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Author Event: "Becoming the Twin Cities" with Drew M. Ross
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
200 Tower Ave., St. Paul, MN 55111
612-726-1171 | ftsnelling@mnhs.org
About This Event
Join author Drew M. Ross as he discusses his book Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries.
Why haven’t Minneapolis and St. Paul merged into one city? Whether motivated by visionary ideals or commercial gain or political ambition, many have tried to unite Minneapolis and St. Paul into one city, and all have failed. In Becoming the Twin Cities, author Drew M. Ross examines why this merger never came to be.
This book uncovers the nineteenth-century history of scheming and self-dealing, social rivalries and political grudges, and utopian idealism and personal ambition that explain how the Twin Cities became the separate cities with different governments and distinct personalities that we know today.
Drew Ross is a writer, editor, and researcher. For his writing on local history, he won the 2024 Solon J. Buck Award from the Minnesota Historical Society. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Copies of Becoming the Twin Cities will be available to purchase at the event (limit 2 per attendee). This event is free. Access to the museum and historic fort require purchase of site admission. Registration is recommended, but not required.
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Saturday, December 6, 2025
Author Event: "Becoming the Twin Cities" with Drew M. Ross
Join author Drew M. Ross as he discusses his book Becoming the Twin Cities: Swindles, Schemes, and Enduring Rivalries.
Why haven’t Minneapolis and St. Paul merged into one city? Whether motivated by visionary ideals or commercial gain or political ambition, many have tried to unite Minneapolis and St. Paul into one city, and all have failed. In Becoming the Twin Cities, author Drew M. Ross examines why this merger never came to be.
This book uncovers the nineteenth-century history of scheming and self-dealing, social rivalries and political grudges, and utopian idealism and personal ambition that explain how the Twin Cities became the separate cities with different governments and distinct personalities that we know today.
Drew Ross is a writer, editor, and researcher. For his writing on local history, he won the 2024 Solon J. Buck Award from the Minnesota Historical Society. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Copies of Becoming the Twin Cities will be available to purchase at the event (limit 2 per attendee). This event is free. Access to the museum and historic fort require purchase of site admission. Registration is recommended, but not required.
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