heres some deep Lore for you while the world falls apart Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the twin Cities, have not always been a peaceful place!! come with me back in time to a simpler era . . . simple, and Bloody
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The year was 1890. Benjamin Harrison sat in the White House. French and Irish Saint Paul was the capitol; German Minneapolis, a competing german Milltown up the river. My paternal great great (great?) grandfather Heinrich had been in the latter city for at least a decade
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Heretofore, Saint Paul had dominated her neighbor as a much larger city, but changes were afoot, and when the 1890 decennial census began tensions flared
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Indeed it looked as though Minneapolis might dethrone Saint Paul as the largest city in the state (although Saint Paul's capitol status was secure) But Saint Paul would not take this lying down
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So began the Great Minnesota Census War of 1890
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No one knows who made the first move but by the end both cities were covered in blood and infamy Scores of dead men were added to Census rosters upstream and down Census workers were kidnapped and held hostage Gangs fought pitched battles in the streetspic.twitter.com/VyetLkFYP9
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Wait - Was there really a typo in a NYT headline??
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crazy huh could be an ocr error
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