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Ramsey County History – Spring 1991: “A Matter of Time”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of A Matter of Time…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1990: “Fire on The Frontier—Tradesmen, Merchants: The Men Who Ran with the Machine”
Thomas J. KelleyFire on The Frontier—Tradesmen, Merchants: The Men Who Ran with the Machine Author: Thomas J. Kelley St. Paul’s first recorded fire occurred in 1838 – somebody torched Pierre Parrant’s lean-to. In 1850 the first Protestant church in the city, brand new, burned to the ground. Several fires later, in 1854,…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1990: “Christmas Myths, Memories and Our Pagan Past”
Virginia Brainard KunzChristmas Myths, Memories and Our Pagan Past Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz The author reminds us that our Christmas traditions have varied origins, some pagan, some English, some commercial. “White Christmas” comes from an English custom of wrapping gifts for the poor in white. Thanksgiving marked the beginning of Christmas shopping…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1990: “The Mystery of the Leaking Lake: Phalen Park and Its Almost-100 Years of History”
Tim KoranThe Mystery of the Leaking Lake: Phalen Park and Its Almost-100 Years of History Author: Tim Koran Phalen Park opened in 1899. Its history since then has been constant re-engineering and rebuilding, most of it having to do with controlling all that water. There has been dredging and damming; beaches…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1990: “What’s Historic About This Site? The West Side’s Riverview Carnegie Branch Library”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyWhat’s Historic About This Site? The West Side’s Riverview Carnegie Branch Library Endowed by Andrew Carnegie; built in 1916; and renovated in 1958. PDF of Historic Site article PDF of Sarah Wilkins letters…
Ramsey County History – Winter 1990: Letters to the Editor
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Ramsey County History – Winter 1990: “A Matter of Time”
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Ramsey County History – Fall 1990: “The Saint Paul Foundation and Its Past Fifty Years”
Virginia Brainard KunzThe Saint Paul Foundation and Its Past Fifty Years Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz The Saint Paul Foundation began in 1940 with nothing. Ten years later very little had changed. Thirty years later it was rich and helping other foundations find their way. How did this happen? This article follows the…
Ramsey County History – Fall 1990: “No Cash, No Credit, No Jobs—St. Paul and the Panic of 1857”
Ronald M. HubbsNo Cash, No Credit, No Jobs—St. Paul and the Panic of 1857 Author: Ronald M. Hubbs The nationwide Panic of 1857 shattered the booming – and enthusiastically speculating – St. Paul. This piece follows the crisis mostly through the pens of newspapermen, chiefly those of the Daily Minnesotian and St.