History of Saint Paul

History of Saint Paul. . , [1.] We entered a strange wilderness, [2.] We camped among Indian Nations, [3.] We trapped the land’s abundance, [4.] We labored with the Earth, [5.] We bridged great distances, [6.] Now we remember the wilderness, [Chapel] In 1841, Father Lucien Galtier traveled to our city, which was little more than a landing called Pig’s Eye. He built a chapel here and called it Saint Paul. Thus our city was formed and named., “St. Paul is a wonderful city. , It is put together in solid blocks , of honest brick and stone and , has the air of intending to stay. , Mark Twain, , Life on the Mississippi (1883). , [Axe] , In October, 1841, eight men gathered here with their axes to build our city’s first chapel: Pierre and Charles Bottineau, two men named Pierre Gervais, Vital Guerin, Isaac and Joseph Labissonniere and Francois Morin., [Belfry and Bell] , After the bell from the sunken steamboat Argo was salvaged in 1847, the Honorable Henry M. Rice presented it to Father Augustine Ravoux, who had it placed here in a belfry beside the chapel., [Paddlewheel] , “The opening of navigation was hailed with delight and the first steamboat that touched the levee each spring was welcomed by almost the entire population.” , The Minnesota Democrat, 1 November 1854, [Terra Cotta panels along riverfront wall, in no particular order]