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Ramsey County History – Fall 1972: “Board of Directors”

Ramsey County Historical Society

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Ramsey County History – Spring 1972: “Old Federal Courts Building—Beautiful, Unique—Its Style of Architecture Faces Extinction”

Eileen Michels

Old Federal Courts Building—Beautiful, Unique—Its Style of Architecture Faces Extinction Author: Eileen Michels From 1901 to 1967, all federal offices in St. Paul were in this building. Now mostly empty, the building is in danger, and with it, “a unique local example of a style of architecture that is…

Ramsey County History – Spring 1972: “A Teacher Looks Back at PTA, 4-H—and How a Frog in a Desk Drawer Became a Lesson in Biology”

Alice Olson

A Teacher Looks Back at PTA, 4-H—and How a Frog in a Desk Drawer Became a Lesson in Biology Author: Alice Olson The second of two parts (see Fall 1971) based on the author’s memoirs of her 50-year teaching career. In this part, the author has returned to teaching,…

Ramsey County History – Spring 1972: “Forgotten Pioneers- Josias R. King”

Ramsey County Historical Society

Forgotten Pioneers- Josias R. King Josias King is believed to have been the first to volunteer for service in the First Minnesota Infantry Regiment. The Civil War memorial statue just below the St. Paul Cathedral in Summit Park bears his likeness. The article, originally written for the Junior Pioneer Association,…

Ramsey County History – Spring 1972: “North St. Paul’s ‘Manufactories’ – Come-back – After 1893 ‘Bust'”

Edward J. Letterman

North St. Paul’s ‘Manufactories’—Come-back—After 1893 “Bust” Author: Edward J. Letterman Henry Castle developed North St. Paul as an industrial suburb, and it was just beginning to prosper when the Depression of 1893 came along. A mainstay of the community had been the Luger Furniture Company, which as early as…

Ramsey County History – Spring 1972: “Board of Dirctors”

Ramsey County Historcal Society

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Ramsey County History – Fall 1971: “Woodstoves, Hectographs—50 Years a Teacher, She Looks Back at Her First School”

Alice Olson

Woodstoves, Hectographs—50 Years a Teacher, She Looks Back at Her First School Author: Alice Olson Beginning in 1914 the author taught at a tiny country school in what is now Maplewood. Years later she wrote her memoirs, from which this article was taken. She describes the school and conditions,…

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Ramsey County History – Fall 1971: “Merriam’s Vision: Rural Village Between Cities”

John S. Sonnem

Merriam’s Vision: Rural Village Between Cities Author: John S. Sonnen The Merriam Park neighborhood was the creation of Colonel John L. Merriam, father of Governor William R. Merriam. He imagined a rural village halfway between Minneapolis and St. Paul. Merriam platted the development and placed both the park and…

Ramsey County History – Fall 1971: “Boats, Carts, Rails, Roads—The Trailways of History”

Ramsey County Historical Society

Boats, Carts, Rails, Roads—The Trailways of History Descriptions of three early, and vital, St. Paul transportation hubs and tracks: the Lower Landing, the crossroads of the Old Military Road and the Ox Cart Trail, and the Red River Ox Cart Trail. The first was the city’s main steamboat landing, the…