Ramsey County History – Fall 1981: “1910s ‘One-Horse’ Gladstone Recalled”

Year
1981
Volume
16
Issue
2
Creators
Lucile Arnold
Topics

1910s ‘One-Horse’ Gladstone Recalled
Author: Lucile Arnold

A memoir of the vanished hamlet of Gladstone along Frost Avenue in today’s Maplewood. The writer recalls its two-room schoolhouse with its bell tower and spiral fire escape, swimming in Gladstone Lake, childhood games, the frequent railroad traffic and streetcar service, Mrs. Selover’s Sunday School, and more.

PDF of Arnold article

 

Year
1981
Volume
16
Issue
2
Creators
Lucile Arnold
Topics