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 | | It is the largest city in Minnesota and one of the largest cities in the upper Midwest, and, with the adjacent city of Saint Paul to the east, dominates the economic and cultural life of this extensive region. |
 | | Its name is derived from the Sioux minne, meaning “water,” a reference to the numerous lakes and streams of the area, and the Greek polis, meaning “city.” Saint Anthony, a community on the east side of the river, was chartered as a village in 1855 and as a city in 1860. |
 | | Later, wheat from the western Minnesota prairies and lumber from the pine and fir forests of northeast Minnesota sustained the economic boom. |
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