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Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: “Singles, Doubles and Pairs, Fours and Quads—Life on the Mississippi: The 132 Years of the Minnesota Boat Club and Its Rich History”
Jim MillerSingles, Doubles and Pairs, Fours and Quads—Life on the Mississippi: The 132 Years of the Minnesota Boat Club and Its Rich History Author: Jim Miller A history of the Minnesota Boat Club from its 1870 founding to the present. It began as a sporting and social club for well-to-do…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: “‘Hang Him! That’s the Best Way:’ A Lynching in St. Paul? Almost, in 1895, an Era of ‘Vigilante Justice’ in the Nation”
Paul D. Nelson‘Hang Him! That’s the Best Way:’ A Lynching in St. Paul? Almost, in 1895, an Era of ‘Vigilante Justice’ in the Nation Author: Paul D. Nelson Twenty-five years before the infamous Duluth lynchings, itinerant African-American Houston Osborne narrowly escaped lynching in St. Paul. This piece describes the near-lynching, the…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: “Which One Is Houston Osbourne? Research Fails to Provide the Answer”
Paul D. NelsonWhich One Is Houston Osbourne? Research Fails to Provide the Answer Author: Paul D. Nelson This companion piece to the previous article recounts the author’s efforts to verify a Stillwater Prison photograph of Houston Osborne. PDF of Nelson Osborne article…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: “The Road to the Selby Tunnel, Or How to Make It Up the St. Anthony Hill”
Virginia Brainard KunzThe Road to the Selby Tunnel, Or How to Make It Up the St. Anthony Hill Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz St. Paul’s hills posed a challenge for the street railways of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article describes the earliest days of horsecars, the problem of…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: “Lost Neighborhood: A Story in Pictures”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyLost Neighborhood: A Story in Pictures A companion piece to the previous article consisting of five photos of the neighborhood at the intersection of Selby and West Third (now Kellogg) just before construction of the Selby Tunnel. PDF of Lost Neighborhood…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: “Growing Up In St Paul: Manager, Fight Promoter, Minnesota Game Warden—Johnny Salvator and His Impact on Boxing in St. Paul”
Paul R. GoldGrowing Up In St Paul: Manager, Fight Promoter, Minnesota Game Warden—Johnny Salvator and His Impact on Boxing in St. Paul Author: Paul R. Gold The young German, Johann Salwetter (b. 1891 in Serbia), came to St. Paul around 1910 and became, in time, Johnny Salvator—boxer, trainer of World War…
Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBook Reviews Dionicio Nodin Valdés, Barrios Norteños, St. Paul and Midwestern American Communities in the Twentieth Century (Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 2000). Gene H. Rosenblum, Jewish Pioneers of St. Paul, 1849–1879 (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2001). Gene H. Rosenblum, The Lost Jewish Community of the West Side Flats, 1882–1962 (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2002).
Ramsey County History – Summer 2002: Letters to the Editor
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Ramsey County History – Spring 2002: “‘The Best School in the City,’ 1896–1916 Mechanic Arts High School: Its First Twenty Years”
John W. Larson‘The Best School in the City,’ 1896–1916 Mechanic Arts High School: Its First Twenty Years Author: John W. Larson Mechanic Arts High School was an unusual institution that provided students with vocational training as well as an academic education. It started as a manual training program at Central High School.