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made the city a gateway to the West.St, need to supply weapons and material Americans and Latinos close behind. <br /> Paul's many banks, wholesale houses, for fighting World War II,combined with More Hmong lived in St. Paul than In any <br /> and insurance companies supported the prosperity that came from a growing other city in the U.S.Other new residents <br /> a diverse economy that expanded national economy,gradually helped St. arrived from Somalia and central Africa. <br /> as capitalists built new businesses, Paul regain its vitality with a program In 2012 the city's estimated population <br /> such as 3M (relocated 1910)and of urban renewal and redevelopment. was 290,770 and its economy was <br /> Ford's assembly plant(opened 1924). Interstate highway construction followed changing. Many of its long-time industrial <br /> They,along with agriculture and in the 1960s, but these massive projects employers had declined or moved away, <br /> state government, sustained the local had their costs.The prosperous Rondo but others, such as Ecolab, Xcel Energy, <br /> economy until the late 1920s. community,which was home to many 3M, CHS Cooperatives, Land O'L.akes, <br /> St. Paul residents also know how to of St. Paul's African-American residents Lawson Software,and St.Jude Medical, <br /> have fun.The city once ranked fifth and businesses,was destroyed by the chose to stay. Today they provide the <br /> in the nation in beer production, but construction of 194. long-term growth that has helped St. <br /> all of that changed with prohibition At the same time,the makeup of St. Paul to flourish into the jewel that you will <br /> and,subsequently,gangsters like John Paul's population was shifting. Changes visit in September. <br /> Dillinger and Ma Barker invaded the to federal immigration laws spurred <br /> town.After the Great Depression,the the arrival of refugees from Communist <br /> Europe and people fleeing the warfare <br /> in Southeast Asia. By 2000, Asians were <br /> St. Paul's largest minority with African <br /> • <br /> I <br /> « .� . <br /> C. <br /> ,,. .r <br /> ' LI : i" .: ..'14-::,:j AMIN ' . Ill.#- «. <br /> . , 1 - lor- , pro , a .... - <br /> I i wl4_ ,4.:r o J 5‘.J - .' <br /> j f <br /> :.f � .'s'r =�.... <br /> tours, e ents, and professional development that will energize you, expand your <br /> you to di cover resources for the work you do in the field of state and local history. <br /> :treater I hau the Sum of Our Parts 1 <br />