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C St. “C is the crescent, the moon.” Victor Hugo (1802–1885) , French author, from his 1839 travel notebooks. One million people turned out for his funeral. That's the power of words. He was deeply loved by the people.

California Ave. Victor L. Martinez (1954 – 2011) was a Mexican American poet and author. Martinez was born in Fresno, California, to migrant agricultural field workers of the Central Valley. He won the 1996 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for his first novel, Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida.

Cambridge St. Cambridge, England,  is most widely known as the home of the University of Cambridge, founded in 1209 and ranked one of the top five universities in the world. Don Empson’s book tells us that the architect Cass Gilbert (1859-1934) built a country estate at 161 Cambridge Ave. A biography of Gilbert was published in 2001 by the Minnesota Historical Society Press: Cass Gilbert: The Early Years by Geoffrey Blodgett. Gilbert grew up in Saint Paul and attended Macalester College. The Minnesota State Capitol is one of his designs.

Camelot St. Camelot is a castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur. Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and eventually came to be described as the capital of Arthur's realm. Then there is also the reference that Jackie Kennedy made of the Broadway play, Camelot and it’s last line:  'Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot.' ". . . There'll never be another Camelot again." The reference is from a comment made by Jackie Kennedy after her husband’s assassination. She was referring to President Kennedy’s favorite play which is how the Kennedy administration came to be known as Camelot. Their daughter, Caroline, has edited several anthologies of poetry. She told a reporter that her mother would ask her and her brother to give her  birthday presents of handwritten poems which the children had selected from published poems.

Canfield Ave. Dorothy Canfield  (1879 – 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the twentieth century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education. She was acquainted with Robert Frost who wrote a poem about her. It can be found in The Collected Prose Of Robert Frost  edited by Mark Richardson.

Canton St. Reuben Klamer was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1922. He is the inventor of the classic Milton Bradley board game The Game Of Life. Alan Page (born 1945) is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Page graduated from Central Catholic High School, in Canton, Ohio, in 1964. He authored a children’s book in 2013: Alan and His Perfectly Pointy Impossibly Perpendicular Pinky by Alan Page and Kamie Page.

Capitol Blvd. Minnesota's Capitol: A Centennial Story by Leigh Roethke is a history of our state's capitol building. Published by Afton Historical Society Press in 2005.

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Capp Rd. Alfred Caplin (1909 – 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977.

Cardinal St. The Cardinal and the Crow, written and illustrated by Michael Moniz is a 2014 children's picture book.

Carling Dr. Amelia Lau Carling is a children's book illustrator. She was born in Guatemala to Chinese parents. One of her books is Abuelos, story by Pat Mora and published in 2008.

Carroll Ave. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 – 1898), better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was an English writer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

Carter Ave. Martin Wylde Carter (1927 - 1997) was a Guyanese poet and political activist. Here is one of poems, entitled This Is the Dark Time: This is the dark time, my love, All round the land brown beetles crawl about The shining sun is hidden in the sky Red flowers bend their heads in awful sorrow This is the dark time, my love, It is the season of oppression, dark metal, and tears. It is the festival of guns, the carnival of misery Everywhere the faces of men are strained and anxious Who comes walking in the dark night time? Whose boot of steel tramps down the slender grass It is the man of death, my love, the stranger invader Watching you sleep and aiming at your dream.

Carver Ave. Raymond Carver, Jr. (1938 – 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. He was married to the poet, Tess Gallagher (1943), for the last six weeks of his life. The 2015, Oscar-winning film, Birdman, uses one of his short stories as the vehicle to tell the story the movie is trying to tell. This author almost walked out after the first 15 minutes of the film as it seemed incredibly pointless. He stayed and realized it was one of the best movies he had ever seen. He still doesn’t understand it, but then he doesn’t understand most of the movies he sees.

Case Ave. Leonard Case Jr. (1820– 1880) was a philanthropist who endowed the Case School of Applied Science later merged with Western Reserve University to become Case Western Reserve University). The university is mentioned in the 2001 book, How Jane Won: 55 Successful Women Share How They Grew From Ordinary Girls To Extraordinary Women by Sylvia Rimm with Sara Rimm-Kaufman.

