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Ramsey County History – Winter 1999: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Eleanor Joins the Family at the Fish Hatchery”
Muriel Mix HawkinsGrowing Up in St. Paul: Eleanor Joins the Family at the Fish Hatchery Author: Muriel Mix Hawkins In this second memoir of her childhood at St. Paul’s fish hatchery, the author recounts the arrival of an orphan moose calf, which was named Eleanor, and some of Eleanor’s adventures during her…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1999: Book Review
Ramsey County Historical SocietyJames Patrick Shannon, Reluctant Dissenter: An Autobiography (New York: Crossroads Publishing, 1998). PDF of Book Review…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1999: Letters to the Editor
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Letters to the Editor…
Farming in Early Minnesota
Edward J. Lettermann97 pages, profusely illustrated by the author. Softcover. Member Price: $10.00; Non-Member Price: $11.00. Order books here.
Ramsey County History – Fall 1998: “Banker and Philanthropist Richard C. Lilly: The Man Who Led Two Lives”
Virginia Brainard KunzBanker and Philanthropist Richard C. Lilly: The Man Who Led Two Lives Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz Richard Lilly began work on a road crew at age fifteen, after his father was disabled in an accident. By age thirty-three, in 1918, he was president of St. Paul’s second-largest bank. In 1929,…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1998: “Henry Bosse and Samuel Clemens as Mark Twain—Parallel Lives on the Mighty Mississippi”
Michael ConnorHenry Bosse and Samuel Clemens as Mark Twain—Parallel Lives on the Mighty Mississippi Author: Michael Connor The author discovered one of the two sets of Henry Bosse cyanotype images of the Upper Mississippi made between 1883 and 1891. This appreciation of Bosse’s work draws parallels between it and the work…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1998: Book Review
Ramsey County Historical SocietyDuncan MacMillan with Patricia Condon Johnston, MacMillan: The American Grain Family (Afton, Minn.: Afton Historical Society Press, 1998). PDF of Book Reviews…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1998: Letters to the Editor
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Letters to the Editor…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1998: “A ‘Wicked Looking Revolver’ and $3,000 in Gold: F.R. Bigelow’s Dash to France to Rescue His Family from the Guns of August”
Frederic R. BigelowA ‘Wicked Looking Revolver’ and $3,000 in Gold: F.R. Bigelow’s Dash to France to Rescue His Family from the Guns of August Author: Frederic R. Bigelow It’s an adventure tale and a gripping one. The author was president of St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company in 1914 when his…