy,…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1965: “The Story of White Bear Lake: Hardship and Struggle in a Rugged Wilderness”
Nancy L. WoolworthThe Story of White Bear Lake: Hardship and Struggle in a Rugged Wilderness Author: Nancy L. Woolworth This article covers the town’s first fourteen years, 1849–1862. The first settler in 1849, the official opening for claims in 1850, James Goodhue’s stories of a land boom, the first…