St Paul, Minnesota, USA
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, just below Minneapolis (the wide-spreading suburbs of the two cities being contig uous), and 350 miles (direct) NW. of Chicago. It is on the Chicago and Northwestern, the Great Northern, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and a number of other railroads, and is situated at an elevation of 670-830 feet above the sea. Lat. 44° 52' N. ; Lon. 93° 5' W. It is the second oity of the state in population and is the head of navigation for large steamboats. It stands on a series of terraces, rising above both banks of the river, which is here crossed by a number of wagon and railway bridges. The city is substantially built, with prominent and imposing publio edifices, and was one of the first cities to construct massive and lofty office-buildings of the modern style of architecture. Among the more notable public buildings are the new state capitol, the city-hall (erected at a cost of $1,000,000), post-office, Roman Catholic cathedral, and national guard armory. Among educational institutions are the agricultural college of the state university (at St. Anthony Park), Hainline University (Methodist, with about 500 students), Macalestu College Presbyterian) Concordia College, St. Paul's College, St. Paul's Seminary, the State Historical Library, and an academy of natural sciences. The most beautiful of the residence streets is Summit Avenue. St. Paul has an active wholesale distributing trade and important manufactures, the leading manufactured articles being boots and shoes, clothing, furs, farming implements, and malted liquors. The city has also large railroad repair-shops, foundries, and general machine-shops. The value of the manufactured product in 1900 was upward of $38,000,000. The average duration of the season of navigation is about 7 months. St. Paul was settled in 1838 and was chartered as a city in 1854. Pop. in 1860, 10,401; in 1870, 20,030; in 1875, 36,363 ; in 1880, 41,473 ; in 1890, 133,156 ; in 1900, 163.065.

Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906

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