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Editor's note: The following story contains a derogatory term. Augustine “Augie” Garcia was born in St. Paul's west side in 1946. He lived in the West Side Flats until his family moved in 1959. By the time the neighborhood was torn down, Mexican immigrants had become one of the largest groups living in the West Side Flats. Despite the years, the memories of the West Side Flats as a vibrant and multiethnic community remain. Garcia is one of several gentlemen who regularly meet on Tuesday mornings at the Sunlight Restaurant in South St. Paul to talk and reminisce. The men are now in their 70s, 80s and 90s, but to look at them, you would be hard-pressed to guess their real ages.  Growing up in the West Side Flats, they knew of each other and decades later they would come together through mutual acquaintances. “The West Side Flats was a melting pot as far as I was concerned,” Garcia said. The West Side Flats was also home to other immigrants. Russian Jews began settling there in the 1880s. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Aerial view of the Flats, 1953, showing Robert, Wabasha, and railroad bridges and American Hoist and Derrick facilities. He also was quick to point out that he isn't that Augie Garcia. Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society Musician Augie Garcia plays his guitar in 1954. The other Augie Garcia, who was also from the West Side Flats, is the man who came to be known as the godfather of Minnesota rock-and-roll. Augie Garcia died in 1999. But he is perhaps best-remembered for nearly upstaging Elvis Presley. In 1956, Elvis performed at the St. Paul Auditorium and the Augie Garcia Quintet was the opening act. News reports recount that Garcia whipped the crowd into such a frenzy that Elvis' manager had him pulled off the stage. Despite the passing years, Nick Arenas, who is in his 90s, still recalls the address where he grew up and the spot of the nearby businesses. “I lived at 167 Fairfield, I moved three times in the same block. On the corner of Fairfield and Eva was the New Ray Theater. And kitty corner to that was Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Across the street from the theater was the Coronado Café,” Arenas said. Arenas still has fond memories of the Neighborhood House. It was founded in 1897 by women from the Mount Zion Temple. It initially opened to help Russian Jewish immigrants. Later it would be a place of assistance for all immigrants. The West Side Flats was its home for its first 65 years. “They had a woodshop downstairs in the basement of the Neighborhood House. I built my first pair of skis there,” Arenas said. Garcia said his family lived on State Street before leaving the Flats in 1959. His grandfather lived on Robertson until leaving a couple years later. “But there was only two houses on the block — my grandfather's house and the people who lived across the street,” Garcia said. Gallery Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Our Lady of Guadalupe Church stood at 186 East Fairfield. Photo taken 1951. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society St. Paul Hebrew Institute on Kentucky Street, 1921. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Lafayette School was on the corner of Kentucky and Fenton. It was the only public school in the Flats in 1921. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Students at Casa Coronado Restaurant, 154 East Fairfield, 1947. He also recalled going to Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe on Sundays; and then stopping at the Jewish bakery. They'd buy horns and bagels and then go to his grandfather's to eat. “That's where I also learned how to eat rye bread and pumpernickel. But I did like bagels. And I was having bagels at a young age where most of the time people my age didn't know what a bagel was,” Garcia said. Frank Cruz, who is in his late 80s, also grew up and lived in the West Side Flats until they were forced to move. Cruz acknowledges