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Ramsey County History – Spring 1979: “A Grandson Describes: The O’Briens’ House on George Street”
George A. ReaA Grandson Describes: The O’Briens’ House on George Street Author: George A. Rea The author remembers his grandparents, Patrick and Fannie O’Brien, and their big house (still standing) at 255 George Street. Initially they lived on Irvine Park, but grandfather “decided to move the day a neighbor’s bantam chickens…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1979: “The Ghost of the Roaring Twenties”
Lucile ArnoldThe Ghost of the Roaring Twenties Author: Lucile Arnold Lucile Arnold grew up in Gladstone, now vanished into Maplewood, in the 1920s. She and her friends danced the Charleston, rode the streetcars, shopped (and worked) at the Golden Rule, talked about Babe Ruth and Nazimova and Charles Lindbergh, saw…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1979: Board of Directors
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Ramsey County History – Fall 1978: “The Dynamic Sister Antonia and the College of St. Catherine’s”
Sister Karen KennellyThe Dynamic Sister Antonia and the College of St. Catherine’s Author: Sister Karen Kennelly A description of the events leading up to the opening of the College of St. Catherine in January 1905 and its early history. The college grew out of St. Joseph’s Academy and was founded by…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1978: “James Henry Skinner’s Mansion Reflects Summit Avenue in Its Prime”
Caroline HarneyJames Henry Skinner’s Mansion Reflects Summit Avenue in Its Prime Author: Caroline Harney A history and description of the house at 385 Portland Avenue, St. Paul, designed by Clarence H. Johnston Sr. The design of the mansion “combines Georgian and neo-classical styles,” and the construction is all brick. “The…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1978: Board of Directors
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Board of Directors…
Ramsey County History – Spring/Summer 1977: “The Plowing of America: Early Farming Around St. Paul”
Rodney C. LoehrThe Plowing of America: Early Farming Around St. Paul Author: Rodney C. Loehr An anecdotal piece: a quick summary of early settlement in St. Paul and how people acquired farmland (and the money to buy it.); a description of typical frontier dwellings; the crops grown; dealing with the chronic…
Ramsey County History – Spring/Summer 1977: “Tough Times: The Sometime Fortunes of Boxing in Early Minnesota”
Junior Pioneer Association of Ramsey County, MinnesotaTough Times: The Sometime Fortunes of Boxing in Early Minnesota Author: Junior Pioneer Association of Ramsey County, Minnesota “Prize fights were rare in St. Paul during the early days, no doubt because fights could be seen for free on the streets or at the levee almost any day.” The…
Ramsey County History – Spring/Summer 1977: “The Not-So-Peaceable Kingdom: Religion in Early St Paul”
Dennis HoffaThe Not-So-Peaceable Kingdom: Religion in Early St Paul Author: Dennis Hoffa St. Paul began as a mostly Catholic village, to the extent that religion was practiced. “The beginnings of Protestantism as a force within the community centered around the establishment of Harriet Bishop’s Sunday School [in 1847].” Many Yankee…