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Ramsey County History – Summer 1990: “Lillie and Ida at the Fair”
Karen BluhmLillie and Ida at the Fair Author: Karen Bluhm Sisters Lillie and Ida Gibbs visited the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and wrote home about it. Lillie’s great-granddaughter reconstructs the event. PDF of Bluhm article…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1990: “What’s Historic About This Site? Ramsey County’s “Poor Farm” Barn: Remnant of a Rural Past”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyWhat’s Historic About This Site? Ramsey County’s “Poor Farm” Barn: Remnant of a Rural Past “For the thousands of people who pass the Ramsey County Fairgrounds each year, or call in at the county’s extension service offices, the majestic barn at 2020 White Bear Avenue is a landmark, a reminder…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1990: Book Reviews
Ramsey County Historical SocietyEric C. Hansen, The Cathedral of St. Paul: An Architectural Biography (St. Paul: The Cathedral of St. Paul, 1990). Bette Jones Hammel, From Bauhuas to Bowties: HGA Celebrates 35 Years (Minneapolis: Hammel Green and Abrahamson, 1989). Gareth Hebert, ed., Little Canada, A Voyageur’s Vision (Stillwater: The Croixside Press, 1989). PDF of Book Reviews…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1990: Letters to the Editor
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of Letters to the Editor…
Ramsey County History – Summer 1990: A Matter of Time
Ramsey County Historical SocietyPDF of A Matter of Time…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1990: “Railroader as Yachtsman: James J. Hill and the Wacouta of St. Paul”
Thomas C. BuckleyRailroader as Yachtsman: James J. Hill and the Wacouta of St. Paul Author: Thomas C. Buckley In 1900 the meticulous and demanding James J. Hill bought a yacht. He bought it used for less than the asking price and ran it cheaper than the previous owners, and still made it…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1990: “Eugene V. Debs, James J. Hill and The Great Northern Railway Strike”
Tamara C. TruerEugene V. Debs, James J. Hill and The Great Northern Railway Strike Author: Tamara C. Truer James J. Hill rarely lost a battle or met an adversary he could not defeat. The 1894 Great Northern strike was an exception. When he tried to impose a third…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1990: “The Wacouta in Two World Wars”
Thomas C. BuckleyThe Wacouta in Two World Wars Author: Thomas C. Buckley After James Hill died the family sold the Wacouta. Under three different names, Harvard, Athinai, and Palermo, it served as a World War I patrol boat, a Greek passenger ship, an Italian naval vessel, and a Mediterranean commercial craft. It…
Ramsey County History – Spring 1990: “What’s Historic About This Site? The Dahl House: The Last of Old Lowertown”
Ramsey County Historical SocietyWhat’s Historic About This Site? The Dahl House: The Last of Old Lowertown In 1858 Englishman William Dahl built a humble little house in St. Paul. One hundred and thirty-two years later, still humble and tiny, the Dahl House made it to the National Register of Historic Places “as the…