Now that would be just sitting around in a drawer in the den somewhere and one of the kids who think its all CRAP! pleeeeeease just call me if your gonna toss even the mi-nute stuff----I get teary eyed just thinking about it!
Everyone: I collect St Paul and Minnesota History - I am a NUT- I absolutely get a HIGH off of my collection! please contact me if you have anything to get rid of. Just E-gram me.
You should peep Ebay... my sister got this model of the Cathedral that she saw on there, its about the size, or maybe a little bit bigger than, them houses that K-Mart, Target and Wally World sell around X-Mas time, that you can put under your tree, its got all the detail that the actual building has, including the bell up in the one tower.....
I sold one on EBay -the 25th anniversary Copper (gold) roof Cathedral from "Dept 56" for over $300 bucks 2 Christmases ago! That is what they can still go for. You could only get it if you attended the 25th anniversary of Department 56/Snowbabies which was held at Rivercenter a couple years ago.
and I gave my sister an 1998 original green-roof Dept 56 Cathedral(there is another green-roofed that was released last year which is worth less but cool non-the-less).
I was actually looking for the Lincoln Memorial when I found it. She had seen it at Daytons and mentioned she liked it. I ended up getting the Cathedral instead. Which means I'll probably still have to get the Lincoln Memorial.
todays paper had an interesting tidbit about the mystery bell of Johnson highschool. Pretty cool. Didnt Ares go to Johnson? I love these kinda stories were something from long ago is found. I loved the paintings story last week where the paintings were found in a vault area in city hall. I know Central High has a basement that is sealed because of danger to chemical/asbestos or something- As a teenager I was on our newspaper staff and I got to write an article on our school basement at Como Sr. ---people hadnt been down there in years -it was an old shooting range -lots of sand and a couple tunnels.
I would love a job like that-finding stuff - imagine that :)
anyone got anything like that available for me -let me know!
although he wasnt really a "bad boy" I dont think.
But yeah.. JHS has tunnels... they were good for ditchin in once in a while, providing you had the right person to show you where they are, and the cool things to do down there.
At Harding we ditched in the woods a buddy and I built a three story tree house out of hockey rink wood, we picked up a couple of couches that some one had on there curb talk about a good place to party.
Man.. ditching used to suck, back when me and Shaggs and our crew first did it... we had no idea how it was supposed to be done.
Hiding under some steps for a long ass time, even after we decided it was time to leave.... and then once we did leave.. all trying to hide in alleys and behind walls and bushes an stuff... man that was lame..
One time when we were leaving, back when we were freshmen, I remember we were hangin out, and a couple of seniors or juniors... dunno.. some upperclassmen... just walked right past us, laughing, and one of em went "See ya! Bye Guys!" and they walked right out. We were all like "damn their gonna get BUSTED!"
We ended up getting busted though eventually... man.. I'll tell ya this... whoever made up the rule where if you get picked up for truancy, you then get suspended for 5 days, is pretty messed up.
Come on.. thats like a reward, isnt it? You leave school... you then get caught off of school property, then they suspend you and give you an extra couple of days off fr all your hard work?
Come on.. thats like a reward, isnt it? You leave school... you then get caught off of school property, then they suspend you and give you an extra couple of days off fr all your hard work?
Yeah... thats a punishment.. lol
That's what I kept trying to tell the school! everytime chris did something they would suspend him, I'm kept telling them they were just giving him what he wanted but they wouldn't listen!
but then the student couldn't make up the class work given during the suspension --that is supposed to be the point of the whole thing---they eventually FAIL the class and have to return the next year in the same grade.
Times have changed since they implimented this 100 years ago- and its time they change the suspension rules. actually, they shoulda been changed 35 years ago.
On August 5 in 1945 Actress Loni Anderson is born in St. Paul. She would achieve fame for her role on the television show WKRP in Cincinnati, and, later, her divorce from actor Burt Reynolds would provide reams of material for the tabloids.
Ramsey County The barn is used as office space by the University of Minnesota Extension Service. The county nursing home is also located on the grounds. The old poorfarm cemetery is down the hill directly north of the barn. It was unmarked for many years, and the county built horseshoe courts over the graves in the 1980s.
Ramsey County Two residents of the Ramsey County poorfarm, circa 1940. On some poorfarms, residents were expected to tend gardens and animals, but few of the farms raised enough food to be self-supporting. Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society
Ramsey County The Ramsey County poorfarm opened in 1885. A cemetery was opened near its poorfarm in the 1890s, because it was cheaper than buying burial sites in existing cemeteries. Nearly 3,000 people are buried in the cemetery, just off busy White Bear Ave. in Maplewood. The cemetery closed in 1923 and was largely forgotten.
