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34 unusual facts about Saint Paul


834th Aviation Support Battalion

The 834th Aviation Support Battalion (ASB) is a US Army National Guard battalion headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

ACSM American Fitness Index

As of 2013, the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area holds the top ranking.

American Public Media Group

Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, American Public Media Group is ultimately a parent organization of—but distinct from—American Public Media, the distribution arm of Minnesota Public Radio that produces shows like On Being and Marketplace and distributes A Prairie Home Companion.

Anarchy Rulz

Anarchy Rulz 2000 took place on October 1, 2000 from the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Camp Page

John Upshur Dennis Page (February 8, 1904 – December 11, 1950) was an United States Army officer from Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Deluxe Corporation

The company was founded as Deluxe Check Printers in 1915 by W.R. Hotchkiss in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Deluxe is based in the St. Paul suburb of Shoreview, Minnesota and has 33 facilities in the U.S. and 3 locations in Canada to conduct its printing and fulfillment, call center, and administrative functions.

Fran McCaffery

McCaffery’s wife, Margaret, was a standout women’s basketball player from Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Frogtown

Shortly thereafter the Jackson Street Railroad Shops were built just northeast of Frogtown.

GE 57-ton gas-electric boxcab

After the Dan Patch Line went into bankruptcy, its sisters went to a California traction company while 100 was sold first to the Central Warehouse Company of Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1917, who converted it to a simple electric locomotive.

Gleann Nimhe – The Poison Glen

"The Turf Cutter" - composed by Paddy O'Brien (of Daingean, Co. Offaly, and Saint Paul, Minnesota, in honor of his late father Christy O'Brien);

Gunvald Aus

The Gusvald Aus Company completed the engineering work for a number of projects including Harkness Memorial Quadrangle at Yale University, the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul and the Library building at Northwestern University.

Harold Alden Wheeler

Wheeler was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to William Archibald Wheeler and Harriet Marie Alden Wheeler (a descendant of John and Priscilla Alden), graduated in 1925 from George Washington University with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and was awarded the Ruggles Prize for excellence in Mathematics.

Holy Haunted House

It includes the entire 2007 Halloween performance (Oct 31, 2007 at The O'Shaughnessy Theatre in St. Paul, MN) including their cover of Led Zeppelin's album Houses of the Holy.

Ice palace

The capital city of Minnesota, St. Paul, has played host to several ice palaces since 1886 as part of the city's Winter Carnival.

John Gorka

As of 2005, he was residing in the St. Croix Valley area near Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Legal issues in airsoft

In Saint Paul and Minneapolis, airsoft guns cannot be carried in public unless they either have an orange tip, or the airsoft guns are clear or brightly colored.

Minnesota State Highway 110

Minnesota State Highway 110 is a short connector highway in Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with State Highway 55 in Mendota Heights and continues east to its eastern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 494 in Inver Grove Heights, south of downtown Saint Paul.

Minnesota State Highway 149

Minnesota State Highway 149 is a highway in Minnesota that runs from its intersection with State Highway 3 in Inver Grove Heights to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 5 (W. 7th Street) in Saint Paul.

Minnesota State Highway 156

Minnesota State Highway 156 is a highway in Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate 494 in South St. Paul and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with U.S. Highway 52 (the Lafayette Freeway) near downtown Saint Paul.

Minnesota State Highway 47

Highway 47 was originally an extension of State Highway 56; which ran from southern Minnesota to Hampton; and then was concurrent with U.S. Highway 52 into downtown Saint Paul; then along University Avenue in both Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

At the southern terminus of Highway 47 in northeast Minneapolis, "University Avenue" further extends itself into Saint Paul (as Ramsey County Road 34), ending at Lafayette Road.

Minnesota State Highway 56

The route was then terminated to various locations in Saint Paul from 1963 to 1974.

Minnesota State Highway 95

This highway runs through mostly rural areas immediately north and east of the Twin Cities, although increasing development in the eastern suburbs of Saint Paul may bring increased traffic to the highway.

Nathaniel P. Langford

Nathaniel Pitt Langford (1832–1911) was an explorer, businessman, bureaucrat, vigilante and historian from Saint Paul, Minnesota who played an important role in the early years of the Montana gold fields, territorial government and the creation of Yellowstone National Park.

Orquesta Tipica

It was selected to open the Saint Paul, Minnesota Wild River Music Film Festival in September, 2006.

Peter Cushman Jones

In 1857 he decided to leave, and planned to go west to Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Powers Dry Goods

Among those stores, in 1960, was stand-alone department store in the Highland Park neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, which was converted to a Carson Pirie Scott store and ultimately razed in 1994.

Saint Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church

The congregation gained national attention in 2001 when it ordained Anita C. Hill (not to be confused with Anita Hill of the Clarence Thomas US Senate confirmation hearings).

Saint Paul's College, Virginia

Antwain Smith - former American professional basketball player.

Greg Toler - NFL cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts.

Schmidt Artist Lofts

The Schmidt Artist Lofts, located in the West 7th Neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, was originally built to brew beer for Schmidt Brewery.

Skelly Oil

Throughout much of its history, Skelly was a popular gasoline marketer throughout the Midwestern United States and was a market leader in several cities throughout its marketing area including Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka, Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis/Saint Paul and other cities.

Toni Stone

She moved on to play for the Girl’s Highlex Softball Club in Saint Paul, Minnesota.


Anti-War Committee

The Anti-War Committee was the first organization to apply for permits and announce plans to protest at the 2008 Republican National Convention, which was held in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Poznań

In 1821, Pope Pius VII raised the cathedral to the status of a Metropolitan Archcathedral and added the second patron - Saint Paul.

Brandon Darby

Darby infiltrated groups that organized protests at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota, giving the FBI information which led to the seizure of 34 homemade riot shields brought from Texas.

Charax Spasinu

Robert Eisenman contends that it was this city, and not the better-known Antioch in which Paul established his first church.

Christians for Biblical Equality

Beginning in 1989, CBE has presented international conferences—three-day events consisting of plenary sessions and workshops in such U.S. cities such as St. Paul, Minnesota, Winter Park, Colorado, Wheaton, Illinois, San Diego, California, Orlando, Florida, Dallas, Texas Portland, Oregon and Denver, Colorado, Toronto, Canada, and St. Louis, Missouri.

Dendura

They have also performed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, at the all-female fronted metal festival, Flight of the Valkyries and filmed a music video with award winning director, Mike Madigan, for a song that will be featured on their upcoming album.

Fitzgerald Theater

The Fitzgerald Theater is the oldest active theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the home of American Public Media's A Prairie Home Companion.

I.J. Berthe Hess

In 1967, the Hess family moved to London, England and opened the B.H. Corner Gallery, on Cathedral Place next to Paternoster Square and Saint Paul's Cathedral in the City of London.

KMOJ

With Rhythmic station KHTC changing to Adult Top 40 in 2012, KMOJ is the only urban-oriented station in the Twin Cities.

KOAT-TV

KOAT is also one of six ABC affiliates and one of three Hearst-owned ABC stations to have an hour-long 10 p.m. newscast, along with KITV in Honolulu and WISN in Milwaukee; as well as KRGV in Weslaco, Texas, KSTP in Saint Paul, Minnesota, KIFI in Idaho Falls, Idaho and WEAR in Pensacola, Florida.

Lee A. Piché

He attended Irondale High School in New Brighton, and the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.

Mary Louise Wright

Mary Louise Lyle Wright, née Premer (born 1923 in Saint Paul, Minnesota; died December 15, 2004) was an American figure skater and official.

Minnesota Wild

Mayor Norm Coleman began a campaign to either recruit the relocation of an existing franchise to St. Paul or the award of an expansion franchise to a Minnesota-based ownership group.

Murder of Dennis Jurgens

Dennis was adopted by the Jurgenses of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, a suburb of Saint Paul: Harold Jurgens, a former bandleader turned electrician, and Lois Jurgens, a homemaker.

Northern Lights Local Exchange Point

The Northern Lights Local Exchange Point (NLLXP) is a free Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the USA.

Our Lady of Lourdes College Mankon

The six houses are Immaculata, Rosary, Fatima, Bernadette, and the two high school houses Shanahan and Saint Paul for Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth students respectively.

Peter Seitz

Major InterDesign projects include: the identity programs and signage systems for the Minneapolis Parkways, the downtown St. Paul Skyways, the Minnesota State Capitol and the Minnesota Zoo.

Ridgedale Center

Ridgedale Center is a large, regional shopping mall in Minnetonka, Minnesota a western suburb of the Twin Cities.

Robert H. Bahmer

He earned his bachelor's degree from Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota, his master's from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Saint Paul Women's City Club

Paul Women's City Club is a 1931 Art Deco Streamline Moderne-style Mankato limestone clubhouse which provided a dining room, assembly rooms, dressing rooms, and bedrooms for members and guests of the club, in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Saints in Methodism

Some Methodist churches are named for historic heroes and heroines of the faith such as the Twelve Apostles (excluding Judas Iscariot), Timothy, Paul, John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene, Virgin Mary, and Joseph; such as the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew (New York City).

Selby Tigers

The band name that the Saint Paul neo-punk quartet the Selby Tigers adopted is an amalgam; a nod to their hometown turf on Selby Avenue, a high-school team mascot, and the aegis of a rebel army.

Waiting for the End

It was filmed by numerous fans in Jan 26, 2011 at the United Center in Chicago, and Jan 28 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

WHEC-TV

WHEC-TV is owned by Saint Paul, Minnesota-based Hubbard Broadcasting, and broadcasts from a studio/office facility on East Avenue in Downtown Rochester.

William Few

He was buried in the yard of the Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Landing but was reinterred at Saint Paul's Church, Augusta, Georgia.

William Nesbit

On March 15, 1950 he became the third member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's first-ever FBI ten most wanted fugitives list, and was arrested in a cave in Saint Paul, Minnesota, three days later.

Willis A. Gorman

During his time as Governor of Minnesota, he masterminded an unsuccessful plan to move the capital of the territory from St. Paul to St. Peter, where he owned land that would have been eminently suitable for use as the new capitol grounds.