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Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, first settler in Saint Paul, MN. Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant was the first official resident of the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota. [1]: 134 His exploits propelled him to local fame and infamy, with his name briefly adorning the village that became Minnesota's capital city.
Pig's Eye or Pigs Eye may refer to: Pig's Eye (French: L'Oeil du Cochon) was the nickname given to Pierre Parrant because he was blind in one eye. Pierre Parrant operated a tavern in what became known as Saint Paul, Minnesota. Before its current name was established, the city of Saint Paul was named "Pig's Eye" after his nickname. Pigs Eye Lake ...
Pig's Eye was first launched in 1992, and reached volume of 35,000 barrels by 1994 [2] by Minnesota Brewing Company.The folded in June 2002 due to financial troubles. [3] [4] In December 2002, it was reestablished when two former employees Phil Gagne (the brewmaster)and Jeff Crawford (the vice president of sales) purchased the recipes. [2] [5]
The name of "Pig's Eye" came about by accident when a customer at Parrant's tavern mailed a letter with the return address of "Pig's Eye". Since everyone in the area knew Parrant, the response to the letter was delivered to Parrant's establishment.
Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant, a retired French Canadian fur trader turned bootlegger, was a particular source of irritation to military officers. In 1838, Parrant moved his bootlegging operation downstream about 5 miles (8.0 km) to Fountain Caveļ¼situated in the north bank of the river near what is now Saint Paul's West Seventh Street neighborhood.
Saint Paul is the site of the Pig's Eye Yard, a major freight classification yard for Canadian Pacific Railway. [170] As of 2003, the yard handled over 1,000 freight cars per day. [170] Both Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe run trains through the yard, though they are not classified at Pig's Eye. [170]
The first church building in what became the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis was a small log chapel built at the urging of Father Lucien Galtier.He came to the area when the settlement was still known as "Pig's Eye" (after Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant).
Pigs Eye Lake is a riverine wetland that covers 628 acres in Ramsey County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1] The Mdewakanton Village of Kaposia was located on the northern end until 1837 when the village was moved across the Mississippi to what is now South St. Paul.