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Ramsey County History – Fall 1997: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBill Holm, Faces of Christmas Past (Afton, Minn.: Afton Historical Society Press, 1997). Paul Clifford Larson, Icy Pleasures: Minnesota Celebrates Winter (Afton, Minn.: Afton Historical Society Press, 1998). William G. Gabler, Death of the Dream—Classic Minnesota Farmhouses (Afton, Minn.: Afton Historical Society Press, 1997). Jerome Liebling, Jerome Liebling: The Minnesota Photographs, 1949–1969 (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press,…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1997: Letters to the Editor
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Demian J. HessThe Last of its Kind in Minnesota: The Old Wabasha Bridge and How it Linked East to West Author: Demian J. Hess The current Wabasha Street Bridge is the third at that location. This article tells the story of the first two bridges (built in 1859 and 1888–89, respectively), their…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1997: “Millions of Years in the Making: The Geological Forces that Shaped St. Paul”
Edmund C. BrayMillions of Years in the Making: The Geological Forces that Shaped St. Paul Author: Edmund C. Bray The geological history of what became St. Paul, starting with an epicontinental sea 455 million years ago, through the glacial era and Glacial Lake Agassiz, the Glacial River Warren, and the spectacular waterfall…
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Norma SommerdorfNo Grass Beneath Her Feet: Harriet Bishop and Her Life in Minnesota Author: Norma Sommerdorf Harriet Bishop came to St. Paul in 1847 and died there in 1883. In that time she taught school, dealt in real estate, married and divorced, wrote books and poetry, and organized the Women’s Christian…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1997: “Growing Up in St. Paul: West Seventh Street: Czechs, Slovaks, Bohemians, and Kolache Dough Rising in the Warm Attic”
Emily {anushka EricksonGrowing Up in St. Paul: West Seventh Street: Czechs, Slovaks, Bohemians, and Kolache Dough Rising in the Warm Attic Author: Emily Panushka Erickson A memoir of growing up in one of St. Paul’s ethnic neighborhoods in the early twentieth century (the author was born in 1900). Quite a few of…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1997: Book Review
Ramsey County Historical SocietyElizabeth Taylor, The Far Islands and Other Cold Places—Travel Essays of a Victorian Lady (St. Paul: Pogo Press, 1997). PDF of Book Reviews…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1997: Letters to the Editor
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Letters to the Editor…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1997: “The View from the 17th Floor: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly And Its 111-Year History”
Virginia L. MartinThe View from the 17th Floor: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly And Its 111-Year History Author: Virginia L. Martin The Oppenheimer law firm, now headquartered in Minneapolis, began in St. Paul in 1886 as the partnership Lawler & Durment. William Oppenheimer joined in 1914 and eventually led the firm’s transformation into…