Selby Avenue Hill
This file appears in: The Streetcar Era
Downtown Saint Paul in the distance.
Date: Approximately 1895
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: The Streetcar Era
The Streetcar Era
The electric streetcar service began on Selby Avenue in 1890. St. Anthony Hill, however, proved to be a vexatious impediment; the steep grade made for slow and hard going travel, especially in winter.…