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Spring 1964-Fall 1972 (PDF) Spring Volume 1 Number 1 Ramsey County History VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1 SPRING, 1964 Published by the RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY Editor: Virginia Brainard Kunz ARTHUR J. HOLEN Editorial Board: Henry Hall, Jr., William L. President Cavert, Clarence W. Rife JOHN H. ALLISON, SR. Vice President MRS. GRACE M. OLSON Contents . Recording Secretary MRS. FRED REISSWENGER Sod Shanty on the Prairie Corresponding Secretary ... Story of a Pioneer Farmer Page 3 MARY C. FINLEY Treasurer THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS .. Conclude it my duty to Enlist & Arthur J. Holen Mrs. Alice Gibbs John H. Allison, Sr. Nelson therefore Enlisted’ Mrs. Grace M. Olson Hal E. McWethy Mrs. Fred Beisswenger Paul W. Mielke ... Diary of a Civil W ar Soldier Page 6 Mary C. Finley Mrs. W. A. Mortenson Mrs. Hugh Ritchie Henry Hall, Jr. Clarence W. Rife George M. Brack Frank F. Paskewitz William L. Cavert Ralph E. Miller Wolves, Indians, Bitter Cold Russell W. Fridley Eugene A. Monick Fred Gorham Herbert L. Ostergren ... A Fur Trader’s Perilous Journey HOSTS IN RESIDENCE Page 15 The Gibbs House Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Lettermann St. Paul’s Municipal Forest EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Virginia Brainard Kunz ... Its 50 Years of Growth Page 19 RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORY is published annually and copyrighted, 1964, by the Ram­ sey County Historical Society, 2097 Larpen- ON THE COVER: The old henhouse and granary which teur Avenue West, St. Paul, Minn. Member­ once stood behind the Gibbs farm house are long since ship in the Society carries with it a subscrip­ gone but they are recaptured here in one of a series of tion to Ramsey County History. Single issues charming pencil sketches made during the 1890s by Lillie sell for $1.00. Correspondence concerning con­ Gibbs LeVesconte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Heman tributions should be addressed to the editor. Gibbs. Sometime during that decade, Lillie accompanied The Society assumes no responsibility for her mother on a trip back to Mrs. Gibbs’ childhood home statements made by contributors. Manuscripts near Batavia, N. Y. In the days before cameras, Lillie Le­ and other editorial material are welcomed but, Vesconte, like so many other men and women of her era, since the Society is an eleemosynary institu­ took along her little sketchbook and produced her own tion, no payment can be made for contribu­ pictorial record of the trip. More of her sketches ac­ tions. All articles and other editorial material company the story beginning on the opposite page. They submitted will be carefully read and pub­ are reproduced from the original sketchbook which now lished, if accepted, as space permits. is owned by the Ramsey County Historical Society. 2 THE GIBBS HOUSE Headquarters of the Ramsey County His­ torical Society, 2097 Larpenteur Avenue W., St. Paul, Minn. '"PHE Ramsey County Historical Society was founded in 1949. A- During the following years the Society, believing that a sense of history is of great importance in giving a new, mobile generation a knowledge of its roots in the past, acquired the 100-year-old farm home which had belonged to Heman R. Gibbs. The Society restored the Gibbs House and in 1954 opened it to the public as a museum which would depict the way of life of an early Minnesota settler. In 1958 the Society erected a barn, behind the house, which is maintained as an agricultural museum to display the tools and other implements used by the men who broke up the prairie soil and farmed with horse and oxen. Today, in addition to maintaining the Gibbs property, the Ramsey County Historical Society is active in the preservation of historic sites in Ramsey county, conducts tours, prepares pamphlets and other publications, organizes demonstrations of pioneer crafts and maintains a Speakers’ Bureau for schools and organizations. It is the Society’s hope that through its work the rich heritage of the sturdy men and women who were the pio­ neers of Ramsey county will be preserved for future generations. Ramsey County History Spring 1964 to Fall 1972 with INDEX Published by the RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY St. Paul, Minnesota wmmrn—m m 1 Allen and Chase Line. Stageline. Fall, 1972, A p. 12. American Architect and Building News. Aberdeen Hotel, St. Paul. Fall, 1964, p. 7; Illustration from. Spring, 1972, p. 9. Fall, 1970, p. 17. American Architecture Since 1780. Book Abolitionist Movement, Minnesota. Spring, by Marcus Whiffen. 