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Ramsey County History – Fall 2006: “A Little Known Railway That Couldn’t: The St. Paul Southern”
John W. DiersA Little Known Railway That Couldn’t: The St. Paul Southern Author: John W. Diers The St. Paul Southern Electric Railway, an obscure “electric interurban,” was built to connect the Twin Cities with several southern Minnesota cities. This form of mass transit was developed in other parts of the United…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2006: “The 1894 Pullman Strike in St. Paul and the Death of Switchman Charles Luth”
Gregory T. PoferlThe 1894 Pullman Strike in St. Paul and the Death of Switchman Charles Luth Author: Gregory T. Poferl The 1894 Pullman Strike had a major impact on the country and on St. Paul, a union and railroad town. Eugene V. Debs, the leader of the American Railway Union (ARU),…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2006: “Memories of Frogtown in the 1930s”
James R. BrownMemories of Frogtown in the 1930s Author: James R. Brown Poet and playwright James Brown relates vignettes of the life of his family in St. Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood during the 1930s. It was a community that was a mixture of public schools, churches, bars, and gambling houses, with a…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2006: Book Review
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBook Review Robert F. Klein, ed. and translator, Foundations: The Letters of Mathias Loras, D.D., Bishop of Dubuque (Dubuque, Ia.: Loras College Press, 2004). PDF of Book Review…
Ramsey County History – Fall 2006: Letters to the Editor
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Ramsey County History – Summer 2006: “‘He Was Mechanic Arts’ Mechanic Arts High School: The Dietrich Lange Years, 1916–1939”
John W. Larson“He Was Mechanic Arts” Mechanic Arts High School: The Dietrich Lange Years, 1916–1939 Author: John W. Larson Although this article features Dietrich Lange (1863–1940)—educator, naturalist, and writer—it gives biographical information on several other teachers as well as several Mechanic Arts High School students who became prominent. Roy Wilkins, for…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2006: “‘Dreams of the Immensity of the Future:’ Crex Carpet Company Revisited
Paul D. Nelson“Dreams of the Immensity of the Future:” Crex Carpet Company Revisited Author: Paul D. Nelson A short article that follows up on an earlier piece by the author, published in the Winter 2006 issue. It was prompted by the discovery of an unpublished manuscript written by Michael O’Shaughnessy, the…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2006: “Fighting Billy Miske: The Heart of a Champion”
Paul PicardFighting Billy Miske: The Heart of a Champion Author: Paul Picard St. Paul was known for its champion boxers even before the sport became legal in the city, and bouts had to be fought outside the state. Miske, the “St. Paul Thunderbolt,” was the son of German immigrants. He…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2006: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBook Reviews Jeffrey A. Hess and Paul Clifford Larson, St. Paul’s Architecture: A History (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006). Victor Tedesco with Trudi Hahn, I Always Sang for My Father (or Anyone Who Would Listen) (Minneapolis: Syren Book Co., 2006). Dick Harris, TWOgethr: A Fictional History (Edina, Minn.: Beaver’s Pond Press, 2005). Duane Thein, ed., Father…