some of the not-so-good memories. He doesn't shy away from talking about the discrimination Mexicans faced. Cruz recalled being 5, 6, 7 years old and how he and his siblings would head across the Robert Street bridge with a wagon in tow. They'd go to the warehouses to collect scrap metal. He said that on their way back down, people from the upper part of town would call them names. “They'd always be criticizing us to go back to Mexico, ‘wetbacks,' this and that, always had different name calling. But like you say, sticks and stones will break your bones, but words aren't going to hurt. But they do stick to your head,” Cruz said. The West Side Flats was not the only place where Mexican immigrants and other newcomers settled. Swede Hollow — as its name implies — was settled by Swedish immigrants in the 1850s. Both Swede Hollow and the West Side Flats welcomed immigrant newcomers during the same time period. Lena Norrman, a senior lecturer in Swedish at the University of Minnesota, has studied Swede Hollow. She said not much is written about Swede Hollow because people were working hard to simply survive. And they didn't have time to write down their memories, Norrman said. “It was difficult to find work at the time, especially for the first generation not knowing any English and trying to get into the labor market. So these are not the people who would write down the history,” she said. Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society Swede Hollow, as it appeared about a century ago. The homes that made up Swede Hollow were shacks. There were no sewage lines. Outhouses were built over the creek. The early immigrants who settled in Swede Hollow had one goal, said Norrman. “The game was to move up to come to the street level. Because if you made it to the street level, then you could disappear into Minneapolis. So, if you started at the very bottom of the creek, that was the worst place ever to live,” Norrman said. In its nearly 100 years welcoming immigrants, Swede Hollow never had a sewer system. Citing unsanitary conditions, the city of St. Paul ordered the settlement to be burned down in 1956. Burning Swede Hollow Why an immigrant community deliberately went up in flames Courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society The burning of Swede Hollow in St. Paul, as photographed by the St. Paul Dispatch & Pioneer Press. Back across the river, residents of the West Side Flats would also face displacement. The community was built in a low-lying area that was prone to flooding. The city of St. Paul would eventually use this as a reason to demolish the neighborhood. A devastating flood hit the area in 1952. In 1956, the city announced it would build Riverview Industrial Park.  By 1962 the last families had left the West Side Flats. And to protect that industrial park, the city built a flood wall. Cruz has bitter memories about how much — or rather how little — the city paid families for their homes.  “They cheated you. The most people were getting was $6,000, 7,000 for their home,” Cruz said. Cruz said his brother fought that low-ball price. He recalled how his brother would see houses like his. He'd knock on the door and ask the homeowner the house's value. He'd also take a photo. His brother eventually went to court, Cruz said.  “The judge looks at him. He said, ‘How much do you want to give you?' $6,000. And the judge looked at him he says no, you give him $13,000,” Cruz said. There was a reason it wasn't higher, he said. “And the only reason he didn't go more because the city was already saying the reason they're chasing us out of here,” Cruz said. “It's because we live in wetland. It was all wet and all of a sudden 100 years later it's wetland.” Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society Tennessee Street in West Side Flats seen during a flood in 1952. What should we cover next? Pass the Mic Vicki Adame covers Minnesota's Latino communities for MPR News via Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues and communities.