Ramsey County In the 1980s, Ramsey County built these horseshoe courts on the site. Crews dug up bones, apparently unaware that the cemetery was there. Many of the people buried in the Ramsey County cemetery have been identified by researchers studying old ledgers from the poorfarm. Ramsey County is in the process of developing a heritage memorial on the site, and protecting it from future development.
Funny. Maybe it's because my Mom grew up by Phalen and so was closer there or something, but I knew that had been the poor farm for as long as I can remember. It had to be my Mom....I'm getting older - but not that old!
COOL STUFF LL! did you just stumble across it? no pun intended. I have heard that there are a few 'lost cemetaries' in Ramsey County. But I havnt had time to research it much. I have really wanted to go on the cemetary tours but they happen at times I can't go- I have taken the kids on drives through a couple of them on our own. They think its cool to see last names and old dates. Oakland is the COOLEST! Before I got into the caves,waterfalls & underground I had wanted to record cemetary plots and file lists of names,pictures of gravestones and dates online. I think that would be awesomely fun!
I was looking for some st paul history, just getting geared up for the hunt and yeah, I stumbled on it :) I think I read that there was another one by the state fair grounds, but I would have to go back and look.
sounds like a bird (red breasted)-- I'm keeping an eye on your pecker!
and its keeping an eye on you, too ;)
it has an eye? ;0
it likes to see what's going on too. ;)
Reg, I couldn't resist after you reminded everyone the other day in another thread. ;p
ME2 WUZ THERE ;p
This is why you don't just throw stuff away while cleaning your grandparents/parents home!!!!
http://cgi.aol.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3034347898&category=3454&rd=1
Now that would be just sitting around in a drawer in the den somewhere and one of the kids who think its all CRAP!
pleeeeeease just call me if your gonna toss even the mi-nute stuff----I get teary eyed just thinking about it!
Everyone: I collect St Paul and Minnesota History - I am a NUT- I absolutely get a HIGH off of my collection! please contact me if you have anything to get rid of. Just E-gram me.
For everyone in the FORUM
St Paul History (the more unusual the better)you will be amazed at what I will take)!
now you all know why i'm getting her an ice castle block.
You should peep Ebay... my sister got this model of the Cathedral that she saw on there, its about the size, or maybe a little bit bigger than, them houses that K-Mart, Target and Wally World sell around X-Mas time, that you can put under your tree, its got all the detail that the actual building has, including the bell up in the one tower.....
We've got that Cathedral. I got it for Scribe last Christmas.
I sold one on EBay -the 25th anniversary Copper (gold) roof Cathedral from "Dept 56" for over $300 bucks 2 Christmases ago! That is what they can still go for. You could only get it if you attended the 25th anniversary of Department 56/Snowbabies which was held at Rivercenter a couple years ago.
and I gave my sister an 1998 original green-roof Dept 56 Cathedral(there is another green-roofed that was released last year which is worth less but cool non-the-less).
AMAZING BLDG!
I don't have a clue about all that Dept 56 stuff.
I just stumbled upon it and bought it for her.
I was actually looking for the Lincoln Memorial when I found it. She had seen it at Daytons and mentioned she liked it. I ended up getting the Cathedral instead. Which means I'll probably still have to get the Lincoln Memorial.
Damn, what have I gotten myself into?
hahaahaha - well at least you don't have to worry over what to get her next... this is a good price...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3233866922&category=370
OR if you got her the gold copper roof last time you can get her the green roof this time...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3233499591&category=4033
This JOE was left for a week? what are you all NUTS? or maybe you just don't have any.
;) St Paul history JOE!
todays paper had an interesting tidbit about the mystery bell of Johnson highschool. Pretty cool. Didnt Ares go to Johnson? I love these kinda stories were something from long ago is found. I loved the paintings story last week where the paintings were found in a vault area in city hall. I know Central High has a basement that is sealed because of danger to chemical/asbestos or something- As a teenager I was on our newspaper staff and I got to write an article on our school basement at Como Sr. ---people hadnt been down there in years -it was an old shooting range -lots of sand and a couple tunnels.
I would love a job like that-finding stuff - imagine that :)
anyone got anything like that available for me -let me know!
Hmm ares went to Johnson, I went to Harding.
todays paper had an interesting tidbit about the mystery bell of Johnson highschool. Pretty cool. Didnt Ares go to Johnson?
the mystery bell of johnson high school? never heard of it. and yes i did go there.
Hmm ares went to Johnson, I went to Harding.
i don't believe you can be my friend anymore, esd. :)
The mystery bell? Did they find it in the basement tunnels? is that the one your talkin bout?
If so...
I know nothing about it.
Dont know anything about the tunnels.
Never been down there....
Couldnt show you how to get there.... any of the places that lead to them either..
......
Unless maybe ya had some money.
You are all on my list... LOL
I don't know about when you went to school Ninja but way back in "82" the Harding bad boys always got the Johnson girls.
you can't put me2 on your list. she went to one of the schools that starts with a "c".
although he wasnt really a "bad boy" I dont think.
