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Saint Paul, Minnesota

City with a population of 287,151 in 2000; second largest city in Minnesota. State capital and county seat of Ramsey County. Saint Paul and the nearby city of Minneapolis are considered the "Twin Cities" of Minnesota, the major metropolitan area of the state. The area was first settled by the Mdewakanton Dakota Native Americans who called the area I-mni-za ska dan, meaning "little white rock" after the nearby white sandstone cliffs. After the Louisiana Purchase, Zebulon Pike negotiated for this territory to be granted to the United States, and Fort Snelling was built here in 1819. The area was settled in the 1840s and known as Pig's Eye after Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, a local tavern owner. In 1841 the settlement was renamed Saint Paul, named for the favorite saint of a local Catholic priest who established a chapel here. In 1849 the Minnesota Territory was formed and Saint Paul was designated as the territorial capital. In 1858 when Minnesota became a state, Saint Paul became the state capital.

City website: www.stpaul.gov
History: mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/city.cfm?PlaceNameID=2911&BookC...

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul,_Minnesota

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Recent city comments:

Como Park Golf Course, wwleslie wrote 2 years ago:

Como Park Golf Course is entirely within the City of St. Paul. Falcon Heights is an adjacent community, but no part of the golf course is in Falcon Heights.
Black Bear Crossings On the Lake, wwleslie wrote 2 years ago:

Black Bear Crossings doesn't exist anymore. The restaurant at the Como Lakeside Pavilion is now called Dock and Paddle.
Como Lake Pavilion, wwleslie wrote 2 years ago:

On the map, this facility is named Como Lake Pavilion. It should read Como Lakeside Pavilion.
Bison exhibits, wwleslie wrote 2 years ago:

The name of this facility on the map says Como Park Zoo. It should read Como Park Zoo and Conservatory.
Weather Siren, PantherMac wrote 5 years ago:

I am not sure if this is a valid article, so it would be great if someone could explain it to me. This object does not move, but it is too small to have a well defined border so I wondered if it should actually be included. I know the locations of many of the weather sirens in the city and it might be interesting to add them, but I am not sure if it fits in with the rest of the objects on this map. I saw electricity pylon and other sort of similar objects in the categories menu, so I assumed it is in the same vein.