Cities can get their names in unusual ways. Did you know that St. Paul, the
capital of Minnesota was originally called "Pig's Eye," after the
French-Canadian Whiskey trader "Pig's Eye" Parrant, who led a group of
settlers there in 1839? It wasn't until a year later that a local religious
leader convinced the townspeople to change the name to the more uplifting
image of his patron saint, St. Paul.
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