St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-24

farms in this vicinity; added to these,
the new accession formed quite a set
tlement.
Among the occupants of this ground
were Rondo (who had purchased the
only cultivated claim in the place, that
of Phelan), Vetal Gurin, Pierre Botti-
neau, the Gervais brothers, etc, etc.
'I deemed it my duty to visit, occa-
sionally, those families, and set to
work to choose a suitable spot for
church.
SELECTING A SITE FOR ACHURCH
Three different points were offered,
| one called La Point Basse, or Point LIE
| Claire (now Pigs Eye, but I objected,
because that locality was the very ex-
| IRENE end of the new settlement, and,
in high water was exposed to inunda-
ton. The idea of building a church
which might at any day be swept
| down the river to st. Louis did not
| please me.
Two miles and a half further up on
| this elevated claim (now the southern
point of Dayton's bluff Charles Nous
seau offered me an acre of his ground,
but the place did not suit my purpose.
l was truly looking ahead, thinking Of
| the future as we'll as the present.
Steamboats, could not stop there, the
bank was too steep, the place on the
summit of the hill too restricted, COM
munication difficult with the other
parts of the settlement up and down
| the river.
after mature reflection, I resolved
| to put up the church at the nearest
1l to-
would be more convenient for me to
! cross the river, when coming from st.
Peters, and because, also, it would be
the nearest point to the head of nav1-
cation, outside of the reservation line.
'B. Gervais and Vetal Guerin, two
| good, quiet farmers, had the only spot
that appeared likely to answer the pur-
pose. They consented to give me Joint
| ~ the ground necessary for a church
site, garden and a small graveyard
accepted the extreme eastern part of
Vital Guerin's claim, and the extreme
western of Mr.. Gervais.'
| accordingly, in 1S41, in the month of
| Cctoper' logs We're prepared, and a.
chuich erected, so poor that it would
| lehem.
/ 1900 NSoIiilcO, however, to be the
nucleus of great city
'On the first day of Noyernba,. :, =,
same year L blessed this new basiIica
and dedicated it to st. Paul the Anos'
tie Of Nations.
expressed wish at the same
Iinie tnat the settlement should be
o"i NY the same name, and my de-
az was OBTAINED L had, previously
| TO this firoa
refers, and as the name of Paul ir
any connected with that of Pc
49, @i.o 1entlles being we'll repre-
- ~ ~ Inc new place, in the persons
.o me ihdlans, L called it ST. Paul.
| ne name st. Paul, applied to a
.o"h OF city, seemed appropriate. The
..ioiioSyllapIe is short, sounds well and
understood by all denominati of
| Christians i'' VI
When Vital Guerin was married T
puoiished the bans as being those of
resident of st. Paul.
"A Mr. jackson put up a store. and
srocery was opened at the foot of
Gervais' claim. ~ u
neiiceIorth the place was known
AS ST. PAUL LANDING,
and later on as St Paul
would seem that Father GaItier
was not bona fide resident of ST pa,,1
a' any time, but only came here 81
reg uiar intervals to preach and adn,i,,
lister sacraments.
oi lhe 10Th of May, 1874. he left CT
Ieeer S, and went to Keoknk To T.,
1910 ne went to France and rer,oi,,,
d snort Tune, but soon returned to worl-
III the mission field. He was stotio,,S
%t Pra1rie du Chen. In 1879 and 1eeI
ne visited St Paul, and felt warno
prioe IN It's growth. On Feb. 1859 -
was called to his reward '' nc
Inc little log chapel built by it,
was taken down in 1856, the logs ami
pieces were all numbered and 1sia ~
win the intention of some tine ~
ohlldlng this truly historical strro-
-naJ. NeWson, in his "Pen Pictures ,,
writes or Father Galtier: ."Tbosa who
Knew MIN, speak of him as a mar 30
great decision of charac ter. with ROTH.
ef strohg cast of countenance Ioro,,
mouth and overshadowing evebrowS
HIS mead sat upon his shoulders III
military chieftain, and he was n,o1I
CHOSEN to mould and control q bn4ernf
eeheous mass of men, whose lives b.a
peeh spent almost exclusively nYo,,,
.ne frontier. He was a well-pro,,or-
.iohed man, with a fixed determine.
tlon TO accomplish what he under-
TOOK, and he succeeded. Years have
NED, changes have been made. the FIRST
iittle crude log church and the first
honest self-sacrifcing priest have
passed away, but both will ever live
IN history, made doubly dear by the
noble achievements of Rev. Lucian
Galtier'' -i
FATHER RAVOUX.
NeWSon writes in 1856: ''Verv feuv oe