Ramsey County History podcast
The podcast that highlights the history of St. Paul and Ramsey County Minnesota and keeps you up to date on the work of the Ramsey County Historical Society.
- Website
- http://ramseyhistory.libsyn.com/webpage
- Description
- The podcast that highlights the history of St. Paul and Ramsey County Minnesota and keeps you up to date on the work of the Ramsey County Historical Society.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-07-22 21:04
- last episode published
- 2024-06-12 15:33
- publication frequency
- 66.79 days
- Contributors
- Paul Nelson
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 56
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Local History Government & Organizations
Recommendations
Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-12 | Arne Carlson, Minnesota’s thirty-seventh governor, was a Swede and a progressive Republican, like several before him, but unlike them, too. He grew up poor in New York City and had no connection to the dominant Harold Stassen political lineage. Carlson... |
|
| 2024-05-20 | Following his gubernatorial defeat in 1978, Rudy Perpich (1928-1995) spent a few years in Vienna, Austria, working as a trade representative for Control Data Corporation, but it wasn’t long before he began planning another run for the state’s highest ... |
|
| 2024-05-16 |
Ramsey County History - Little Women, Little Houses, Lots of Work, (and a Little Play) Growing up in Frogtown In 1941, young Wendy Ham’s Gumpa Guy Metzger built a dollhouse—a replica of the family home at 435 Charles Avenue in St. Paul. In 2023, Wendy Ham Rossi donated the “two-story,” six-room dollhouse complete with “indoor plumbing” ... |
|
| 2024-04-10 | Albert H. Quie (1923-2023) left a safe seat in Congress after twenty years to run for governor in 1978. In that, his timing was good. He rode around the “Minnesota Massacre” and into office as the state’s thirty-fifth governor along with fellow Republi... |
|
| 2024-03-06 | March of the Governors, Governor #34 Rudy Perpich Series Podcast #37 Rudy Perpich (1928-1995) served as Minnesota's thirty-fourth governor in the years 1977 and 1978. He got there by succession when Wendell Anderson resigned. Perpich then appointed ... | |
| 2024-02-01 | March of the Governors, Governor #33 Wendell Anderson (Series Podcast #35) Before an ignominious electoral end, Wendell “Wendy” Anderson was one of Minnesota’s most significant and popular governors. Born and raised on St. Paul’s East Side, he had be... |
|
| 2024-01-02 | March of the Governors, Governor #32 Harold Levander (Series Podcast #35) Harold Levander (1910-1982) ran for political office once in his long life, in 1966. He defeated incumbent governor Karl Rolvaag, served four years, and never ran for office ag... | |
| 2023-12-04 | March of the Governors, Governor #31 Karl Fritjof Rolvaag (Series Podcast #34) Karl Fritjof Rolvaag (1913-1990) grew up in Northfield, the son of acclaimed novelist Ole Rolvaag. Upon his father’s untimely death in 1931, Rolvaag roamed the West for f... | |
| 2023-11-02 | March of the Governors, Governor #30 Elmer L. Andersen (Series Podcast #33) For Elmer L. Andersen, his single term as governor (1961-1963) marked a brief episode in a life of remarkable accomplishment. From modest beginnings in Muskegon, Michigan, An... | |
| 2023-10-10 |
March of the Governors, Governor #29: Orville Lothrop Freeman March of the Governors, Governor #29 Orville Lothrop Freeman (Series Podcast #32) Orville Lothrop Freeman (1918-2003) was, like governors Floyd Olson and Luther Youngdahl before him, a product of the streets and schools of Minneapolis: His parents ra... |