Viewing "Dedication of the Ramsey County Court House." (1889)."Dedication of the Ramsey County Court House." (1889).On May 6, 1889, Ramsey County's "new" courthouse was dedicated in ceremonies that ran from mid-morning until midnight. It began with a farewell speech by Judge James Egan at the old courthouse, in use for over thirty years, followed by a symbolic march of the bench and bar to the "new" building where they were greeted Judge Wescott Wilkin and subjected to reminiscences by elder lawyers such as Charles Flandrau, and concluded with an elaborate banquet at the Ryan Hotel where there was still more speechifying.
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