THE RE-ECHO NEWSLETTER

The Re-Echo is our quarterly publication that features stories about St. Louis Park history as well as announcements of programs and changes to our collection. The Re-Echo is mailed to members and posted on our website. The name Re-Echo is a nod to the St. Louis Park school newspaper the Echo, which many of our members were a part of and certainly read in years past.

Most of the older Re-Echo issues have a section on recently received donations and a “This and That” section containing brief notes on a variety of subjects. Please note that web pages referenced in old issues may not be the same today.

2024

Vol. 23, No. 4, Winter, Issue 90

Managing the Waters, Visible and Hidden; Measuring the Lands

Vol. 23, No. 3, Fall, Issue 89

Naming Skunk Hollow (In the Great Swamp)
Calvin Goodrich
Thomas Lowry
Thomas Barlow Walker
Calvin Goodrich Jr.
Spencer E. Davis
Anti-Labor
Joseph Hamilton
Hamilton, the Builder
William and Horatio Day, Peter Schussler, and the Ill-Fated Globe Mill
Skunk Hollow: From the Globe to Methodist
Skunk Hollow, Post-WWII – Creekside and Creosote Road
John and Christina Hinkle
Ernie and Lillian; Harold, Clayton and Winnie
Jerry and Sylvia
Village Look-Back

Vol. 23, No. 2, Summer, Issue 88

The Parks Most Senior Citizens (trees!)

Vol. 23, No. 1, Spring, Issue 87

The Cobble Crest Story
Cobble Crest, 1975 to Present
ReEcho Lookback, Winter 2017 issue

2023

Vol. 22, No. 4, Winter, Issue 86

Managing the Waters, Visible and Hidden; Measuring the Lands
Dispatch Lookback

Vol. 22, No. 3, Fall, Issue 85

In Memoriam
A Village in Gestation
Corporate Members
Dispatch Lookback

Vol. 22, No. 2, Summer, Issue 84

How Sweet it Was, sugar beet processing in SLP

Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring, Issue 83

Star of Bethlehem Home
Daystar Ministries
Cohousing in the Park
Dispatch Lookback

Vol. 21, No. 4 Winter, Issue 82

– Dispatch Founder
– Did You Know: Sugar Beets
– Dispatch Lookback

Vol. 21, No. 3 Fall, Issue 81

– Travels and Travails of Rose
– Cast out the Pest
– Dispatch Lookback

Vol. 21, No. 2 Summer, Issue 80

– Fighting Fires In The Park
– Dispatch Look-Back

Vol. 21, No. 1 Spring, Issue 79
– Groceries In The Park
– The History of Grocery Stores in St Louis Park

Vol. 20, No. 4 Winter, Issue 78
– Meadowbrook Manor ERA on Excelsior
– Religions Addendum
– Dispatch Lookback

Vol. 20, No. 3 Fall, Issue 77
– Religion in the Park
– Jewish Worship in the Park
– Dispatch Lookback

Vol. 20, No. 2 Summer, Issue 76
– Remembering 2021
– Remembering Rose-Mary
– Dispatch Lookback

Vol. 20, No. 1 Spring, Issue 75

– The Tootin Louie
– In Memoriam: Bob Jorvig
– Congratulations to the Echo

2020

Vol. 19, No. 4; Issue 74

– History of Healthcare in the Park
– The State of Health Care in the State
– Breath of Life – Reflection

Vol. 19, No. 3; Issue 73
– Encounter With The Park in 1956
– The Hunt For Bankrupt Banks
– Dispatch Look-Back – 1948 Echo editorial

Vol. 19, No. 2; Issue 72
– The League of Women Voters Celebrates 100 Years
– El Patio to Bunny’s, 100 years of hospitality
– Dispatch Look-Back – Cartoons of 1954

Vol. 19, No. 1; Issue 71

– The Peavey-Haglin Grain Elevator
– 1977 Explosion at Burdick Grain Elevator
– Dispatch Look-Back

2019

Vol. 18, No. 4; Issue 70
– Halsey Hall – A Park Legend
– Hanke Family Sketch
– Hamilton Legacy
– Dispatch Lookback

Vol. 18, No. 3; Issue 69
– Memories of Eliot School
– North Side And Eliot Schools, 1885-1977
– Eliot School PTA
– Another Park Growing-Up Story
– Dispatch Lookback

Vol. 18, No. 2; Issue 68
– The Creek and the Mill; The Lake and the Swamp
– Dispatch Look-Back
– Old Grist Mill

Vol. 18, No. 1; Issue 67
– Mara and Susan
– Dispatch Look-Back

2018

Vol. 17, No. 4; Issue 66
– An Interview with Phil Weber
– St. Louis Park, Wet and Dry
– Dispatch Look Back

Vol. 17, No. 3; Issue 65
– A Random Rumble Through 1954
– SLP Chapter of the American Red Cross
– Walker Building News

Vol. 17, No. 2; Issue 64
– Central and Civic Milestones This Spring
– Library Lane Lore
– Class of 1978 Reunion Plans

Vol. 17, No. 1; Issue 63
– Power Couples of St. Louis Park
– New to Our Collection – School Records
– President’s Letter

2017

Vol. 16, No. 4; Issue 62
– Our History And The Historic Milwaukee Road Depot
– New To Our Collection
– Meet Our Current Board Members

Vol. 16, No. 3; Issue 61
– St. Louis Park Ambassadors program
– A Recent Donation
– The Park’s First Athletic Club
– Methodist Hospital

Vol. 16, No. 2; Issue 60

– The Startling Story Of Sixty Story-Filled Years: McDonald’s in St. Louis Park
– Lisa Napoli’s Ray & Joan: A View From St. Louis Park
– Capital Campaign Kickoff A Success

Vol. 16, No. 1; Issue 59
– Skads Travel, Over 60 years in the Park
– A Newlywed Adventure, Learning About Risk
– A Goy, Gas Station and Holiday Gala Near the ‘Gaza Strip’

Vol. 13, No. 4; Issue 54
– A New Era – Meet Our New Board
– We Have Moved!
– I’ll Take Manhattan… Park

Vol. 13, No. 3; Issue 53
– Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Nomination Process For Board Seats
– Here and Now

Vol. 13, No. 2; Issue 52
– Notable Events From 1915
– Notable Events 1925-1935
– Notable Events 1955
– Over the Transom: Recent Learnings

Vol. 13, No. 1; Issue 51
– Knollwood: Old is New Again
– People We’d Like to Know Better
– Stories From the Class of ’43-Westling Blueprint Project
-More Family Businesses