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Como History

Know Your Como History: McClellan School: Part I

Know Your Como, Neighborhood News, Neighborhood Relations / May 11, 2023

Readers of the April 3, 1888 Saint Paul Globe might have noticed this tidbit in the paper that day. “The public schools reopened yesterday after the regular Easter vacation with a full attendance. The new McClellan school, Oxford and Stinson, schools being occupied for the first time.” McClellan school took several years to transform from the “Comoville” school, temporarily located on Front Ave in a rented building, to the two story eight room building that stood for 87 years.

Know Your Como History: 1376 Frankson – 1950’s

Know Your Como, Neighborhood News / April 13, 2023

By Brianna Blake
Edward and Alma Thomas moved into their home at 1376 Frankson in the 1930’s. Edward was a bookkeeper for a company that imported coffee. He enjoyed fishing on area lakes. He knew many people in the neighborhood whom he met while walking his dogs. Alma was a homemaker and a stay at home mom to James and Marjorie.

Know Your Como History: Axel Emanuel Carlson 1380 Simpson Ave.

Know Your Como, Neighborhood News / April 28, 2023

Axel Emanual Carlson was born on November 29, 1884 in Horda, Sweden. He lists himself as a farmer working on the family farm from 1906 to1908. He immigrated to the US between April and May of 1908 at the age of 24. From his application for employment with the Northern Pacific Railway we are able to trace his early years in the U.S.

Como History Tidbit: Backyard Marbles

Neighborhood News, Neighborhood Relations / February 22, 2023

You never know what you can find in a backyard! Jean McRoberts was doing yard work last June at her house on  Maywood Street and found a damaged marble that appeared to be very old. It was barely peeking out of the soil. It had chips, scratches, and was banded with shades of blue and white. Two weeks later, she dug up another marble while planting vegetables.

Como History Tidbit: 1909 Postcard

Neighborhood News, neighborhood relations / February 22, 2023

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Photo History Harvest during the Breakfast Blizzard event at North Dale. We enjoyed talking with folks about their history of the Como Neighborhood. Here is a post card that was shared with us by Marijo Schwiderski.

Know Your Como History: Kunze Farm Part II

Know Your Como, Neighborhood News, Neighborhood Relations / March 30, 2023

Grandfather Oscar and father Willis share memories of the Kunze farm in this second part of the Kunze farm story. Information is also from a newspaper clipping, interviews, and a personal account written by my father, Willis. In the newspaper on the occasion of Oscar’s 90th birthday (Pioneer Press, November 21,1968), he was interviewed at the Gibbs farm on Larpenteur and Cleveland where as a boy, his family visited the Gibbs family.

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