Wednesday - 8/11/21 - Ghostly Phantom's Feast, Bringing History Alive, What the Hell is That?On tonight's show we'll talk about the Ghostly Phantom's Feast in Shakopee, Minnesota. Rocci and Ron will be traveling there in October. We'll also introduce you to Freddy Yarusso, owner of Yarusso Brothers Italian Restaurant and bring the ghosts back from the past… including the Legends of Swede Hollow.We've also got a fantastic video for our “What the Hell is That?” segment.Join us on this episode of Abnormal Realities with Ron Phillips and Rocci Stucci#Paranormal #SwedeHollow #PhantomsFeast #WhatTheHellIsThat #UAP #UFO #SpiritBox #GhostVoices #AbnormalRealities #RonPhillips #RocciStucci #Mojo50 #OpsLens #Bigfoot #Conspiracy #ConspiracyTheories

Den verkliga historien om amerikafararen Knut Oscar Brundin ligger till grund för "Översten" som ges ut i dagarna och författaren Ola Larsmo gästar dagens P1 Kultur. Romanen "Översten" handlar om hur en svensk man på 1800-talet blev en del av kampen mot slaveriet i USA. Knut Oscar Brundin - som blev Knut Oscar Broady - mötte gud i baptiströrelsen i New York och stred sedan på de amerikanska nordstaternas sida i inbördeskriget. Detta emigrant-öde stötte Ola Larsmo på när han höll på med boken "Swede Hollow" och i dagens program medverkar han i ett samtal om den nya romanen. UPPTÄCKSRESA TILL JORDENS INRE Robert Macfarlanes "Underland" är ett slags natur- och reseskildring där han försöker ta sig inåt, bortom jordens yta, och skådar ner i slukhål, besöker katakomber och funderar över vad mänskligheten lämnar i jordens djup. Kulturredaktionens Mattias Berg har läst och kommer till studion. ACCELERATOR-UTSTÄLLNING ÖPPNAR FÖR BESÖKARE I januari "Ympa orden, piska min tunga" öppnade en utställning av Johanna Gustafsson Fürst på konsthallen Accelerator på Stockholms Universitet. Den andra, omgestaltade delen av utställningen skulle öppna i mars, men pandemin satte stopp. Nu öppnar den igen och Cecilia Blomberg har träffat konstnären för ett samtal. MÅNDAGENS OBS-ESSÄ Det är med hästar som med människor vi är känslodrivna, nyckfulla och inkonsekventa på gott och ont. Men varför försöker vi då så ofta förneka de sidorna i våra relationer med både djur och människor? Det frågar sig författaren Aase Berg i dagens essä från OBS. Programledare: Gunnar Bolin Producent: Maria Götselius

Hur kom idén till Swede Hollow till? Hur kom familjen Klars röster fram och vem är egentligen Ola Värmlänning? Joseph Knevel samtalar med Ola Larsmo om Swede Hollow.

Marie Richardson är en folkkär och mycket hårt arbetande skådespelare, känd för många både för sina roller på Dramaten, hos Ingmar Bergman och på film och i tv senast i SVT:s serie Innan vi dör. Marie Richardson är född 1959 i Ljusdal. Hon är utbildad först på Skara skolscen, sedan på Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm eller Scenskolan, som den hette då - 1982-85. Hon kom sedan direkt till Dramaten och där har hon blivit kvar, även om hon också har också jobbat på Stockholms Stadsteater och även gjort lite privatteater; tex Dirty Dancing på China och Macbeth med Mikael Persbrandt på Maximteatern. Hon har spelat allt: klassiker både antika dramer och Shakespeare, Tjechov, Molière, men också Strindberg, Ibsen, Arthur Miller. Hon har jobbat med regissörer som Bergman, Peter Oskarson, Tommy Berggren, Mattias Andersson och nu senast med Alexander Mörck Eidem i både Swede Hollow och Häxorna på Dramaten. Hon har gjort massor med film och tv det handlar om över 50 produktioner och många har sett henne i Skärgårdsdoktorn eller filmerna med Johan Falk, men också i Bergmans Den goda viljan och Larmar och gör sig till eller nu senast i tv-serien Innan vi dör på SVT. Och hon hade en mycket omtalad roll i Stanley Kubricks film Eyes wide shut 1999. Hon har fått en Amanda i Norge deras finaste filmpris - för Telegrafisten och Silverbjörnen i Berlin för Björn Runges Om jag vänder mig om.

Ett samtal efter föreställning av Swede Hollow på Elverket, 9 nov. I samtalet medverkar Ola Larsmo (författare), Dag Blanck (professor i nordamerikastudier vid Uppsala universitet), Alexander Mørk-Eidem (regissör), Dr. William Beyer (historiker) samt Bruce Karstadt från American Swedish Institute (ASI), Minneapolis. Samtalsledare Jacob Hirdwall, dramaturg.

Den hyllade boken om livets baksidor för svenska amerikautvandrare sätts nu upp som pjäs på Dramaten. Bokens författare Ola Larsmo är gäst i studion. Vi intervjuar också Miljöpartiets Amanda Lind i vår serie med riksdagspartiernas valgeneraler. På söndag är det fars dag och vi frågar oss varför far fortfarande får leva flera år kortare än mor. Enligt statistiska prognoser kommer män inte ens om fyrtio år att leva lika länge som kvinnor, även om skillnaderna sakta jämnas ut. Programledare: Thomas Nordegren Producent: Helena Huhta

Hur skapas svenskheten i berättelser om de som lämnat Sverige? Utifrån Ola Larsmos bok Swede Hollow och Anna Gavanas Pensionärsplaneten diskuteras kulturell identitet för de som lämnat Sverige och migrerat till ett annat land. Vad har vi för bild av pensionärerna som flyttar till Spanien och hur definierar de själva sin svenskhet? Vad händer när berättelserna om de svenskar som lämnat inte stämmer överens med den bilden vi har av dem? Hur formar vi gemenskap bilden av kulturell identitet i berättelser om migration och anpassning till andra länders kulturer?

