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Focuses on the past 150 years and the latest account of how Minnesota's capital came to be the thriving city that it is today. The book explores the founding, development and growth of Saint Paul and highlights the entrepreneurial spirit that brought the city to prominence on the global scale. With many colorful illustrations and photographis, takes the reader from Saint Paul's earliest days as a raw settlement on the edge of the frontier to the city's emergence as a commercial and cultural center.