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Ramsey County History – Spring 2010: “They Played for the Love of the Game: Adding to the Legacy of Minnesota Black Baseball”
Frank M. WhiteThey Played for the Love of the Game: Adding to the Legacy of Minnesota Black Baseball Author: Frank M. White Based on a Ramsey County Historical Society exhibit, this article reveals the untold story of some of the local St. Paul baseball players who struggled to overcome racial indignities…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2010: “‘Good Grief!’ Said Charlie Brown: The Business of Death in Bygone St. Paul”
Moira F. Harris & Leo J. Harris“Good Grief!” Said Charlie Brown: The Business of Death in Bygone St. Paul Authors: Moira F. Harris & Leo J. Harris The article outlines the views of death and funeral customs in the nineteenth century, drawing heavily on the archives of the Albert Scheffer family in St. Paul. It…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2010: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBook Reviews William D. Green, A Peculiar Imbalance: The Fall and Rise of Racial Equality in Early Minnesota (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2007). Roger Bergerson, Winging It at a Country Crossroads: The Ups and Downs of Minnesota’s First Real Airport (St. Paul: Roger Bergerson, 2008). PDF of…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2010: “Recollections of Cathedral Hill: A Glimpse of Old St. Paul from an Up-and-Down Duplex on Holly Avenue”
Mary ReichardtRecollections of Cathedral Hill: A Glimpse of Old St. Paul from an Up-and-Down Duplex on Holly Avenue Author: Mary Reichardt An owner of 444 Holly Avenue in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood tells the story of her home. Allen John Sovereign, a railroad man, moved to St. Paul with his…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2010: “‘Part and Parcel of a Great Cause:’ The St. Paul Society for the Hard of Hearing”
Kristen Mapel Bloomberg and Leah S. McLaughlin“Part and Parcel of a Great Cause:” The St. Paul Society for the Hard of Hearing Authors: Kristen Mapel Bloomberg and Leah S. McLaughlin After providing general information on social clubs and organizations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this article focuses on the group that worked…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2010: “Growing Up in St. Paul: The CCC, Flying Hands, and the Armistice Day Blizzard”
Norman C. Horton Sr.Growing Up in St. Paul: The CCC, Flying Hands, and the Armistice Day Blizzard Author: Norman C. Horton Sr. Norman Horton’s family moved to St. Paul at the onset of the Great Depression eking out an existence and moving often. After graduation from high school, Horton served in the…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2010: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBook Reviews Larry Millett, Murder Has a Public Face: Crime and Punishment in the Speed Graphic Era (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2008). Greg A. Brick, Subterranean Twin Cities (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009). Robert Goodman, the Last Rafter: David Bronson and the St. Croix Lumber Industry (Stillwater, Minn.: Hardenbergh Foundation and the Washington…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2010: Donors
Ramsey County Historical SocietyDonors PDF of RCHS Donors…
The Dutiful Son: Louis W. Hill-Life in the Shadow of the Empire Builder, James J. Hill
Biloine (Billie) W. Young with Eileen R. McCormackAuthor Biloine (Billie) W. Young and researcher Eileen McCormack bring to light the extraordinary life and contributions of Louis W. Hill Sr., the second son of James J. Hill. Following the death of his father, Louis took on the management of the Great Northern Railway and banking empire, became the…