Cathlin St. James Macpherson (1736 – 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems. “Cathlin of Clutha” is one of the poems in his Ossian cycle. The Ossian cycle is from a book of Celtic legends. Here is the first few lines of the Cathlin tale: “Come, thou beam that art lonely, from watching in the night! The squalling winds are around thee, from all their echoing hills. Red, over my hundred streams, are the light-covered paths of the dead. They rejoice on the eddying winds, in the season of night. Dwells there no joy in song, white-hand of the harps of Lutha? Awake the voice of the string; roll my soul to me. It is a stream that has failed. Malvina, pour the song. I hear thee from thy darkness in Selma, thou that watchest lonely by night! Why didst thou withhold the song from Ossian's falling soul? As the falling brook to the ear of the hunter, descending from his storm-covered hill, in a sunbeam rolls the echoing stream, he hears and shakes his dewy locks: such is the voice of Lutha to the friend of the spirits of heroes.” The authenticity of the Ossian cycle is in dispute. According to one legend. Ossian is the son of the Celtic bard, Finn McCool. Children’s author, Eve Bunting, has given us one of the legends in her 2010 book, Finn McCool and the Great Fish.

Cayuga St. The Cayuga People  ("Canoe Carry Place") was one of the five original constituents of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), a confederacy of American Indians in New York. "Far Above Cayuga's Waters" is Cornell University's alma mater (the alma mater is the generic title given to the official song or anthem of a school, college, or university). Thomas Sowell, in his 2000 memoir of being an African-American man in an Ivy-league world, Personal Odyssey, relates his experience as an assistant professor at Cornell. Cayuga's Daughters: 100 Notable Women of Cornell is a 2013 book by Michael Turback.

Cecelia Pl. Cecelia is Briony Tallis’ older sister in the 2001 novel, Atonement, by Ian McEwan (born 1948).

Cedar St. Duane Niatum (McGinniss) (born 1938) is a Native American poet, author and playwright of Klallam descent. He is the author of Ascending Red Cedar Moon (1974). Here is his poem, The Dice Changer: Raven steals your name for an autumn joke: buries you along with it under the thickest hemlock known to chipmunks. Too bad you were awake for the event. He accuses you of asking all the wrong questions over and over. You attempt revolt to prove his medicine wheel is cracked and filling up its own pit. He hollers your face is unmasked and madness has found a home. All stink and rotten fur, he says to you, claims you had a choice and forgot what it was. Now he says your pain must run for the river, the river for the wind. He chuckles and the dark chatters, turning you around until your shadow is the earth’s.

Central Ave. W. By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept is a novel of prose poetry written by the Canadian author Elizabeth Smart (1913–1986) and published in 1945. Minnesota’s first African-American church is Pilgrim Baptist Church and is located at 732 Central Ave W, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Its history is told in Voices of Rondo: Oral Histories of Saint Paul's Historic Black Community  published in 2005. The church also has a chapter in Women's History: Tours Of the Twin Cities 2008 : [from the earliest settlers to tomorrow's leaders] by Gretchen Kreuter.

Cesar Chavez St. Cesar Chavez (March 31, 1927-April 23, 1993) was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Union (UFW). His story is told for children in A Picture Book of Cesar Chavez by David A. Adler and Michael S. Adler and published in 2010.

Chamber St. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second novel in the Harry Potter series, written by J. K. Rowling.

Charles Ave. "Charles" is a short story by Shirley Jackson, first published in Mademoiselle in July 1948. It was later included in her 1949 collection, The Lottery and Other Stories, and her 1953 novel, Life Among the Savages.

Charlotte St. Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by American author E. B. White (1899-1985) and illustrated by Garth Williams (1912-1996). As they say, that’s “some pig.”

