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By the early 1840s, Saint Paul was important as a trading center and a destination for settlers heading west. The Minnesota Territory was formalized in 1849 and Saint Paul named as its capital. On May 11, 1858, Minnesota was admitted to the union as the thirty-second state, with Saint Paul as the capital.

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