Vi känner alla till Vilhelm Mobergs utvandrarserie, som har givit oss bilden av den svenske utvandraren till Nordamerika på 1800-talet. Men det finns kompletterande beskrivningar! Ola Larsmos "Swede Hollow och Bodil Stefanssons "En man som hetade Glader" är två böcker som nyligen har utkommit och som ger intressanta kontraster. Lyssna bland annat på intervjun med Bodil Stefansson!

The book Saint Paul Almanac was created in 2005 to bring together the diverse community of Saint Paul, Minnesota through literary arts. In 2017, the Saint Paul Almanac released their 11th volume, On A Collected Path. On A Collected Path is a collection of stories and artwork and is celebrated by being read at various venues throughout Saint Paul. On Sunday, April 23rd, the bookstore Subtext Books, hosted the readings and authors. Nell Morningstar Ubbelohde reads Walking Through Swede Hollow on The Feast of Saint Brighid on p. 198 at Subtext Books

Regissören Alexander Mørk-Eidem, Dramaten, intervjuas av Anneli Dufva. Alexander Mørk-Eidem är regissör, men han har också stått för många dramatiseringar.  Han är född 1971 i Oslo och studerade bland annat medievetenskap, juridik och historia på universitetet innan han utbildade sig till regissör på Statens Teaterhögskole i Oslo, där han tog examen 1998. Han har jobbat på Nationaltheatret i Oslo, på Det Kongelige i Köpenhamn och under 12 -13 år på Stockholms Stadsteater där han gjort klassiker och stora succéer som Djungelboken, En midsommarnattsdröm, Hedda Gabler, Tre systrar, De tre musketörerna, Paraplyerna i Cherbourg och En Folkefiende. Han har fått norska Hedda-priset och både Thaliapriset och Expressens kulturpris för sitt arbete. Och numera är han anställd på Dramaten där han senast satte upp Tjechovs inte så ofta spelade Ivanov och där han nästa spelår kommer att både dramatisera och regissera Swede Hollow, baserad på Ola Larsmos bok. Alexander Mørk-Eidems val ur arkivet blev en sketch från humorserien Mammas nya kille i P3 med gruppen Klungan.

Ola berättar om Swede Hollow, en svensk slum i emigranternas USA kring sekelskiftet 1900. Om hur svenskar inte ansågs vara vita människor, utan sågs som ett stinkande och rasbiologiskt underlägset patrask. Men hur går det till när en utsatt minoritet blir "vit"? Henrik och Ola diskuterar detta och mycket annat. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Edward Phelan was one of St. Paul's very first settlers. Was he also a murderer? In September 1839 the body of Phelan's cabin-mate, John Hays, was found floating in the Mississippi River. He had been beaten to death. Phelan was charged with the crime, but not convicted. Now, 170 years later, St. Paul author Gary Brueggemann believes he has solved the case. He tells the tale in his new book, Minnesota's Oldest Murder Mystery. We met with Gary Brueggemann at Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul.   Swede Hollow is a ravine on St. Paul's east side, and for a hundred years -- 1850s to 1950s -- a receptor neighborhood for recent immigrants. Swedes first, then Italians, then Mexican-Americans. St. Paul historian Steve Trimble edited the Swede Hollow memoirs of Michael Sanchelli for the Spring 2014 issue of Ramsey County History magazine. Steve Trimble joined us to talk about life in old Swede Hollow.