Charlton St. Don Empson’s book tells us that the street is named for Charlton, Massachusetts. Their library, the  Charlton Free Public Library, has the distinction of having banned Mark Twain’s short story Eve’s Diary in 1906 on the basis of the illustrations being “in summer costume.” Twain testified, saying he did not draw the pictures but he did approve them. The curious case is that he also did not draw the illustrations for Huckleberry Finn but he did approve them and personally selected the illustrator, Edward Kemble (1861 – 1933). Kemble was well known for his outlandish depictions of African Americans. That was what Twain got and what he approved. Those supporters of the book (of which this author is not) rail against the removal of the n-word but never advocate for the return of the original illustrations. While this author also does not endorse censoring the book, he wonders why it is taught in schools when an author such as Ernest Hemingway said the last three chapters could be thrown out. Is a book worth teaching when three chapters could be thrown out? A child’s history of baseball is told in Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball  by Sally Cook & James Charlton and published in 2007.

Chatsworth St. Chatsworth House is a stately home in Derbyshire, England. The house itself is named in the novel, Pride and Prejudice (published 1813), as one of the estates the character, Elizabeth Bennet, visits before arriving at Pemberley.

Chelmsford St. In Chelmsford, England, 1899, Guglielmo Marconi opened the world's first "wireless" factory under the name 'The Marconi Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company.' Chelmsford is credited as the "birthplace of radio.” Hooray For Inventors! by Marcia Williams is a 2005 children’s book with a chapter on Marconi.

Chelsea St. The Hotel Chelsea is a historic New York City hotel and landmark built between 1883 and 1885, known primarily for the notability of its residents over the years. It has been the home of numerous writers, musicians, artists and actors, including Bob Dylan, Brigid Berlin, and Leonard Cohen. Yes, and Dylan Thomas, as well, although the reader should read one the latest biographies of the poet before forming judgments about Dylan's drinks on his last night. There are several. Biographies, not drinks. There were more than several drinks. This author’s favorite Thomas biography is Dylan Thomas: A Biography by Paul Ferris, republished in 2006. Astute readers will note the inclusion of Bridget Berlin (born 1939) who was part of the New York art scene with Andy Warhol and who has a memorable last name. Her father was Richard Berlin. He headed the Hearst Publishing empire for many years. There are at least two strains of Berlins in the world (not counting Irving whose birth name was not Berlin). There are the German Berlins of which Richard was likely descended from. In German, the name Berlin conjures majesty and glory.  Then there is the Jewish Berlin. In the Jewish strain, Berlin is a Yiddish name and means 'son of Berl." That is the name from which this author descends. Don't get it confused. It's hard since this author spent his youth being asked if he was East or West. He was very happy when the city became unified.

Chelton Ave. Dr. Mary K Chelton is a professor of library and information studies at Queens College, City College of New York, Dr. Chelton teaches courses in collection development as well as the planning and delivery of public library services.  This author can find no books on Dr. Chelton but the mere fact of her being a librarian should enshrine her in any book.

Cherokee Ave. Wilma Pearl Mankiller (1945 – 2010) was the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. She served as principal chief for ten years from 1985 to 1995. She is the author of, Mankiller: A Chief and Her People and co-authored Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women.

Channel Rd. Dover Solo: Swimming the English Channel  by Marcia Cleveland is a 1999 book about the author's solo swim across the English Channel.

Clifford St. Clifford the Big Red Dog is a children's book series about a big red dog named Clifford. It was first published in 1963 and written by Norman Bridwell (1928-2014).

Clinton Ave. Alice Munro (born 1931) is a Canadian short-story writer who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature. She lives in Clinton, Ontario, Canada.

Coach Rd. Legends & Legacies: Celebrating a Century of Minnesota Coaches is a 2003 book by Ross Bernstein with a foreword by Minnesota legend, Herb Brooks, and an afterword by John Gagliardi.

Cohansey St. Oberlin Smith (1840-1926) was an American engineer who published one of the earliest works dealing with magnetic recording in 1888. He started a small machine shop in Bridgeton, New Jersey, on the Cohansey River. His first name is the same as the college in Antioch, Ohio, which has always been this author’s joke about being Irish.

