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Ramsey County History – Spring 1971: “Social Calls without a Bonnet! Park Residents Set Their Own Rules”
Dorothy HozzaSocial Calls without a Bonnet! Park Residents Set Their Own Rules Author: Dorothy Hozza A history of the development of Irvine Park, starting in 1849. Many prominent citizens lived on or near it, including Alexander Ramsey, Henry Moss, Abram Elfelt, Horace Bigelow, Joseph Forepaugh, William Spencer, Henry Carver, Frederick…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1971: “The Letters of Samuel Pond, Jr.—Exams: ‘The Terror of the Students’”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyThe Letters of Samuel Pond, Jr.—Exams: ‘The Terror of the Students’ Samuel Pond Jr., attended the University of Minnesota in the 1870s and wrote many letters to his family. Those excerpted here were written in 1870. They deal with school matters, college activities, lectures and sermons, and Pond’s cross-country walks.
Ramsey County History – Spring 1971: “Board of Directors
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Board of Directors…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1970: “Smallpox, Malaria—W.R. Brown’s Civil War Diary: The War Within A War”
Virginaia Brainerd Kunz and James O WallSmallpox, Malaria—W.R. Brown’s Civil War Diary: The War Within A War Authors: Virginia Brainard Kunz and James O. Wall W. R. Brown enlisted in the Sixth Minnesota Infantry in 1862 at the age of 46. He served mostly in hospitals, in the field, at Fort Snelling, and in Helena,…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1970: “Ramsey County Medical Society Survives 100 Years”
Robert RosenthalRamsey County Medical Society Survives 100 Years Author: Robert Rosenthal Founded in 1870, the Ramsey County Medical Society went into a “nearly fatal state of coma” by 1879, revived in 1882, faded again, and recovered permanently in 1889. The article describes the society’s struggles to define itself, find meeting…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1970: “Forgotten Pioneers: Edward Phelan”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyForgotten Pioneers: Edward Phelan Edward Phelan, discharged from the U.S. Army at Fort Snelling in April 1839, became one of St. Paul’s founding settlers. He was a contentious fellow, tried and acquitted of murder, and later indicted for perjury. He fled in 1850 and reportedly “met with a violent death in…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1970: Book Review
Ramsey County Historical SocietyEdward J. Lettermann, From Whole Log to No Log: A History of the Indians where the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers Meet (Minneapolis: Dillon Press, 1969). PDF of Book Review…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1970: “Board of Directors”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Board of Directors…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1970: “To Stillwater, Hastings, White Bear Lake – St. Paul’s Yellow Trolleys Rocked, Rumbled Through a Colorful Era”
Virginia Brainerd KunzTo Stillwater, Hastings, White Bear Lake—St. Paul’s Yellow Trolleys Rocked, Rumbled Through a Colorful Era Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz A summary history of street railway service in St. Paul, from 1872 to 1953. PDF of Kunz article PDF of Trolley photo essay…