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An insider's view of small-town St. Paul in the 19th century. Chronicling the city's earliest years, Fletcher provides descriptions of pioneers, city fathers, important events, trivia, oddities, "firsts" and tales of villains, heroes, dark deeds, and progress. --From publisher description.
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A concise history, featuring stories that are familiar, surprising, and sure to change the way you see Minnesota's capitol city.
This guide is an essential tool for all genealogists researching Minnesota family, local, and state history. Highlighting the many holdings of the society, this unique handbook features a lengthy, annotated listing of resources in subject areas such as: biographical, census, naturalization, cemetery, school, religious, business, court, government, legal, military, and veterans' records; official state-wide death records and index, 1908-96; photographs, personal papers, oral histories, ethnic resources, and local and county histories; family histories, newspapers, directories, passenger ship lists, and publications of genealogical organizations; maps, atlases, and other geographical resources.
Evelyn Fairbanks lived along Rondo Avenue-the heart of St. Paul's largest black community-from the 1930s through the 1950s. Her memoir tells warm and human stories recalling those years in a vibrant community that vanished with the coming of the freeways in the 1960s.
An entertaining journey into the highs, lows, bright spots, and dark corners of the Twin Cities' most famous and infamous drinking establishments--history viewed from the barstool.
1993 American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award