August 2019
History Revealed: Parks & Playgrounds Walking Tour
Natalie Heneghan, Noticing the New Deal: Parks & Playgrounds Walking Tour History Revealed – Tour Series Tuesday, August 20 6:00-8:00 pm Please RSVP by August 19, 3:00 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 boasted…
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…
Find out more »History Revealed: Public Archaeology Opportunities
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents Jeremy Nienow, Public Archaeology Opportunities in Ramsey County History Revealed Series September 17, 2019 Tuesday, 6:30 pm Gibbs Farm 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 archaeologist Jeremy Nienow for an evening discussion about recent work the…
Find out more »History Revealed: George Bonga
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents Joel Brown, The Story of George Bonga and the Fur Trade Era History Revealed Series September 26, 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. Joel Brown will present and reenact…
Find out more »October 2019
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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