Pierre Parrant
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Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant was the first official resident of the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota. His exploits propelled him to local fame and infamy, with his name briefly adorning the village that be
Pierre Parrant
Fountain Cave, site of the first saloon in Saint Paul, Minnesota, operated by Pierre "Pig's Brown Eye" Parrant
Lucien Galtier
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Lucien Galtier was a French Catholic priest. He was the first Catholic priest to serve in Minnesota. He was born in southern France in the town of Saint-Affrique, department of Aveyron. He is born on
Pierre Parrant
…bar was becoming known as "Pig's Brown Eye". The city's name might have remained Pig's Eye had it not been for the arrival of the Catholic priest Lucien Galtier. Galtier was dismayed that the village's name derived from a man of such ill repute. According to the city's folklore, when Galtier built a chapel in…
Lucien Galtier
Saint Peter's Church in Mendota