All right. All right. Let's get some historical facts to interrupt this
anti-St. Paul tirade.
St. Paul in 1850 was far ahead of Minneapolis in its development at the
time, and was the territorial capital. A bill wending it's way through the
territorial legislature would make St. Peter the capital, but House member
Joe Rollette tucked the bill into his pocket and disappeared long enough to
allow the bill to expire, and St. Paul remained the seat of state government
under territorial governor Alexander Ramsey (who was elected as the state's
second governor after Henry Sibley's inaugural tenure after statehood in
1858.)
St. Paul wanted very much to be the capital. Stillwater didn't have a
prayer, although it was a lumbering center and among the oldest, if not the
oldest city in the territory. It isn't central enough to have been the
capital, and that was one reason Joe Rollette single-handedly denied St.
Peter its designation.
Andy Driscoll
A Great Saint Paul fan of Minneapolis....but still a 5th generation St.
Paulite.
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> From: "dave dix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 19:09:39 -0500
> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Whats in a name - St Paul having the highest level of government
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> And now its got more people who SHOULD be in jail and more insane people
> than St. Peter, most housed in a place appropriately called the SOB (State
> Office Building). Now, it has it all! It should be honored by being the
> title name for the region. All Minneapolis has is 1.3 MM wannabee New
> Yorkers/Los Angelinos like every other corporate colony in the country. Its
> the smug vs the parochial. eh...so what IS in a name?
>
> Big smile! Big smile!
>
> Dave Dix
> Ward 6
> Phillips
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> From: "Carol Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 6:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Whats in a name - St Paul having the highest level of
> government
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>> Remember, St Paul got the state government because it lost to Stillwater,
>> who got the jail, and to St Peter, who got the mental hospital, both much
>> more lucrative prizes in the 1850's than being the state capital.
>>
>> Carol Becker
>> Longfellow
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