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Ramsey County History – Spring 1994: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Yankeedom: Goal of the 19th Century Immigrant”

John W. Larson

Growing Up in St. Paul: Yankeedom: Goal of the 19th Century Immigrant Author: John W. Larson The author’s fond recollections of his Swedish grandparents who when they reminisced would never talk about Sweden and whose ideal was to become a Yankee. In researching his family’s origins in Sweden and their…

Ramsey County History – Spring 1994: Book Reviews

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Virginia Brainard Kunz, Where the Doors Never Close: The Story of St. Paul’s Union Gospel Mission (St. Paul: Union Gospel Mission, 1993). Charles A. Lindbergh, The Spirit of St. Louis, with a new introduction by Reeve Lindbergh (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1993). PDF of Book Reviews…

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Ramsey County History – Spring 1994: Letters to the Editor

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Ramsey County History — Spring 1994: List of Contributors

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Ramsey County History – Winter 1994: “Giesen’s: Costumers to St. Paul’s Families and Festivals—1872-1970”

Virginia L. Martin

Giesen’s: Costumers to St. Paul’s Families and Festivals—1872-1970 Author: Virginia L. Martin Out of the heavily German culture of St. Paul’s early decades grew Giesen’s, which for a time was one of the biggest commercial costume businesses in the country. The founder, Maria Giesen, ran it until 1903: her daughter-in-law,…

Ramsey County History – Winter 1994: “Growing Up in St. Paul:  A Grandchild’s Journey into a Swedish Past”

Growing Up in St. Paul:  A Grandchild’s Journey into a Swedish Past Author: John W. Larson An exceedingly amusing and well-written memoir of the author’s childhood and the mysteries surrounding his Swedish immigrant forebears. PDF of Growing_Up…

Ramsey County History – Winter 1994: “What’s Historic About This Site? The House Peder Foss Built—New Brighton, 1896”

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What’s Historic About This Site? The House Peder Foss Built—New Brighton, 1896 Norwegian immigrant Peder Foss built the largest and most intact Victorian residence in New Brighton in 1896. PDF of Historic Site…

Ramsey County History – Winter 1994: Book Reviews

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Peg Meier, Too Hot, Went To Lake (Minneapolis: Neighbors Publishing, 1993). Craig Johnson, James J. Hill House (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1993). Roger Barr, The Treasure Hunt (St. Paul: Medallion Press, 1993). PDF of Book Reviews…

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Ramsey County History – Winter 1994: Letters to the Editor

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