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Pierre " Pig's Eye " Parrant was the first official resident of the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota. [1] : 134 His exploits propelled him to local fame and infamy, with his name briefly adorning the village that became Minnesota's capital city. History.
Pierre “Pig’s Eye” Parrant, a retired fur trader and person of dubious reputation, built the area’s first structure known as the “whiskey seller’s cabin” at the mouth of this cave in 1838. The cave had a very clear, cold stream flowing out of it and into the river.
Oct 29, 2019 · Pierre “Pig’s Eye” Parrant first enters the historical record as a retired fur trader who began squatting around the outskirts of Fort Snelling in 1832. Lawrence Taliaferro, the head “Indian agent” (an administrator) at the fort, described him simply as “a foreigner, prohibited from the trade.”
Apr 11, 2022 · As legend tells it, fur trader Pierre Parrant — nicknamed “Pig’s Eye” — was the first European resident in St. Paul. Some say the man owned a bar and wore an eye patch.
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Nov 1, 2023 · Brissette playfully used “Pig’s Eye” as the return address, referencing a popular local character named Pierre “Pig’s Eye” Parrant, distinguished by his unique eye. The nickname caught ...
Nov 4, 2022 · Pig's Eye Parrant floated a bit farther downriver for his new claim, stopping near another good river landing close to where the Robert Street Bridge is now.
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Pierre Parrant, a Canadian voyageur who had been some years in the region and who had given Indian Agent Talia Ferro no little vexation by his unlawful practices to make sure of a first choice of location, began, about June 1, 1838, to build a lonely hovel in a secluded gorge at the mouth of the creek which flowed out of Fountain Cave in upper ...
