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History of St Paul, Minnesota, USA

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Visit St Paul, Minnesota, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1854 - St. Paul
  St. Paul, a flourishing city, port of entry, capital of Minnesota Territory, and seat of justice of Ramsey county, on the left bank of the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1868 - ST. PAUL. Disastrous Fire
  St. Paul, Minn., April 21
  
  Early this morning the McKibben Block, a four-story stone building, together with Mrs. Johnson's brick boarding-house...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  St. Paul, From Dayton's Bluff
  Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
  New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
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•  1881 - A Disastrous Fire - The Minnesota State House Burned.
  St. Paul, Minn., March 1. - Members of the legislature were "fired out" literally to-night in a summary manner. At 9 o'clock while both houses were...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1884 - FIRE AT ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.
  St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 26. - A most disastrous fire has occurred here. The building destroyed was a large four-story warehouse at the corner of Pine...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1887 - First ski tournament in Midwest held in Saint Paul
  
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• 1888 - During the winter of 1888, residents of St. Paul built an ice palace at the winter festival. Before melting, it was considered one of the largest buildings in the world, measuring 14 stories high and covering an acre of land.
  
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•  1889 - AN OPERA HOUSE BURNED. ST. PAUL LOSES ITS CHIEF PLACE OF AMUSEMENT - LOSS $200,000.
  St. Paul, Jan. 21. - At 7 o'clock this morning fire broke out in the coat room of the Grand Opera House. The place caught fire during the absence of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Saint Paul
  Saint Paul, a city and port of entry, the capital of Minnesota, and the seat of justice for Ramsey co., is situated on the Mississippi River, about...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  $9.00 Fur Colarets
  E. Albrecht & Son, St. Paul, Minn.
  
  The Ladies' Home Journal
  October 1898
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  Seventh Street, East from Wabasha
  St. Paul, Minn.
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  St. Paul Levee and Union Depot
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  Dairy Building
  Minnesota State Fair Grounds
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•  1904 - SIXTEEN PEOPLE KILLED - The Tornado at Twin Cities Wrought Devastation.
  It Cut a Pathway Eight Miles Long Through the Business District - Hundreds of Fine Shade Trees Ruined.
  
  St. Paul, Minn., August 22. - The tornado...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1905 - FELL FROM A "FERRIS" WHEEL. WOMAN INSTANTLY KILLED AND HUSBAND SOON DIED IN ST. PAUL.
  St. Paul, Minn. - In the presence of thousands of visitors at the state fair at St. Paul, Minn., Thursday. MR. and MRS. SEVENTHAL, of Eau Claire,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1906
  Saint Panl, the capital of Minnesota and the scat of justice of Ramsey co., is situated on the Mississippi River, about 2150 miles above its mouth,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1908 - FALLS OVER CLIFF AND TRAIN MANGLES HIM
  ST. PAUL, May 8. - Robert, the 2 year old son of Jacob Sleckenstein, 275 Cliff street, rolled down a 30-foot embankment near his home at 6 o'clock...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1909 - ST. PAUL SAVED AFTER BATTLE WITH FLAMES. $600,000 IN BUILDINGS LEFT IN ASHES IN HEART OF THE BUSINESS SECTION. RIVAL, MINNEAPOLIS, SENDS A HOSE CART. ENTIRE FIRE FIGHTING STRENGTH USED TO PREVENT RUIN OF MINNESOTA TOWN.
  St. Paul, Jan. 29. - Fire started in a department store on Seventh street this evening and for a while threatened to devastate a large part of the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Ruins of Fey Hotel, St. Paul, Minn.
  Burned Night of Jan. 29, 09.
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•  1920 - February 1 - 1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn)
  
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  February 1, 1920
  
  
•  1958 - GIANT PLANE SPLIT IN SKY, A.F. SAYS.
  By Associated Press.
  South St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 17 - The giant bomber plane which crashed in flames near here had broken apart in the air, an Air...Read MORE...