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Ramsey County History – Fall 1985: “Growing Up on Dayton’s Bluff—A Turn-of-the-Century Boyhood”

Karl H. Trout

Growing Up on Dayton’s Bluff—A Turn-of-the-Century Boyhood Author: Karl H. Trout The author recalls the everyday life of a boy who lived in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood. His family lived on Burns Avenue in a home with no central heat, gas, or electric heat. Warmth was provided from coal…

Ramsey County History – Fall 1985: “Will the Real Dorothy Hunt Please Stand Up?”

Ramsey County Historical Society

Short statement to show correct image of Dorothy Hunt, Vice President of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, versus the image published with the article in Volume 20, Issue 2, which was an image of Doreen Lindberg. PDF of “Will the Real Dorothy Hunt Please Stand Up?”…

Ramsey County History – Fall 1985: Board of Directors

Ramsey County Historical Society

Officers of the Society and The Board of Directors PDF of Board of Directors…

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Ramsey County History – Spring 1985: “Health Care Crisis of the 1920s—A ‘National Epidemic’ Launches Blue Cross and Blue Shield”

Gary Phelps

Health Care Crisis of the 1920s—A ‘National Epidemic’ Launches Blue Cross and Blue Shield Author: Gary Phelps The article focuses on Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. In 1932, the Hospital Service Association of St. Paul was organized to operate a nonprofit prepaid hospitalization plan. In 1935, the…

Ramsey County History – Spring 1985: Board of Directors

Ramsey County Historical Society

Officers of the Society and The Board of Directors. PDF of Board of Directors  …

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Ramsey County History – Fall 1984: “The Minnesota Club: St. Paul’s Enterprising Leaders and Their ‘Gentlemen’s Social Club'”

Robert Orr Baker

The Minnesota Club: St, Paul’s Enterprising Leaders and Their “Gentlemen’s Social Club” Author: Robert Orr Baker The Minnesota Club was launched in St. Paul in March 1869. It had a “refreshment room” with bar, a card room, a billiard room, and a reading room. Membership was by invitation only…

Ramsey County History – Fall 1984: Board of Directors

Ramsey County Historical Society

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Ramsey County History – Spring 1984: “Horse-and-Wagon Dairyman: Harry Schroeder’s Dairy”

Cathy Dalglish

Horse-and-Wagon Dairyman: Harry Schroeder’s Dairy Author: Cathy Dalglish Henry Schroeder came to St. Paul as a penniless man in 1875, and, a century later, the business he created had annual sales of $20 million. Along with his brother Herman, they established routes, selling their milk and surplus product bought…

Ramsey County History – Spring 1984: Board of Directors

Ramsey County Historical Society

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1984