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Anthony Falls, near what is today Northeast Minneapolis. They called that town St. Over the next few years, some St. Anthony residents jumped over to the west side of the Mississippi river and built a town they chose to call Minneapolis.

While St. Paul did exist in the s it was actually settled before both St. Anthony and Minneapolis, and by was declared the State Capitol of Minnesota it sat over 14 miles away.

Anthony, St. Paul remained the only nearby major city. Meanwhile, St. Paul continued to grow, too — it remained the state capitol and continued receiving profits from its major wholesaling and transportation businesses.

In the early s, the city even became a favorite hangout for gangsters, and St. Paul experienced a boom of dirty money from these prohibition-era bootleggers.

By that time, outside of Chicago, the area had become the largest urban metro in the Midwest. Thanks to this isolated growth for so long, the two cities developed their own individual characters. Today, St. Paul maintains an older, more historic feel than Minneapolis. Paul Cathedral completed in and State Capitol completed in Ask any St. A strong, diversified economy, excellent education system, and a high quality of life attract people to the region and keep them here.

Our region is home to 19 "Fortune " corporations, and boasts a highly educated workforce. Our average household income is among the highest in the nation, and our unemployment rate among the lowest.

Thriving arts, music and theatre communities, and several professional sports teams, help make our region a magnet for creative young professionals. Our renowned park system includes 52 parks, 8 special recreation features, and miles of interconnected trails. Popular with residents and visitors alike, regional parks boast more than 47 million visits a year — more than the Mall of America!

Clean air, abundant clean water, a growing transit system, housing options, and educational and career opportunities. It is because of these features too that St. Paul has managed to gain recognition as a trade and transport center. It is one of the most popular urban hubs known by foreigners. This city is home of the West Side, and is named so since it falls on the west of the Mississippi River. Paul extended its area to cover West Side in Now bustling with 3rd and 4th generation immigrants, St.

Paul also boasts of Hamline University established in Currently located in St. Paul, this university was initially opened in Red Wing, Minnesota. Thomas, established in and originally all-male, became a Liberal Arts College in Thinking about school?

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