Colborne St. Don Empson’s book tells us that the namesake is likely Colborne, Ontario, Canada, which is the home of the Big Apple, a tourist attraction located along Ontario Highway 401. Also, the headquarters of the Saint Paul Public Schools is located at 360 Colborne Ave. and was this author’s employer for ten years. This author would like to point out that when people think of public schools in Saint Paul this is the district which is usually referenced. It is true that charter schools are technically public schools but they are mostly non-union schools. When Chris Coleman addressed the entire teaching staff of Saint Paul Public Schools in his first administration as mayor of Saint Paul he spoke proudly of the fact that his daughters attended public school in Saint Paul. They did but it was a non-union charter school that they attended (Twin Cities Academy). The fact that he was attempting to impress a meeting of a unionized public school seems a little misleading and perhaps self-serving.

Colby Ave. William Edward Colby (1875 – 1964) was an American lawyer, conservationist, and first Secretary of the Sierra Club. Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962) was a very influential American  poet in the 1930s-1950s. He dropped out of favor when he advocated neutrality in World War II and also when he made a comment that the Nazi leader was a genius. He was a mentor to the photographer, Ansel Adams, who was the unofficial photographer for the Sierra Club. Jeffers was, at one time, the unofficial poet of the Sierra Club due to his advocacy of environmental preservation.  Jeffers was involved in a highly publicized event in the early part of the 1900s when he wooed away the wife of a well-known Los Angeles attorney.  Later, Jeffers built a tower on the California coast near Carmel in order to get away from people other than his family. His wife’s ex-husband, the attorney, built his own tower two miles away. This author supposes that justice was served. Fans of the Beach Boys may recognize the first few lines from Jeffers’ poem, The Beaks of Eagles: An eagle's nest on the head of an old redwood on one of the precipice-footed ridges Above Ventana Creek, that jagged country which nothing but a fallen meteor will ever plow: no horseman Will ever ride there, no hunter cross this ridge but the winged ones, no one will steal the eggs from this fortress.

Colette Pl. Don Empson’s book tells us that the street is named for Colette Bisanz (1908-1996) who was a sister to Leonard and Norbert. The Bisanz siblings developed much of Highland Park. Leonard, who passed away in 2002, was inducted into the St. Thomas University Real Estate Hall of Fame in 2013. Their construction company is still doing business. Colette was the surname of the French novelist and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873 –1954). She is best known for her novel Gigi.  She once said that an author should have published at least two books before being called an author. This left out Margaret Mitchell of Gone With the Wind (she died in a car accident ten years after the publication of the book which could be classified as the ultimate in the  “slavery sentimentalism” genre of literature) and would have included Harper Lee of Mockingbird fame until her lawyer discovered a manuscript of an earlier novel. Finally, she can be called a “Colette novelist.” Of course, that standard means this author will probably need to stop referencing himself as an author.

College Ave. Don Empson’s book tells us that the Episcopal Church in Minnesota had its first home on College Avenue. The first Episcopal minister in Minnesota was Henry Whipple (1822-1901). His story is told in And the Wilderness Shall Blossom: Henry Benjamin Whipple, Churchman, Educator, Advocate For the Indians by Anne Beiser Allen, published by the Afton Historical Press in 2008.

Colne St. Wallace Hartley, bandleader on board the RMS Titanic  lived in Colne, England. The story of Hartley leading the band as the ship is sinking is told in the 1959 non-fiction account of the sinking: A Night to Remember by Walter Lord (1917 – 2002).

Colorado St. James Michener (1907 – 1997) was an American author of more than 40 books. He attended University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado.

Como Ave. I spy with my little eye. Minnesota  is a delightful 2008 photo book for children about places in Minnesota. Each photo  is duplicated but with slight changes in the second photo. Children can search for the changes. Como  Zoo is one of the sites. Written by Kathy-jo Wargin and photos by Ed Wargin Laura Esquivel (born 1950) is a Mexican novelist, essayist, and screenwriter. Her first novel Como Agua Para Chocolate (in English Like Water for Chocolate) was published in 1989.

Concordia Ave. Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (1927 –2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. My name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a children’s book about the life of the author. It was written by Monica Brown (born 1969) and published in 2007.

Congress St. The Library of Congress is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress, but which is considered the national library of the United States. Its website has been a great resource for this author.

