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Ramsey County History – Fall 2011: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBook Reviews Jeanne Reeves Newhall Shepard, A Long View into the Past (Bloomington, Ind.: Sybil S. Eakin, 2010). Larry Millett, Once There Were Castles: Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011). PDF of Book Reviews…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2011: “From Thomery to ‘The Anchorage:’ The Larpenteurs and Their Journey to St. Paul”
Michele MurnaneFrom Thomery to “The Anchorage:” The Larpenteurs and Their Journey to St. Paul Author: Michele Murnane One of the best-known avenues at the north end of St. Paul is Larpenteur, named after the French-American Auguste Louis Larpenteur (1823–1919), who came to St. Paul in the 1840s, enjoyed productive careers…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2011: “With Style, Grace, and Pride: The Gardens at the Minnesota Governor’s Residence”
Karine Pouliquen and Lori SchindlerWith Style, Grace, and Pride: The Gardens at the Minnesota Governor’s Residence Authors: Karine Pouliquen and Lori Schindler The Summit Avenue mansion of lumber tycoon Horace and Clotilde Irvine is celebrated for its elaborate gardens. Built about 1910, the residence included one of the early twentieth-century Victorian-style gardens that…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2011: “Growing Up in St. Paul: The Rondo Years, 1948–1950”
Susanne Sebesta HeimbuchGrowing Up in St. Paul: The Rondo Years, 1948–1950 Author: Susanne Sebesta Heimbuch The author describes her years growing up in the Ramsey Hill district in the late 1940s. The neighborhood was a mix of whites and Blacks, as she recalls it, but was known as Cornmeal Rondo and was…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2011: “‘A Gentle, Kind Spirit Whose Life Was Art’ Jean Sanborn Gross: Artist, Painter, and Printmaker”
Eileen R. McCormack“A Gentle, Kind Spirit Whose Life Was Art” Jean Sanborn Gross: Artist, Painter, and Printmaker Author: Eileen R. McCormack The article looks at the life of artist Jean Sanborn Gross (1919–1983), the daughter of Hazel and Frederick Sanborn. When Jean was seven, her parents divorced, and she was raised…
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…