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Ramsey County History – Spring 2011: “For the Good of the Order: The Ad Man Becomes the ‘Senator from Ramsey'”
John Watson MiltonFor the Good of the Order: The Ad Man Becomes the “Senator from Ramsey” Author: John Watson Milton Former State Senator John Milton provides an account of the early political career of the late Nicholas David (Nick) Coleman, the Minnesota Senate majority leader. Coleman (1925–1981) enjoyed a productive career…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2011: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBook Reviews Kitty Gogins, My Flag Grew Stars: World War II Refugees’ Journey to America (BookSurge Publishing, 2009). Marvin R. O’Connell, Pilgrims to the Northland: The Archdiocese of St. Paul, 1840–1962 (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009). PDF of Book Reviews…
“Ramsey County History – Winter 2011: “‘We Can Do Better with a Chisel and a Hammer:’ Appreciating Mary Colter and Her Roots in St. Paul”
Diane Trout-Oertel“We Can Do Better with a Chisel and a Hammer:” Appreciating Mary Colter and Her Roots in St. Paul Author: Diane Trout-Oertel Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, one of the few women to become an architect in the late nineteenth century, spent most of her first three decades in St.
Ramsey County History – Winter 2011: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Louis and Maybelle: Somewhere Out in the West”
John W. LarsonGrowing Up in St. Paul: Louis and Maybelle: Somewhere Out in the West Author: John W. Larson This is John Larson’s evocative view of his aunt, Maybelle, and her husband, Louis, who were proprietors of a nightclub hotel in a Montana boom town, which flourished during the construction of…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2011: “‘Write Us in Your Own Way:’ A Tombstone from the Sears, Roebuck Catalog”
Janice R. Quick“Write Us in Your Own Way:” A Tombstone from the Sears, Roebuck Catalog Author: Janice R. Quick The article highlights the process of buying a tombstone from none other than Sears & Roebuck catalog about 1909. This is what Katherine Rittle and two of her sisters in St. Paul…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2011: Book Review
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBook Review What Readers Are Saying about The Dutiful Son, Louis W. Hill, and Glacier National Park Excerpts from a variety of communications to the Ramsey County Historical Society regarding the Society’s recently published book, The Dutiful Son, which is a biography of Louis W. Hill (1872–1948), the second son…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2011: Donors
Ramsey County Historical SocietyDonors PDF of RCHS Donors…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2010: “‘It Was Like Living in a Small Town:’ Three St. Paul Neighborhoods That Worked: Dayton’s Bluff, Payne Avenue, and Arcade Street in the 1940s and ‘50s “
Steven C. Trimble“It Was Like Living in a Small Town” Three St. Paul Neighborhoods That Worked: Dayton’s Bluff, Payne Avenue, and Arcade Street in the 1940s and ‘50s Author: Steven C. Trimble The three neighborhoods that abutted the industrial complex on St. Paul’s East Side developed as the city expanded outward…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2010: “Once There Was a Street Called Decatur”
Paul D. NelsonOnce There Was a Street Called Decatur Author: Paul D. Nelson This is the story of a small street, Decatur, which was perched on the western edge of Swede Hollow in the East Side of St. Paul. It had been laid out in the 1850s, but the first buildings…