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1887-09-30 - Historic Twin Cities
On this date in 1887, three months after the St. Paul Union Stock Yards was founded by Alpheus Stickney, the first trainload of cattle arrives in South St. Paul from Montana. For the next 120 years, the South St. Paul stockyards would go on to become the economic foundation of the city. Developed on 260 […]