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Highlights of Saint Paul history through the lens of the Justus Ramsey House
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DateEvents/occupancySignificance/ThemesLinks to relevant topics/resources
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1837Dakota Treaty of 1837 - ceding land East of Mississippi River Timber, Metis, fur trading debts. Opens door to land speculation.https://healingmnstories.wordpress.com/2020/07/29/this-day-in-history-july-29-1837-first-major-swindle-of-ojibwe-dakota-lands-in-what-would-become-minnesota/https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1185&context=greatplainsquarterly&sei-redir=1#search=https://www.sdhspress.com/journal/south-dakota-history-10-4/the-removal-of-the-mdewakanton-dakota-in-1837-a-case-for-jacksonian-paternalism/vol-10-no-4-the-removal-of-the-mdewakanton-dakota-in-1837.pdfhttps://www.usdakotawar.org/history/treaties/minnesota-treaty-interactive
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18471rst Sale after US Government grant - land on which Justus Ramsey House was built purchased by John Irvine and wife NancyEarly land speculation https://stpaul.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=stpaul_d6f618710999d449f18b833ab550a591.pdf&view=1https://www.stpaul.gov/sites/default/files/2022-08/2001%20Context%20Study%20-%20Pioneer%20Houses.pdf
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1849John R. Irvine and Nancy/his wife sold the prop­erty ( then 35 acres of ground known as Fort Street and Irvines Creek) to Henry H. Sibley, then Governor of Minnesota, Henry M. Rice, real estate dealer, and Justice C. Ramsey -price $60.00Early land speculation https://www.mnopedia.org/land-speculation-1854-1857
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1849-1850Henry H. Sibley and Henry M. Rice conveyed part of the property to Justice C. Ramsey. Early land speculation
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1851Mendota Treaty of 1851 - ceding land west of Mississippi RiverRemoval of Dakota from ancestral homeland continues. Treaty not honored.https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2013/07/when-dakota-moved-reservations-treaty-mendota/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAm5ycBhCXARIsAPldzoX5i0bySHQC_6ZCqLcbW9vsmN2pu3jA2_iUvU8XRN6Mqh6oyYv8UWMaAmm8EALw_wcBhttps://www.usdakotawar.org/history/treaty-mendota
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1852Approximate date of constructionStructure is built years before Dakota War of 1862, at a time when Dakota and settlers coexisted in area.
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1853Robert Smith recalls spending Christmas of 1953 in houseRobert Smith early political leader in Saint Paul.https://www.stpaul.gov/DocumentCenter/View2/80252.pdf
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1857Financial panic of 1857Check to see if Ramsey transferred/lost property. Panic significantly slowed surge of development in Saint Paulhttps://www.mnopedia.org/event/financial-panic-1857
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1862Dakota War of 1862https://www.usdakotawar.org/
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1861-65Civil WarPioneer free and formerly enslaved Blacks migrate to Saint Paulhttps://rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/RCHS_Fall2002_Riehle.pdf
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What is going on with property between ~ 1865-1890?
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1890's - 1930'sOccupied for decades by free and formerly enslaved Black residents Some were entrepreneurs operating businesses such as barber or beauty shops in small building at front of lot. Many worked as porters for the railroads.https://www.historicsaintpaul.org/sites/default/files/The%20Post-1890s%20History%20of%20the%20Justus%20Ramsey%20House%20History-A%20New%20Context.pdf
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1933City of Saint Paul vacates south 20' of West 7th StreetDisplacement of many homes and businesseshttps://streets.mn/2016/02/11/saint-paul-slum-map-1935/
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1933Property purchased and occupied by George Wilm
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1940Owned by George Wilm and Charles Gregory In addition to being identified as proprietor and co-proprietor, George Wilm and Charles Gregory's household relationship was identified as "partner" on the 1940 census form https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2442/images/m-t0627-01996-00444?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=98236006https://www.mnopedia.org/over-rainbow-queer-and-trans-history-minnesota
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1975National Register listingEarly preservation recognition focused on association with land owners/people of privilegehttps://stpaul.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=stpaul_20da9afc560724a31fac93a69b6400cf.pdf&view=1
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??Next owner (s)
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2005Vine Park BrewingRenaissance of West 7th Street aided by construction of Excel Center and attraction of Minnesota Wild Hockey
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2008Burger Moe'shttps://www.visitsaintpaul.com/things-to-do/neighborhoods/west-7th-street/https://www.twincities.com/2018/05/20/st-paul-west-7th-restaurants-food-shopping-breweries-bars/
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2022High density development pressure/market puts future of building that has been on site and has born witness to 170 years of Saint Paul's diverse social-political history in jeopardy
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