Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 2004/05

From: Allen Levin <alevin@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Premiere of Among Friends
Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 15:08:00 -0400

I believe that Saint Anthony still exists - on the same side of the river
as Saint Paul and just downstream from Minneapolis.

>Meanwhile soldiers from Ft. Snelling built a saw mill and flour mill on
>the east bank of the river, and a village sprang up. It was called St.
>Anthony until they built a suspension bridge to a small town on the west
>bank. The two towns choose a new name, Minneapolis. "Minne" is an
>Indian word for "water" and "Polis" is a Greek word for "city".
>
>....isn't history fun?

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