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Ramsey County History – Spring 1979: Board of Directors
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Board of Directors…
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…
Ramsey County History – Spring/Summer 1977: Board of Directors
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Board of Directors…
Ramsey County History – Fall/Winter 1976: “Persecution in St Paul: The Germans in World War I”
Sister John Christine WolkerstorferPersecution in St Paul: The Germans in World War I Author: Sister John Christine Wolkerstorfer “Between 1855 and 1915, Germans in America lived not in an American culture, but rather in a German-America.” All that changed with the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. Minnesota participated enthusiastically in the…