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Ramsey County History: Fall 1966: “Forgotten Pioneers: Benjamin F. Hoyt”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyForgotten Pioneers: Benjamin F. Hoyt Benjamin Hoyt (1800–1875) was a Methodist Episcopal preacher, the founder of Hamline University, and an incorporator of the Ramsey County Agricultural Society. PDF of Forgotten Pioneers…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1966: Board of Directors
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Board of Directors…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1966: “Colorful and Handy With the Pistols: St. Paul’s Territorial Editors”
Berneta HilbertColorful and Handy With the Pistols: St. Paul’s Territorial Editors Author: Berneta Hilbert Early newspapering in St. Paul was competitive and rancorous. D.A. Robertson of the Minnesota Democrat wrote that James Goodhue of the Pioneer was “a moral lunatic … [whose] transparent wickedness would excite only the pity and compassion of…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1966: “Minnesota’s Early Libel Laws”
Henry H. Cowie Jr.Minnesota’s Early Libel Laws Author: Henry H. Cowie Jr. Early Minnesota libel laws put a brake on the excesses of early journalism. The first state Supreme Court libel decision in 1860 held that accusing an editor of stooping low enough to “steal children’s diapers from the clothes…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1967: “A Bridge, A Street, A Levee: Louis Robert’s Name Lingers in St. Paul”
Patricia CondonA Bridge, A Street, A Levee: Louis Robert’s Name Lingers in St. Paul Author: Patricia Condon He was one of Minnesota’s pioneers: early settler, merchant, fur trader, steamboat captain and entrepreneur, real estate speculator, and politician. He even got in on the US Dakota War of 1862, narrowly escaping…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1966: “Box Stoves, Cipher-Downs, Sleigh Rides: Memories of a Rural School”
Frank PaskewitzBox Stoves, Cipher-Downs, Sleigh Rides: Memories of a Rural School Author: Frank Paskewitz Frank Paskewitz, a member of the Ramsey County Historical Society Board of Directors, attended a one-room school in Todd County in the first decade of the twentieth century. He recalls that school in detail—its…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1966: “Forgotten Pioneers: Justus Ramsey”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyForgotten Pioneers: Justus Ramsey Justus Ramsey (1823–1881) was Alexander Ramsey’s brother. He came to St. Paul in the late 1840s, engaged in various business ventures, served in the Minnesota Legislature, and was carrying the treaty payment to the Dakota when the US Dakota War of 1862 broke out.
Ramsey County History – Spring 1966: “Corn-husking and Sweeping Out: 1901 Graduate Recalls the Early Years of the St. Paul Campus”
Coates BullCorn-husking and Sweeping Out: 1901 Graduate Recalls the Early Years of the St. Paul Campus Author: Coates P. Bull Coates P. Bull attended the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture in the 1890s, shortly after its creation. He recounts the school’s founding, dormitory living, and anecdotes about his professors.
Ramsey County History – Spring 1966: “A Pioneer Farmer and the Civil and Indian Wars”
Coates BullA Pioneer Farmer and the Civil and Indian Wars Excerpts from Coates Bull’s letter describing how his father was caught up in the US Dakota War of 1862 and an uncle’s service in the Civil War. PDF of Pioneer Farmers…