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Listen: How an inside joke led to St. Cloud getting its name
Reporter Jenny Berg joins the Curious Minnesota podcast to share the tale behind St. Cloud's moniker.
May 5, 2022 at 6:05PM
What do a medieval French prince and an 1800s Minnesota sawmill owner have in common? They're both key figures in the wild story of how the city of St. Cloud got its name.
The Star Tribune's St. Cloud reporter Jenny Berg joins host Ash Miller on the Curious Minnesota podcast to share the tale and talk about the series of equally strange events that followed.
Related reading:
How did St. Cloud get its name? (July 2021 Curious Minnesota article)
The Strib is as old as the city of Minneapolis. It grew out of several strikingly different papers.
