Ramsey County History – Spring 2003: “The Volunteer Hook and Ladder Company”

The Volunteer Hook and Ladder Company
Author: Virginia Brainard Kunz

This is a short article on Wilson Farrell’s Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company, which was established in 1854. Like other groups of this type, its members were elected and had to buy their own ladders, buckets, and rope. Arson, prompted by the desire to loot, was a frequent cause of fires that this hook and ladder company had to extinguish.
PDF of Kunz article