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State of Minnesota  \nDedicated to the communities of the West Side and WestSeventh Street.  \n\"Whoever we talk with seems to rank the High Bridgealong with other important things in their lives like tap-water and sunshine.It's been a natural extension of thesurrounding sidewalks and streets;as much a part of thiscommunity as a body's arms and legs.\"  \n—Kathy Vadnais and David ThuneHigh Bridge Highs:a goodbye  \nAcknowledgements  \nResearch,Manuscript and Design:Susan HodappProduction:Minnesota State Printing OfficeMn/DOT Liaison:  MichaelR.Louis,High Bridge Project ManagerCover:N.W.Photo Co.,St.Paul,1889.Minnesota Historical Society.  \nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction1A Brief Early St.Paul History2The Growing West Side8The West Seventh Street Community9Mayor and Senator Smith 13Andrew Carnegie and the Keystone Bridge Company16Design of the High Bridge19Weathering 96Years25The Public Becomes Involved34Replacing a St.Paul Landmark36Romanticizing the High Bridge41Appendix51Bibliography  54  \nSmith Avenue High Bridge.ca.1889.  \n# Introduction\n\nThe Smith Avenue High Bridge had been a vital trans-portation link in the city of St.Paul for nearly 96 years.The bridge was built to connect St.Paul's oldest residen-tial neighborhood,West Seventh Street,with its newestat the time,Cherokee Heights,or the Upper West Side,the only remaining undeveloped neighborhood withinwalking distance of downtown St.Paul.The span pro-vided the Upper West Side with a direct route to down-town St.Paul,and also provided the southern Ramseyand Dakota County farming areas with an important di-rect route for those who sought St.Paulasamarketplace.  \nplain.Andrew Carnegie's Keystone Bridge Company de-signed the 2,770-foot wrought iron structure which tow-ered from 80 to 191 feet above the river.The uniquedesign of the High Bridge made it at once an importantandvisually prominentlandmark for the entire city as wellas for the two interdependent communities it served.Un-til its closing,the High Bridge played an integral role in theeconomic and social life ofits local neighborhoods,andinthe city as well.  \nThe story of the High Bridge and its special place inthe history of St.Paul is the subject of this essay.It alsotells the story of the structure which will replace the HighBridge,and the particularand varied concerns surround-ing the replacement of this unique and admired land-mark.  \nThe High Bridge was a rare example of nineteenthcentury bridge technology,and represented an intricateand graceful engineering solution to the problem of con-necting two communities situated on high bluffs that areseparatedbya wide expanse of the Mississippi River flood  \n# A Brief History of Early St.Paul\n\nIn the early 1820s,Fort Snelling was established at theconfluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers as anoutpost for the northwestern United States.At the time itwas considered the \"outpost of civilization,\"the north-ernmost reach of the Northwest Passage.A few milesdownstream from the fort,the city of St.Paul took root inthe late 1830s when a number of fur traders,pioneersand discharged soldiers built cabins along the east bankofthe Mississippi River.Although the site of St.Paul was atthe head of practical navigation on the Mississippi andtherefore a logical choice for its location,how the city'ssettlers actually arrived there is an interesting story.  \nSettlers not connected with Fort Snelling had beenliving in close proximity of the fort since a treaty with theSioux and Chippewa Indians signed in 1837 allowedthem to do so.This so irritated the fort's commandant,Major Joseph Plympton,that he decided formalboundaries of the military reservation should be drawn,believing thatamilitary reservation should be used strictlyfor military purposes.Plympton,who was very contemp-tuous of the settlers,was \"incl","cbCaikUDdYxHdKlp","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikUDdYxHdKlp","pdf",10005069,"English","# Introduction\n## A Brief 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