St Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Where is St Paul, Minnesota, USA? St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, a retired fur trader-turned-bootlegger who particularly irritated officials, set up his tavern, the Pig's Eye, near present-day Lambert's Landing. By the early 1840s, the community had become important as a trading center and a destination for settlers heading west. Locals called the area Pig's Eye (French: L'Œil du Cochon) or Pig's Eye Landing after Parrant's popular tavern.
In 1841, Father Lucien Galtier was sent to minister to the Catholic French-Canadians and established a chapel, named for his favorite saint, Paul the Apostle, on the bluffs above Lambert's Landing. Galtier intended for the settlement to adopt the name Saint Paul in honor of the new chapel...
On May 11, 1858, Minnesota was admitted to the union as the thirty-second state, with Saint Paul as the capital.wikipedia
St Paul, Minnesota, USA
St. Paul, From Dayton's Bluff
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
St Paul, Minnesota, USA
$9.00 Fur Colarets
E. Albrecht & Son, St. Paul, Minn.
The Ladies' Home Journal
October 1898
St Paul, Minnesota, USA
Seventh Street, East from Wabasha
St. Paul, Minn.
St Paul, Minnesota, USA
St. Paul Levee and Union Depot
St Paul, Minnesota, USA
Dairy Building
Minnesota State Fair Grounds
St Paul, Minnesota, USA
Ruins of Fey Hotel, St. Paul, Minn.
Burned Night of Jan. 29, 09.
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1868 - ST. PAUL. Disastrous FireSt. Paul, Minn., April 21
Early this morning the McKibben Block, a four-story stone building,...Read MORE...
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...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...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...Read MORE...
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...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.,...Read MORE...
1906
Saint Panl, the capital of Minnesota and the scat of justice of Ramsey co., is situated on the...Read MORE...
Saint Panl, the capital of Minnesota and the scat of justice of Ramsey co., is situated on the...Read MORE...
1908 - FALLS OVER CLIFF AND TRAIN MANGLES HIMST. PAUL, May 8. - Robert, the 2 year old son of Jacob Sleckenstein, 275 Cliff street, rolled down...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...Read MORE...
1920 - February 1 - 1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn)historyorb.com
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...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Marie Rosanne ANGER
(11 May 1891, St Paul, Minnesota, USA - 16 December 1972, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Lambert FAIRCHILD
(31 August 1880, St Paul, Minnesota, USA - 25 April 1959, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam))
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Ancestors Who Died Here
Joseph ANGER
(27 January 1855, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada - 14 December 1894, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)
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Margaret BREAULT
(15 July 1835, Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada - 16 January 1915, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)
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Catherine CHEVALIER
(4 May 1794, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) - 26 June 1850, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)
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George CULVER
(1819, - 13 March 1879, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)
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Paul GADBOIS
(17 September 1854, Sorel, Québec, Canada - 2 January 1934, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)
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Gladys June KING
(16 June 1918, , Wisconsin, USA - 14 February 2016, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)
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Gower MCKAY
(1811, , Scotland (United Kingdom) - 12 March 1879, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)
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Hiram ROGERS
(1806, - 25 May 1879, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)
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Catharine Miranda SMITH
(7 October 1828, Claremont, New Hampshire, USA - 20 July 1907, St Paul, Minnesota, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Frank Louis BAKER (December 1881 - 2 February 1933) &
Esther Violet PETERSON (abt. 1894 - )
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