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St. Paul was "emphatically new and wild" when Alexander Ramsey arrived in 1849 to become the first governor of Minnesota Territory. Within a few years, he described it as "a city of thousands, in which commerce rears its spacious warehouses, religion its spired temples, a broad capitol its swelling dome, and luxury and comfort numerous ornamented and substantial abodes." Let's take a look at this new and wild city. |