But yeah.. JHS has tunnels... they were good for ditchin in once in a while, providing you had the right person to show you where they are, and the cool things to do down there.
At Harding we ditched in the woods a buddy and I built a three story tree house out of hockey rink wood, we picked up a couple of couches that some one had on there curb talk about a good place to party.
Man.. ditching used to suck, back when me and Shaggs and our crew first did it... we had no idea how it was supposed to be done.
Hiding under some steps for a long ass time, even after we decided it was time to leave.... and then once we did leave.. all trying to hide in alleys and behind walls and bushes an stuff... man that was lame..
One time when we were leaving, back when we were freshmen, I remember we were hangin out, and a couple of seniors or juniors... dunno.. some upperclassmen... just walked right past us, laughing, and one of em went "See ya! Bye Guys!" and they walked right out. We were all like "damn their gonna get BUSTED!"
We ended up getting busted though eventually... man.. I'll tell ya this... whoever made up the rule where if you get picked up for truancy, you then get suspended for 5 days, is pretty messed up.
Come on.. thats like a reward, isnt it? You leave school... you then get caught off of school property, then they suspend you and give you an extra couple of days off fr all your hard work?
Yeah... thats a punishment.. lol
Come on.. thats like a reward, isnt it? You leave school... you then get caught off of school property, then they suspend you and give you an extra couple of days off fr all your hard work?
Yeah... thats a punishment.. lol
That's what I kept trying to tell the school! everytime chris did something they would suspend him, I'm kept telling them they were just giving him what he wanted but they wouldn't listen!
but then the student couldn't make up the class work given during the suspension --that is supposed to be the point of the whole thing---they eventually FAIL the class and have to return the next year in the same grade.
Times have changed since they implimented this 100 years ago- and its time they change the suspension rules. actually, they shoulda been changed 35 years ago.
On August 5 in
1945 Actress Loni Anderson is born in St. Paul. She would achieve fame for her role on the television show WKRP in Cincinnati, and, later, her divorce from actor Burt Reynolds would provide reams of material for the tabloids.
I never knew this place was actually a poor house! Iv'e been going to the fair here all of my life!
http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/cb/district7/newsletters/cemetery.asp
Ramsey County
The barn is used as office space by the University of Minnesota Extension Service. The county nursing home is also located on the grounds. The old poorfarm cemetery is down the hill directly north of the barn. It was unmarked for many years, and the county built horseshoe courts over the graves in the 1980s.
Where'd you get those cool pics of the barn?
here
http://www.poorhousestory.com/poorhouses_in_minnesota.htm
if you scroll down to "Over The Hill To The Poor house" you can click on it to see pics of all the poor houses.
Ramsey County
Two residents of the Ramsey County poorfarm, circa 1940. On some poorfarms, residents were expected to tend gardens and animals, but few of the farms raised enough food to be self-supporting.
Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society
Ramsey County
The Ramsey County poorfarm opened in 1885. A cemetery was opened near its poorfarm in the 1890s, because it was cheaper than buying burial sites in existing cemeteries. Nearly 3,000 people are buried in the cemetery, just off busy White Bear Ave. in Maplewood. The cemetery closed in 1923 and was largely forgotten.
Ramsey County
In the 1980s, Ramsey County built these horseshoe courts on the site. Crews dug up bones, apparently unaware that the cemetery was there. Many of the people buried in the Ramsey County cemetery have been identified by researchers studying old ledgers from the poorfarm. Ramsey County is in the process of developing a heritage memorial on the site, and protecting it from future development.
That's interesting stuff.
Scribe has her Master Gardener meetings there.
Really? I guess there is a marker for the cemetery, has she ever seen it?
I'll have to ask her if she was aware that it was a poor farm at one time.
Very cool LL
Funny. Maybe it's because my Mom grew up by Phalen and so was closer there or something, but I knew that had been the poor farm for as long as I can remember. It had to be my Mom....I'm getting older - but not that old!
That's right over by Aldrich Arena. I drive by there all the time.
I will have to ask my dad about it, he grew up in north st paul and likes to talk about "the old days" alot :)
COOL STUFF LL! did you just stumble across it? no pun intended.
I have heard that there are a few 'lost cemetaries' in Ramsey County. But I havnt had time to research it much. I have really wanted to go on the cemetary tours but they happen at times I can't go- I have taken the kids on drives through a couple of them on our own. They think its cool to see last names and old dates. Oakland is the COOLEST! Before I got into the caves,waterfalls & underground I had wanted to record cemetary plots and file lists of names,pictures of gravestones and dates online. I think that would be awesomely fun!
I was looking for some st paul history, just getting geared up for the hunt and yeah, I stumbled on it :) I think I read that there was another one by the state fair grounds, but I would have to go back and look.
200 Paul History Joe! 1500 History thread Joe
cleaning up on Joes today.