Van Buren School
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It is rare that nationally prominent judges were from the same town, but the fact that three important members of the judiciary not only lived in Saint Paul, but were from the same neighborhood is rare indeed. They all went to Van Buren School - today's Dayton's Bluff Elementary - at the same time and two of them were in the same scout troop.
Date: Approximately 1905
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: Harry Blackmun
Harry Blackmun
Harry Blackmun (1908-1999) and his family lived at 847 East Fourth Street after they moved to St. Paul from southern Illinois in 1910. His father was a businessman who owned nearby groceries at 198 Bates and 376 Maria. Harry attended Van Buren…