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Ramsey County History – Spring 1993: “. . . ‘And a Sprinkling of Jews’: Work and Faith and Minnesota’s Jewish Merchants”
Marilyn J. Chiat. . . ‘And a Sprinkling of Jews’: Work and Faith and Minnesota’s Jewish Merchants Author: Marilyn J. Chiat There were Jews in St. Paul as early as 1851. The first to come were German, followed later in the century by Russians and Poles. Most were poor and many came…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1993: “Romance, Melodrama, Murder, Mayhem—The Novelist in Not-So-Fictional St. Paul”
Frances SontagRomance, Melodrama, Murder, Mayhem—The Novelist in Not-So-Fictional St. Paul Author: Frances Sontag As a setting for fiction, St. Paul still trails London, New York, Paris, and perhaps a few other cities. Novels set here include Maud Hart Lovelace’s Early Candlelight; Colonel C. Hankins’s Dakota Land, or The Beauty of St. Paul; and Grace…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1993: “Growing Up in St. Paul: Looking Back at the Black Community—Part II”
David V. TaylorGrowing Up in St. Paul: Looking Back at the Black Community—Part II Author David V. Taylor The author, historian and former Dean of the General College at the University of Minnesota, was born in St. Paul in 1945. This memoir recounts his childhood in a close-knit, socially conservative community; Maxfield…
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…