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Ramsey County History – Spring 2000: “The Gibbs Farm, Its Neighbor, The University Farm, and How Both of Them Influenced Minnesota’s Agricultural History”
William F. Hueg Jr.The Gibbs Farm, Its Neighbor, The University Farm, and How Both of Them Influenced Minnesota’s Agricultural History Author: William F. Hueg Jr. The 160 acres of farmland acquired by Herman and Jane Gibbs in 1849 in Falcon Heights proved to be some of the most valuable acreage in the…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2000: “Growing Up In St. Paul: Mystic Caverns and Their Short-Lived Glory Days”
Ray BartonGrowing Up In St Paul: Mystic Caverns and Their Short-Lived Glory Days Author: Ray Barton In the 1930s, a hangout for gangsters and other colorful characters was Mystic Caverns, a nightclub built into the caves on the lower West Side of St. Paul. Its heyday was short-lived, however; within…
Ramsey County History – Spring 2000: Book Reviews
Thomas H. Boyd, John Lindley, Virginia Brainard KunzBook Reviews Douglas R. Heidenreich, With Satisfaction and Honor: William Mitchell College of Law, 1900– 2000 (St. Paul: William Mitchell College of Law, 1999). Thomas H. Boyd, “The Life and Career of the Honorable John B. Sanborn, Jr.,” 23:2 William Mitchell Law Review (1997): 203–312. Edward J. Lettermann, Farming in Early Minnesota, second edition (St.
Ramsey County History – Spring 2000: Letters to the Editor
Ramsey County Historical SocietyLetters to the Editor Letters and editorial responses about the Harriet Island Pavilion, Sioux v. Dakota word choice, immigration, the 1940 ice palace, and the Backus School for Girls. PDF of Letters to the Editor…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2000: “Architect to the Kings of the Carnivals: ‘Cap’ Wigington and His Ice Palace ‘Babies’”
Bob OlsenArchitect to the Kings of the Carnivals: ‘Cap’ Wigington and His Ice Palace ‘Babies’ Author: Bob Olsen A chronicle of Clarence W. “Cap” Wigington’s designs for the St. Paul Ice Palaces of the 1930s and ‘40s. Financed by the US Works Progress Administration during the years of the Great…
Ramsey County History — Winter 2000: “A Water Tower, a Pavilion and Three National Historic Sites: Clarence Wigington and the Architectural Legacy He Left to the People of St. Paul”
David Vassar TaylorA Water Tower, a Pavilion and Three National Historic Sites: Clarence Wigington and the Architectural Legacy He Left to the People of St. Paul Author: David V. Taylor Clarence Wesley “Cap” Wigington was the first licensed African-American architect in Minnesota, whose career with the City of Saint Paul extended for…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2000: “Transplants from Europe: Germans, Poles, Italians—Settlers on the Levee”
Greg SchachTransplants from Europe: Germans, Poles, Italians—Settlers on the Levee Author: Greg Schach The Upper Levee is a small piece of land near the Mississippi River, where steamboats landed in the nineteenth century and “transplants from Europe” were the early settlers. Immigrants from Germany, Ireland, and Poland were later joined…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2000: Book Reviews
Virginia Brainard Kunz, Patricia Sweney Hart, Jane S. AngristBook Reviews Gareth D. Hebert, City on Seven Hills: Columns of Oliver Towne (St. Paul: Pogo Press, 1999). Marda Liggett Woodbury, Stopping the Presses: The Murder of Walter W. Liggett (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1998). Fred W. Peterson, Building Community, Keeping the Faith: German Catholic Vernacular Architecture in a Rural Minnesota Parish (St. Paul: Minnesota…
Ramsey County History – Winter 2000: “Growing Up In St. Paul: First a Tiny Starter Home; Then a New Post-War Suburb Beckoned”
Joanne EnglundGrowing Up In St. Paul: First a Tiny Starter Home; Then a New Post-War Suburb Beckoned Author: Joanne Englund A memoir of family life on St. Paul’s East Side, then Roseville in the 1950s and 1960s. PDF of Growing Up in Saint Paul, Joanne Englund…