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   Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, first settler in Saint Paul, MN. 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.

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3. www.mprnews.org › episode › 2022/04/11Was St. Paul really called 'Pig's Eye?' One archivist has ...

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   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. Others say he lived in a...

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   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.

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   What did Parrant's eye look like?

   • The cave had a very clear, cold stream flowing out of it and into the river. Parrant was a coarse, ill-looking, low-browed fellow with one good eye. His bad eye had a sinister white ring around the pupil, giving it a kind of piggish expression to his features and he became known as “Pig’s Eye”.

   Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant - One of the First St. Paul

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   What happened at Parrant's place?

   • J. Fletcher Williams’s early history of the state describes a typical occurrence at Parrant’s place: But we must not lose sight of old PARRANT, located at the cave. During all this time he was driving a flourishing trade, selling whisky to both Indians and whites.

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   Why did Parrant lose his claim at Fountain Cave?

   • In 1844, Parrant lost his claim at Fountain Cave and was forced to vacate the land. It is not clear why. Some sources indicate that he was involved in a border dispute with a neighbor; others say he was forced to sell his claim because of mounting debts. [citation needed]

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6. mspmag.com › eat-and-drink › how-two-frontier-barsHow Two Frontier Bars Helped Invent the Twin Cities

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   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.”

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   Nov 1, 2022 · George Ryan. - November 1, 2022. 881. 0. Pierre Parrant was the first person of European descent to live in the borders of what would eventually become the city of Saint Paul in Minnesota. Pierre Parrant got the moniker “Pig’s Eye” for being blind in one eye.

8. www.startribune.com › st-paul-founding-historyWhy is St. Paul located where it is? Hint: It involves liquor

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   Nov 4, 2022 · Another "groggery" was built by a former voyageur named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant. He set up shop near Fountain Cave — since destroyed — in an area close to what is now Shepard Road and ...

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   Pig's Eye (French: L'Oeil du Cochon) was the nickname given to Pierre Parrant because he was blind in one eye. Pierre Parrant operated a tavern in what became known as Saint Paul, Minnesota . Before its current name was established, the city of Saint Paul was named "Pig's Eye" after his nickname.