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History Revealed: Welcoming the Dear Neighbor

Dr. Rachel Neiwert, Dr. Kristine West and Mapping Prejudice

Welcoming the Dear Neighbor: Housing Inequality and Race in Ramsey County with Dr. Rachel Neiwert, Dr. Kristine West and Mapping Prejudice History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, July 8, 2021 Video on YouTube An interdisciplinary group of St. Catherine University faculty, staff, and students…

March of the Governors, Governor #4, Stephen Miller

Paul Nelson, Matt Wright, and Rebekah Coffman

Stephen Miller moved to Minnesota in middle age from Pennsylvania, several years after his friend Alexander Ramsey had moved to the state. He immediately involved himself in politics in St. Cloud. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he was named lieutenant colonel of the First Minnesota…

History Revealed: Reviving an 1850s Lager Beer Saloon

Tom Schroeder

Reviving an 1850s Lager Beer Saloon–Do’s and Dont’s With Tom Schroeder History Revealed Series Program Date: Thursday, June 24, 2021 Video on YouTube Some say business and historic preservation don’t mix. ‘Not so,’ says Tom Schroeder, developer and owner of Waldmann Brewery in…

History Revealed: Tulsa Race Massacre

Karlos K. Hill

The Tulsa Race Massacre With Karlos K. Hill History Revealed Program Date: Tuesday, June 22,2021 Video on YouTube The East Side Freedom Library and the Ramsey County Historical Society invite invite you to join us for this very special History Revealed program with Karlos…

History Revealed: Irvine Park Architecture

Jeanne Kosfeld and Richard Kronick

Irvine Park Architecture With Jeanne Kosfeld and Richard Kronick History Revealed Series Program Date: June 17, 2021 Video on YouTube In partnership with the Roseville Library Twin Cities-based illustrator Jeanne Kosfeld and author Richard Kronick have together transformed a simple sketchbook featuring pen and…

History Revealed: Scandinavian Woman Suffrage

Anna M. Peterson

The Scandinavian Woman Suffrage Association of Minnesota With Anna M. Peterson History Revealed Series Program Date: 06/10/2021 Video on YouTube During the fight for women’s suffrage, Minnesota was home to one of the only ethnic suffrage organizations in the country. The Scandianvian Woman Suffrage…

History Revealed: Research + Restoration

Elyse Jensen, Mollie Spillman and Rich Arpi

Research + Restoration: Using History to Inspire Your Home’s Rehabilitation With Elyse Jensen, Mollie Spillman and Rich Arpi History Revealed Series June 8, 2021, 7:00 pm Video on YouTube In partnership with Rethos: Places Reimagined Irvine Park homeowner and restorer Elyse Jensen, RCHS Curator…

March of the Governors, Governor #3, Henry Swift

Paul Nelson and Matt Wright

Henry Swift came to Minnesota from Ohio as a young man, eventually settling in St. Peter. He was elected to the state senate and saw combat in the US Dakota War of 1862 at the Battles of New Ulm. The next year, because of Lieutenant Governor Ignatius…

A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson

Reviewer: Anne Cowie

A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson Sigurd F. Olson; David Backes, ed. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2021 376 pages; cloth cover/jacket, 74 b&w photos, 1 map, $29.95 Sigurd Olson, a father of the movement to save the Boundary Waters in the Quetico-Superior…