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Minnesota as it was
by
Nikki Tundel, Minnesota Public Radio
May 6, 2008
St. Paul, Minn. —
St. Paul was already a bustling community when Minnesota became a state. Curent host Mary Lucia and reporter Nikki Tundel discuss what life was like in the 1850s frontier town.