Bill Lindeke

St. Paul (eBook, ePUB)

An Urban Biography

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How did the city of St. Paul come to be where and what it is, and what does that show us about the city today? In eight place-based chapters, Bill Lindeke provides intriguing insights and helpful answers. He tells the stories of the Dakota village forced to move across the Mississippi by a treaty-and why whiskey sellers took over the site; the new community's close ties to Fort Snelling and Winnipeg; the steamboats and railroads that created a booming city; the German immigrants who outnumbered the Irish but kept a low profile when the US went to war; the laborers who built the domes over the state capitol and the Cathedral of St. Paul; the gangsters and bootleggers who found refuge in the city; the strong neighborhoods, shaped by streets built on footpaths and wagon roads-until freeway construction changed so much; and the Hmong, Mexican, East African, and Karen immigrants who continue to build the city's strong traditions of small businesses. This thoughtful investigation of place helps readers to understand the city's hidden stories, surrounding its residents in plain sight.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781681342016
• Artikelnr.: 61969530

Autorenporträt

Bill Lindeke is an urban geographer who writes about sidewalks and cities. He is the author of Minneapolis-Saint Paul: Then and Now and the co-author of Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities.