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SAINT PAUL 



famous baths which lie about a mile south of 

 the village. It was Paracelsus, the noted phy- 

 sician, who late in the sixteenth century called 

 attention to these baths, and their fame 

 has steadily increased. In the winter 

 come the English, for it is not the water 



cure that attracts them, but the remarkable 

 facilities for skating and tobogganing which the 

 region affords, sports which cannot be indulged 

 in at home. At all seasons the views from 

 this elevated site are superb, and these 

 are added attractions to draw visitors. 



AINT PAUL, MINN., the capital of 

 the state and the- county seat of Ramsey 

 County, a foremost live-stock, manufacturing 

 and jobbing center, and the United States army 

 headquarters for the entire Northwest. It is 

 in the southern part of the state, 400 miles 

 northwest of Chicago, 152 miles southwest of 

 Duluth and 1329 miles east of Seattle. Ad- 

 joining the city on the west is Minneapolis, 

 the state metropolis, the two being popularly 

 known as the "Twin Cities." The Mississippi 

 River, flowing southward through the upper 

 part of Minneapolis and defining the southeast 

 boundary of that city and the southwest bound- 

 ary of Saint Paul, bends north and again south 

 in two great, easy curves, along which Saint 

 Paul is situated. Railroads entering the city 

 an tho Burlington Route, the Chicago Great 

 Western, the Chicago, Milwaukee & Saint 

 Paul, the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis & 

 Omaha, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, 

 the Great Northern, the Minneapolis & Saint 

 Louis, the Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Sault 

 Sainte Marie, the Northern Pacific and the 

 Chicago & North Western. The city is the 



of several electric lines and there is con- 

 siderable excursion traffic on tin nv.r. The 

 population was 214,744 in 1910; in 1916 it was 



.'52 (Federal estimate). 

 Situation and Parks. Saint Paul occupies an 

 area of more than fifty-two square miles, on a 



iuh rises eastward in terraces ev 

 286 feet above t ,f the river. Summit 



Avenue, 200 feet wide, running north and south 

 along the highest elevation, is the j>: 

 residence street, and it offers magm 

 of the river valley and surrounding country. 



On this avenue are the fine residence of the 

 late James J. Hill and the homes of other capi- 

 talists. About 1 ,500 acres of the city are parked. 

 Como Park, on the north side, which contains 

 a large lake, is a wooded tract of natural beauty 

 made still more lovely by landscape gardening. 

 Rice Park, a fine square in the business portion 

 of the city, is surrounded by some of the prin- 

 cipal public buildings. Phalen Park, on the 

 northeast, Fort Snelling, on the southwest (a 

 military reservation at the junction of the 

 Mississippi and Minnesota rivers), and Indian 

 Mounds Park, along the Mississippi at the east 

 end of the city, are all parts of the extensive 

 park system. On an island midstream in the 

 Mississippi, opposite the business section of the 

 city, is another fine park, with free public baths 

 and a zoological garden. Two large bridges 

 cross the river at this point. 



Public Buildings. The business section of 

 the city extends along the second curve of the 

 river. Here the dominating feature is the mag- 

 nificent state capitol, a building designed by the 

 architect Cass Gilbert. The exterior is beauti- 

 fied by sculptures executed by Daniel Chester 

 Fn-nch and Edward C. Potter, and the story of 

 the state's history has been told in mural paint- 

 ings by many artists, among whom are John 

 La Fargc, F.lum II. Blashfield, Kenyon Cox 

 and Howard Pylc. The structure is built of 

 \\lnir marble and native granite, and it cost 

 14400,000. 



r prominent public buildings are the 



roiiil! ill and courthouse, which, with 



the sections of parking about it, occupies an 



Mock; a fine city Auditorium, a $1,000,- 



000 public library, the Hill Reference Library, 



