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Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries is out from Minnesota Historical Society Press. Here’s my latest: https://racketmn.com/draining-the-mississippi-river-gorge-will-we-find-trash-or-treasures#coral_thread

The Betrothal, a political cartoon from 1888 of Mr. St. Paul proposing to Miss Minneapolis. Behind them stand John McClung and John Pillsbury representing St. Paul and Minneapolis, respectively.
An 1884 street map of St. Paul, MN with the seven corners intersection highlighted.
Byline and lede of the NYT article By Anna Griffin and Chelsia Rose Marcius Anna Griffin reported from Cornelius, Ore., Chelsia Rose Marcius from Coon Rapids, Minn. Feb. 13, 2026, 5:01 a.m. ET President Trump may be ending the surge of immigration agents in the Twin Cities, but his mass deportation effort has already extended well past large, liberal cities like Minneapolis, to small communities where the national spotlight does not exist but the impact can be at least as acute. In places like Cornelius, Ore., Danbury, Conn., Biddeford, Maine, and Coon Rapids, Minn., where moderation, not partisanship, might predominate, the arrival of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - and the more aggressive tactics ICE officers often use - have been jarring. In small towns, resources may already stretched, and even a single incident can shatter the tranquillity of neighborhoods unaccustomed to turmoil.
Koerner, Ray and Glover were an early blues band in the Twin Cities.
Poster of Minneapolis with added caption: A Suburb of St Paul
Pic of Google street view from Tower Park Hill towards Huntington Bank stadium