Ramsey County History – Fall 1964: “Steamboats and Cable Cars—St. Paul’s Gaslight Era”

Steamboats and Cable Cars—St. Paul’s Gaslight Era
Author: George M. Brack

A detailed description of some aspects of the city in the second half of the nineteenth century: railroad service and depots, bridges and ferries, public transportation, street lighting, manufacturing, city growth, housing types.
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