Ramsey County History – Fall 2009: “Growing Up in St. Paul: The Mispacha on Texas Street”

Growing Up in St. Paul: The Mispacha on Texas Street
Author: Nathalie Chase

Bernstein “Mishpacha” is the Hebrew word for family, and this article looks at the story of the author’s Jewish family from Lithuania. They came to St. Paul and, in the late 1890s, and started a scrap iron business. When they became a little better off than other West Side residents, they left “The Flats” and lived on Eaton Avenue. There are descriptions of the many small stores and groceries, selling eggs, skating, attending Lafayette School, and the effects of the Great Depression on the residents of the West Side.
PDF of Growing Up in Saint Paul