St. Paul Past
Merriam Park
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With the idea of creating a new center of the Twin Cities, Merriam Park was born. The...
With the idea of creating a new center of the Twin Cities, Merriam Park was born. The drive was to build the new capital in Merriam Park. Eventually, they determined it didn't make sense to build it outside St. Paul.
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St. Paul Past is a local public television program presented by Minnesota PBS
St. Paul Past
Merriam Park
Clip: Special | 8m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
With the idea of creating a new center of the Twin Cities, Merriam Park was born. The drive was to build the new capital in Merriam Park. Eventually, they determined it didn't make sense to build it outside St. Paul.
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