Ramsey County History – Fall 1965: “The Story of White Bear Lake: Hardship and Struggle in a Rugged Wilderness”

Year
1965
Volume
2
Issue
2
Creators
Nancy L. Woolworth
Topics

The Story of White Bear Lake: Hardship and Struggle in a Rugged Wilderness
Author: Nancy L. Woolworth


This article covers the town’s first fourteen years, 1849–1862. The first settler in 1849, the official opening for claims in 1850, James Goodhue’s stories of a land boom, the first resort hotel in 1853, early prominent families, the first school (1857), the first post office (1859), and the removal of the last of the local Dakota (1862).
PDF of Woolworth article

Year
1965
Volume
2
Issue
2
Creators
Nancy L. Woolworth
Topics