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Ruth Nomura and family

Ruth Nomura and family in Portland, Oregon. Left to right: Howard (sitting), Paul (standing), Ruth, mother Kiyo (standing), Elsie, and father Frank Jiro, 1919. Photo from the private collection of Judy Nomura Murakami. Used with the permission of Judy Nomura Murakami.

Ruth Nomura

Ruth Nomura, graduate of Oregon State University, 1930. Photo from the private collection of Judy Nomura Murakami; used with the permission of Judy Nomura Murakami.

Tanbara, Ruth Nomura (1907–2008)

In August of 1942, Ruth Tanbara and her husband, Earl, were the first Japanese Americans to resettle in St. Paul as a result of President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066. They assisted the St. Paul Resettlement Committee during World War II and remained in the city after the war’s end, becoming life-long community leaders in St. Paul.

Evacuation of Georgetown, 1862

The evacuation of Georgetown took place during the US–Dakota War of 1862 when the town’s residents fled to safety on August 22—five days after the war’s start. Only the families of Randolph M. Probstfield and E. R. Hutchinson chose to return afterwards.

MN90: World War SPAM

Radio story produced by AMPERS about the production and use of SPAM during World War II. Part of the series MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds.

Dr. Sidney Lewis Gulick

Dr. Sidney Lewis Gulick, 1991. Photograph by Bain News Service; public domain.

Moorhead Patrolman Peter Poull

Moorhead Patrolman Peter Poull, undated. Poull's murder at the hands of Thomas Brown led to Brown's execution—the only documented hanging in Clay County—in 1889. From the A. J. Olaughlin Collection, Clay County Archives (Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead).

Thomas Brown

Photograph of Thomas Brown taken shortly before his execution, ca. 1889. From the A. J. Olaughlin Collection, Clay County Archives (Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead).

Major General John Newton

Major General John Newton, officer of the Federal Army and namesake of the em>General John Newton sternwheeler towboat.

St. Paul Resettlement Committee

The St. Paul Resettlement Committee formed in October of 1942 to assist with the relocation of Japanese Americans from the concentration camps established by the US government in March of 1942. It was one of thirty-five such committees that operated across the country during World War II.

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