1965, pp. 18-20. Photograph from. Spring, 1972, p. 6. Aborigines of Minnesota, The. Book by American Association for State and Local Winchell. Fall, 1970, p. 22. History. Fall, 1967, p. 17. Academy of Music, Minneapolis. Fall, 1967, p. 21; American Breeders Association. Photograph of. Fall, 1967, p. 21. Spring, 1966, p. 21. Acker, William. Captain, Union Army. Fall, American Express Company. Fall, 1972, 1967, pp. 3, 4. p. 10. Allen, Mrs. Lawsuit against Mrs. Doyle. American Fur Company. Fall, 1964, p. 10; Fall, 1968, p. 10. Fall, 1965, p. 13; Fall, 1967, p. 19; Acme Chair Company. Spring, 1972, p. 20. Fall, 1971, p. 17; Fall, 1972, p. 17. Association with Norman Kittson. Fall, Adamless Eden, An. Play. Fall, 1968, p. 11. 1969, pp. 18, 19. Headquarters of. Spring, 1965, p. 8. Adams, Mr. In letter of Samuel Pond, Jr. At Lake Superior. Fall, 1967, p. 14. Fall, 1969, p. 9. At Mackinac, Michigan. Fall, 1967, Adams, John. Spring, 1969, p. 4. p. 14. Steamboat lines. Fall, 1971, p. 15. Adams, Reverend N. In diary of William R. Brown. Fall, 1970, p. 8. American House, St. Paul. Spring, 1968, Agricultural College. p. 8. Rose Township. Spring, 1968, p. 22. American Institute of Architects. Ainsworth, D. W. Fall, 1968, p. 6. Role in preservation of historic sites. Spring, 1965, p. 8. Albion, apartment hotel. Fall, 1964, p. 7. American Lutheran Church, The. “Alex Mitchell.” Spring, 1970, p. 8. Photograph of steamboat. Fall, 1966, p. 16. American Medical Association. Spring, Alexander, Mr. In letter of Samuel Pond, 1969, p. 18; Fall, 1970, pp. 16, 18. Jr. Fall, 1969, p. 12. American Society of Agronomy. Spring, “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.” Playbill. 1966, p. 21. Fall, 1968, cover. American Society of Civil Engineers. All About White Bear Lake. Book by A. Spring, 1964, p. 20. Perkins. Illustrations from. Fall, 1965, pp. 4, 7. American Woman’s Home, The. Book by Allison, John H. Sr. Catharine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Article by, “St. Paul’s Municipal Forest Stowe. Quoted. Spring, 1971, pp. 4-5, 7. and Its 50 Years of Growth.” Spring, Anderson. Trader. Fall, 1965, p. 21. 1964, pp. 19-22. Photograph of. Spring, 1964, p. 19. Ancker, Arthur, M.D. Fall, 1970, p. 18. Allison, John H. Development of forest. Spring, 1964, Ancher Hospital, St. Paul. Fall, 1964, p. 9. pp. 19-22. “. And So Merriam Park Was Platted and Outline map. Spring, 1964, p. 23. Prospered.” Fall, 1971, pp. 12-13. Copyright, 1975, by the Ramsey County and St. Paul Historical Society, 75 West 5th Street, St. Paul, Minnesota. 2 Andersen, Elmer L. quoted. Fall, 1968, p. 11. Article by, “In Its Historic Sites, Nation Finds Its Roots.” Spring, 1965, pp. 3-9. Ashbach, Otto. Fall, 1966, p. 10. Colonel Josiah Snelling’s Journal. Ashton, Mr. Fall, 1965, p. 9. Spring, 1969, p. 9. Assumption Catholic Church, St. Paul. Anderson, Marion. Spring, 1972, pp. 10, 11. Spring, 1968, pp. 4, 5, 7, 9. Andersonville prison camp, Georgia. Photograph of, 1886. Spring, 1968, p. 4. Spring, 1964, p. 6. Description of. Spring, 1964, pp. 12-14. Astor, John Jacob. Fall, 1967, p. 13. Andreas. Illustrated Historical Atlas of Astoria Hotel, St. Paul. Fall, 1969, p. 22. Minnesota, 1874. Atkinson, General. In Journal of Josiah Illustration from. Spring, 1965, p. 5; Snelling. Spring, 1969, p. 10. Fall, 1970, p. 17. Aubrey, John (Sir Aubrey John Paul). “Anna Ramsey’s Letters.” Fall, 1972, pp. Fall, 1965, pp. 9, 10. 17-22. Aubrey, Laura (Lady Aubrey Paul). Fall, “Anson Northrup.” Steamboat. Fall, 1972, 1965, p. 10. p. 12. Photograph of. Fall, 1965, p. 6. Photograph of. Fall, 1972, p. 15. Averill, Colonel. In Diary of William R. Antietam, Battle of. Spring, 1964, p. 7; Brown. Fall, 1970, p. 5. Fall, 1967, p. 4. Auge, Michael. Fall, 1964, p. 11. Architecture. Chateauesque. Spring, 1972, p. 6. Austen Hall, Harvard University. French classicism. Spring, 1972, p. 6. Photograph of. Spring, 1972, p. 6. French Romanesque. Spring, 1972, p. 5. Automobile. Gothic Revival. Spring, 1972, p. 5. Motor Reserve Corps and Forest Fire Neo-Romanesque. Spring, 1972, p. 5. of 1918. Fall, 1972, pp. 3-8. Old Federal Courts Building, St. Paul, History of. Spring, 1972, pp. 3-9. Ayer, Reverend Frederick. Fall. 1972, p. 10. Richardsonian Romanesque. Spring, 1972, p. 5. Romanesque Revival, Spring, 1972, pp. 5, 6. B Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Photographs from book by Bacon, James. Spring, 1964, p. 11. Henry-Russell Hitchcock. Bailey, Alexander. Fall, 1966, p. 15. Spring, 1972, pp. 4, 5. Baird, George W. Spring, 1966, p. 22. Architecture of Wisconsin, The. Photograph from book by Richard W. E. Perrin. Baker, Robert Orr. Spring, 1972, p. 9. Articles by: “The Building of Old Fort Ripley.” Spring, 1971, pp. 8-11. “Architecture Worth Saving in Onandaga “James C. Burbank, The Man Who Used County.” Report from New York State Coach and Boat.” Fall, 1972, pp. 9-16. Council on the Arts. Spring, 1965, p. 11. Baker School, St. Anthony Park. Spring, Armory, St. Paul. Fall, 1968, p. 13; 1970, p. 8. Spring, 1972, pp. 15, 16. Baldwin School, St. Paul. Spring, 1968, p. 8. Armstrong, John M., M.D. Fall, 1970, pp. 18, 19. Ballooning. Spring, 1968, p.
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