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  1. Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River , Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center of Minnesota's government.

  2. 圣保罗 (英語: Saint Paul, Minnesota )是 美国 明尼蘇達州 州府、第二大城市,是明尼苏达州面积最小、人口最密集的 拉姆西縣 首府。 [4] 根據 美國2000年人口普查 ,人口為287,151 人,2005年人口下降至275,150 人。 面積145.5 平方公里。 西、南隔 密西西比河 與 明尼阿波利斯 相望,組成著名的 雙城 (Twin Cities),是美国第16大都会区 明尼阿波利斯-圣保罗都会区 的核心,拥有约352万居民。 [5] 历史. 现在印第安丘陵公园的埋葬地区表明,这个地区最初是由两千年前的 霍普韦尔 美洲原住民所居住的。

    • Geological History
    • First People
    • European-American Settlement
    • Early Boom Years, 1849–1860
    • Full Steam Growth
    • The State Capitol
    • Commerce and Industry
    • Higher Education
    • Religion
    • West Side

    During Upper Cambrian and Ordovician time, from approximately 505 to 438 million years ago, shallow tropical seas covered much of then-equatorial southeastern Minnesota. During this time, the sedimentary rocks that constitute the bedrock of St. Paul were deposited. The most visible of these are the 156-foot (48 m) to 166-foot (51 m) thick layer of ...

    As many as 37 burial mounds were constructed by the Hopewell culture, one of several Native American Mound builders approximately 2000 years ago at present-day Indian Mounds Park. The dead were buried with artifacts, indicating a religious tradition. The mounds built by the Hopewell culture were built in a distinctive fashion, burying the deceased'...

    England claimed the land east of the Mississippi and France, then Spain, and again France claimed the land west of the river as further territory of New France. In 1787 land on the east side of the river became part of the Northwest Territory. Between the 1780s and 1800s, Spanish traders from St. Louis traded through the region, including Manuel Li...

    In the decade following its designation as the territorial capital, Saint Paul grew exponentially from 900 in 1849 to 10,000 in 1860.William Williams described this boom town during a visit on June 14, 1849: Minnesota's first newspaper, the Minnesota Pioneer, the forerunner of today's St. Paul Pioneer Press, was established by James M. Goodhue in 1...

    As Saint Paul grew, and its close neighbors, Saint Anthony and Minneapolis grew with even greater precipitancy, the docks at "Lower Landing" and "Upper Landing" bustled with activity. The state's population reached 200,000 by 1860, and most of those had arrived by riverboat, disembarking in Saint Paul. Farms were staked out in the vast countryside,...

    Much of Saint Paul's vibrancy can be attributed to its status as the seat of state government. Capitol buildings were built in 1854 and 1882. But by the turn of the century, the third state capitol was under construction. The building was designed by Cass Gilbert and modeled after Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome—the unsupported marble dome is the se...

    As Minneapolis boomed as a milling city, Saint Paul flourished in financing and commerce. Brewers Anthony Yoerg and Theodore Hamm arrived with their German recipes for beer and found a thirsty population here. Bohn Manufacturing Company, a cabinet-maker, rode the wave as households replaced their ice boxes with refrigerators, becoming Seeger Refrig...

    Higher education has played a prominent part in the city's history. Hamline University (1854) Hamline was founded and named after Methodist Bishop Leonidas Lent Hamline, who provided USD $25,000 of his own money to launch the school. The university opened in Red Wing, Minnesota, with the premise that the school would eventually move to Saint Paul. ...

    As the population of the city grew churches for Christian worship were erected. Most prominently on the city's skyline is the Cathedral of Saint Paul; its construction was instigated by Archbishop John Ireland in 1904. At Ireland's direction, the archdiocese commissioned well-known French Beaux-Arts architect Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, who was also ...

    Thus named because it is the area within the city limits that is on the west side of the Mississippi River, the West Side neighborhood is essentially south of downtown. Until the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux, the West Side belonged to the Dakota people, and hence unavailable for settlement. After the 1851 treaty, it was available, but due to freque...

  3. MinneapolisSaint Paul is a metropolitan area in the Upper Midwestern United States centered around the confluence of the Mississippi, Minnesota and St. Croix rivers in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is commonly known as the Twin Cities after the area's two largest cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul .

  4. Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. St. Paul and Minneapolis are known as the Twin Cities. Well-known people from Saint Paul F. Scott Fitzgerald, author Darnella Frazier, civil rights activist References

  5. The Cathedral of Saint Paul is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is the co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis , along with the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis .

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