June 2019
History Revealed: The Leavenworth Expedition
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents Gary Brueggemann: The Long Legacy of the Leavenworth Expedition (1819-20) History Revealed Series June 27, 2019 Thursday, 7:00 pm Ramsey County Roseville Library Free and open to all. No reservations needed. Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. Two hundred years ago the largest expedition to…
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History Revealed: Downtown St. Paul
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents History Revealed: A Toast to History at Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery Irik Nathanson: Downtown St. Paul Thursday, April 11, 2019 7:45 pm (note new time) Free and open to all. Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. Minnesota's capital city was given a lofty identity when…
Find out more »History Revealed: Parks & Playgrounds Walking Tour
Natalie Heneghan, Noticing the New Deal: Parks & Playgrounds Walking Tour History Revealed – Tour Series July 17, 2019 Wednesday, 6:00-8:00 pm Please RSVP by July 15, 5:00 pm to robyn@rchs.com or 651-222-0701, or reserve your ticket here. Link to online reservation form. Join RCHS for our presentation series, History Revealed, featuring the best local historians, authors and archeologists talking about a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. The Twin Cities have long…
Find out more »History Revealed: Peoples Library
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents Greg Gaut, Reinventing the Peoples Library History Revealed Series July 18, 2019 Thursday, 7:00 pm East Side Freedom Library Free and open to all. No reservations needed. Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. Author Greg Gaut will present his new book, Reinventing the People's Library,…
Find out more »Plein Air Painting Workshop
Plein Air Painting Workshop at Gibbs Farm Come share artist Tom McGregor's passion for painting in oils on location. Tom McGregor, award-winning plein air painter, will demonstrate tried and true plein air oil painting methods as well as give personalized instruction based on where you are as a painter. All levels welcome. The workshops will be held on site at the beautiful Gibbs Farm. Restored prairie, gardens, historic farmhouse and barns, sod house, farm animals and Dakota tipi and bark…
Find out more »History Revealed: Floating Bethel
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents Christine Podas-Larson, The Floating Bethel History Revealed Series July 25, 2019 Thursday, 7:00 pm Ramsey County Roseville Library Free and open to all. No reservations needed. Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. Christine Podas-Larson, author of the recent article in Ramsey County History magazine, "Eliza…
Find out more »Plein Air Painting Workshop
Plein Air Painting Workshop at Gibbs Farm Come share artist Tom McGregor's passion for painting in oils on location. Tom McGregor, award-winning plein air painter, will demonstrate tried and true plein air oil painting methods as well as give personalized instruction based on where you are as a painter. All levels welcome. The workshops will be held on site at the beautiful Gibbs Farm. Restored prairie, gardens, historic farmhouse and barns, sod house, farm animals and Dakota tipi and bark…
Find out more »August 2019
History Revealed: Queer Voices
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents Queer Voices Panel Discussion History Revealed Series August 1, 2019 Thursday, 7:00 pm East Side Freedom Library Free and open to all. No reservations needed. Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. Join us at the East Side Freedom Library for a panel discussion and readings…
Find out more »History Revealed: David Page
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents History Revealed: A Toast to History at Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery David Page, F. Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota - The Ones That Got Away Thursday, August 8, 2019 7:45 pm (rescheduled) Free and open to all. Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. Author David Page…
Find out more »History Revealed: Thank You for Shopping
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents Kristal Leebrick, Thank You for Shopping: The Golden Age of Minnesota Department Stores History Revealed Series August 22, 2019 Thursday, 7:00 pm Ramsey County Roseville Library Free and open to all. No reservations needed. Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. Throughout the twentieth century, department…
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History Revealed: Children of Lincoln 1860-1876
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents William D. Green: The Children of Lincoln: White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860-1876 History Revealed Series September 9, 2019 Thursday, 7:00 pm East Side Freedom Library Free and open to all. No reservations needed. Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County.…
Find out more »History Revealed: Wisconsin Brewing
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents History Revealed: A Toast to History at Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery Doug Hoverson, The Drink That Made Wisconsin Famous: Beer & Brewing in the Badger State History Revealed Series September 12, 2019 Thursday, 7:45 pm Waldmann's Brewery & Wurstery Free and open to all. Registration requested - Registration Form Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of…
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History Revealed: Ghost Saloons
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents History Revealed: A Toast to History at Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery Tom Schroeder, Ghost Saloons of Saint Paul, 1855-1860 Thursday, October 10, 2019 7:45 pm Free and open to all. Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. As part of his restoration of Waldmann, the pre-Civil…
Find out more »History Revealed: Streetcars
John Diers, 1,100 Streetcars: The Rise and Fall of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company History Revealed Series October 24, 2019 Thursday, 7:00 pm Ramsey County Roseville Library Free and open to all. Join RCHS for History Revealed in 2018, featuring the best of local history authors, historians and archaeologists talking about a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. In 1920 for a nickel fare the 1,100 streetcars of the Twin City Rapid…
Find out more »November 2019
History Revealed: Relentless Business of Treaties
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents Martin Case, The Relentless Business of Treaties Thursday, November 11, 2019 7:00 pm East Side Freedom Library Free and open to all. No registration needed. Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. The story of “western expansion” is a familiar one: US government agents, through duplicity…
Find out more »History Revealed: Fife & Drum
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents History Revealed: A Toast to History at Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery John Guthmann & Jim Moffet, Fife & Drum: Military Music of the Civil War Thursday, November 14, 2019 7:45 pm (note new time) Reservations requested, space is limited. Free and open to all. Registration Form Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from…
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History Revealed: Slavery’s Reach
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents Christopher Lehman, Slavery's Reach: Southern Slaveholders in the North Star State History Revealed Series December 10, 2019 Tuesday, 7:00 pm East Side Freedom Library Free and open to all. No reservations needed. Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County. When American slavery was legal, Minnesota's residents…
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