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Ramsey County History – Spring 1993: “What’s Historic About This Site? The Highland Park Water Tower and Its Architect, Clarence Wigington”
Arthur C. McWattWhat’s Historic About This Site? The Highland Park Water Tower and Its Architect, Clarence Wigington Author: Arthur C. McWatt One of St. Paul’s most famous landmarks is the Highland Water Tower. This is a short profile of its architect, Clarence Wigington. PDF of McWatt article…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1993: Book Reveiws
Ramsey County Historical SoceityPark Genealogical Books, A Guide to the Minnesota State Census Microfilm: The Grave Markers of Hennepin County, MN, volume 2, compiled by Alfred J. Dahlquist and Barbara L. Dahlquist (1992). Maurice Dwight Edwards, History of the Synod of Minnesota, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. (Brooklyn Park, Minn., Park Genealogical Society, 1993). PDF of…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1993: “Henry Bosse’s Priceless Photographs and the Mississippi’s Passage into the Age of Industry”
John O. AnfinsonHenry Bosse’s Priceless Photographs and the Mississippi’s Passage into the Age of Industry Author: John O. Anfinson In 1989 the author, then historian for the Army Corps of Engineers in St. Paul, received a call about an album of oval, blue-tinted photographs of the Upper Mississippi. This call brought to…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1993: “Draughtsman, Photographer, Artist: Who Was the Mysterious Henry Bosse?”
William RobaDraughtsman, Photographer, Artist: Who Was the Mysterious Henry Bosse? Author: William Roba In two pages the author recounts what is known of the life of Henry Bosse—born in Prussia, emigrated to the United States, worked at various jobs around the Midwest, made a career in the Corps of Engineers, and…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1993: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Looking Back at the Black Community”
Eula T. Murphy and David V. TaylorGrowing Up in St. Paul: Looking Back at the Black Community Author: Eula T. Murphy (with David V. Taylor) The author, born in Alabama in 1919, moved with her family to St. Paul in 1920. She grew up mostly in Frogtown during the Depression. The family suffered unemployment, her mother’s…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1993: “Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, Daughter of a Frontier Regiment—1819”
Ronald M. HubbsCharlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve, Daughter of a Frontier Regiment—1819 Author: Ronald M. Hubbs Charlotte Clark was born in Prairie du Chien in 1819 as her family made their way to her father’s posting at still-to-be-built Fort Snelling. As an adult, she married another soldier, who served in the Dakota War…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1993: “Josias King: First Volunteer for the Union”
Robert J. StummJosias King: First Volunteer for the Union Author: Robert J. Stumm Minnesota legend insists that Minnesota offered the first Union army volunteers of the Civil War, and that the first of the first was Josias King. He posed for the monument at the foot of Summit Avenue. This is his…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1993: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyLarry Millet, Lost Twin Cities (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1992). St. Peter Claver Church, Centennial Booklet (St. Paul: St. Peter Claver Church, 1992). A.E. Greiner, compiler, The Minnesota History Calendar 1993 (St. Paul: S.K. Press, 1992). Jack El-Hai, Minnesota Collects (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1992). PDF of Book Reviews…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1993: Letters to the Editor
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Letters to the Editor…