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Saint Paul was incorporated as a city in 1854, and in 1858, Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd state of the union with Saint Paul becoming the capital. Natural geography played a role in the settlement and development of Saint Paul as a trade and transportation center. The Mississippi River valley in the area surrounding the city is defined by ...
The Minnesota Territory was created in 1849 with Saint Paul as the capital. The U.S. Army made the territory's first improved road, Point Douglas Fort Ripley Military Road, in 1850. It passed through what became Saint Paul neighborhoods. [33]
4 days ago · In 1849 St. Paul became the capital of the newly formed Minnesota Territory, and it was made the state capital when Minnesota was admitted to the Union in 1858. St. Paul, Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota, illustration by George H. Ellsbury from Alfred Theodore Andreas's An Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota , 1874.
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3 days ago · St. Paul's Wabasha Street Caves was home to the Castle Royal nightclub in the 1930s, and became an ideal cheesemaking facility in the 1940s. (File photo) Great success
For the full article, see St. Paul. St. Paul, City (pop., 2020: 311,527), capital of Minnesota, U.S. It is in the eastern part of the state, on the Mississippi River just east of Minneapolis, with which it forms the Twin Cities. In 1805 Zebulon Pike made an unofficial treaty there with the Dakota (Sioux) for possession of the region.
The Minnesota Territory was formalized in 1849 and Saint Paul was named the capital. An 1857 vote pushed for the capital to be moved south to Saint Peter. An early hero for the city, territorial legislator , stole the approved bill and went into hiding until bill passing season was over. Rolette’s act of rebellion prevented the change, and ...
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First Minnesota State Capitol, 1853–1872. Minnesota became a U.S. territory on March 3, 1849. After much debate, the new territorial government chose St. Paul as the permanent capital city. The first capitol building was completed in 1853 and served as the seat of Minnesota's territorial and early state government until it burned in 1881.
