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Ramsey Couny History – Summer 1996: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Grandfather Joel Larson—Swedish Immigrant—That ‘Mysterious Stranger’ in Our Midst”
John W. LarsonGrowing Up in St. Paul: Grandfather Joel Larson—Swedish Immigrant—That ‘Mysterious Stranger’ in Our Midst Author: John W. Larson Because the author’s grandfather rarely talked about himself even to family members, Joel Larson was something of a “mysterious stranger” to his grandson. This affectionate account of Joel Larson gives insight into…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1996: Letters to the Editor
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Ramsey County History – Spring 1996: “Jane Gibbs, the ’Little Bird That Was Caught’ and Her Dakota Friends”
Deanne Zibell WeberJane Gibbs, the ’Little Bird That Was Caught’ and Her Dakota Friends Author: Deanne Zibell Weber Jane DeBow Gibbs lived a wandering frontier life in the mid-19th century until settling in what is now Roseville in 1849. The article traces her childhood with Dakota friends in the early 1830s, life…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1996: “Digging into the Past: The Excavating of the Claim Shanty of Heman and Jane Gibbs”
Thomond R. O'BrienDigging into the Past: The Excavating of the Claim Shanty of Heman and Jane Gibbs Author: Thomond R. O’Brien In 1995 the Ramsey County Historical Society excavated Jane and Heman Gibbs’s first dwelling on what is now the Gibbs Farm in Falcon Heights. This article describes what was found and…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1996: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Sam’s Cash-and-Carry, the Tiger Store—Payne Avenue and the 1930s Depression”
Ray BartonGrowing Up in St. Paul: Sam’s Cash-and-Carry, the Tiger Store—Payne Avenue and the 1930s Depression Author: Ray Barton An evocative memoir—full of names, places, and sensations—of a Depression-era childhood around Payne Avenue on St. Paul’s East Side. PDF of Growing Up in Saint Paul…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1996: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyBeatrice Scheer Smith, A Painted Herbarium: The Life and Art of Emily Hitchcock Terry (1838– 1921) (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1992). Paul Maccabee, John Dillinger Slept Here: A Crooks’ Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul, 1920–1936 (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1995). PDF of Book Reviews…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1996: Letters to the Editor
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Letters to the Editor…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1996: “Bonspiels, Skips, Rinks, Brooms, and Heavy Ice: The St. Paul Curling Club and its Century-old History”
Jane McClureBonspiels, Skips, Rinks, Brooms, and Heavy Ice: The St. Paul Curling Club and its Century-old History Author: Jane McClure The first documented curling match in St. Paul took place Christmas Day 1885 on the Mississippi River downtown. The St. Paul Curling Club, located now on Selby Avenue in a building…