Columbus Ave. James Thurber (1894 – 1961) was an American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright. He was born in Columbus, Ohio. His most famous story might be "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" published in The New Yorker Magazine in 1939. There may be one or two books about the explorer, Christopher Columbus. A good young adult book about the Americas before Columbus is Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 by Charles C. Mann (born 1955). It is the companion book for Mann’s non-fiction book for adult readers, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, published in 2005.

Colvin Ave.       Don Empson’s book tells us that the street was named for Alexander Colvin (1867-1948). His wife, Sarah, was a militant suffragist and staged a five-day hunger strike in Washington, D.C. in support of women’s rights. Claudette Colvin (born 1939) is a pioneer of the African-American civil rights movement. On March 2, 1955, she was the first person arrested for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, preceding the more publicized Rosa Parks incident by nine months. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice is a 2009 nonfiction book for young adults written by Phillip Hoose (born 1947).

Commercial St.    Any list of mostly children's books would be incomplete without mention of the Berenstain Bears. Here's one of them: The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble With Commercials  by Stan & Jan Berenstain with Mike Berenstain.

Commonwealth Ave.    Journey around New York from A to Z  is a 2002 children's book by Martha & Heather Zschock, published by Commonwealth Editions.

Cherry St. The Cherry Orchard is a play by the  Russian playwright Anton Chekhov (1860-1904).

Chester St. Randolph Caldecott (1846 – 1886) was a British artist and illustrator, was born in Chester, England. The annual award for the best illustrations in children’s literature is the  Caldecott Medal and was named in his honor.

Chestnut St. Observant readers will look out their window and realize that, thanks to a blight,  there are no chestnut trees left in our country. Bill Bryson, in his 1998 book about hiking the Appalachian Trail, A Walk In the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, tells us that at one time one out of every four trees in the eastern woods was a chestnut. The following poem is as close as we can get. “The Village Blacksmith” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  (1807–1882)  begins: Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands.

Chilcombe Ave. Named for the village in Dorset, England. The gardens in Chilcombe are greatly loved. There are a few books about gardens.  Try 1001 Gardens You Must See Before You Die, general editor, Rae Spencer-Jones. Published in 2012.

Childs Rd. The street was not named for George William Childs (1829–1894). He was an American publisher who co-owned the Philadelphia Public Ledger newspaper with financier Anthony Joseph Drexel. In 1884 he loaned $500 to poet Walt Whitman to help him purchase his home in Camden, New Jersey.

Chippewa Ave. The Ojibwe (also Ojibwa), or Chippewa are one of the largest groups of Native Americans and First Nations on the North American continent. There are Ojibwe communities in both Canada and the United States. Minnesota author and bookstore owner, Louise Erdrich, is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative is by Ignatia Broker and was published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press in 1983. Broker  recounts the life of her great-great-grandmother, Night Flying Woman, who was born in the mid-19th century.

Christie Place Dame Agatha Christie, (1890 – 1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright. She wrote 66 mysteries and many short stories. Her most famous detective is Hercule Poirot. There are quite a few actors who played Poirot in the movies. Choose your favorite.

Churchill St. Winston Churchill (1871 -1947) was an American novelist. He was very popular in the beginning of the 19th century but is mostly out-of-print today. He was acquainted with , but not related, to the British Winston Churchill. There are a number of books about the British Churchill. As a change-up, try this children's book about a polar bear.  Winston of Churchill: One Bear's Battle Against Global Warming, published in 2007  and written by Jean Davies Okimoto. It takes place in Churchill, Manitoba. That's in Canada in case you forgot.

City View Ln. Dad's Eye View 2011: 52 Family Adventures in the Twin Cities is written by Michael Hartford and published by the Minnesota Historical Press.

Clarence Ct. Clarence Frank Birdseye II (1886 – 1956) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist, and is considered to be the founder of the modern frozen food industry. In 2012 the first book-length biography of Birdseye was published, Mark Kurlansky's Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man.

Clarence St. Clarence Odbody is the fictional angel in the 1946 film, It’s A Wonderful Life. Most people the age of this author will remember that the movie aired on television once a year resulting in a much-anticipated family event. The Wizard of Oz film was also shown once year. The movies are still shown on TV but more than just once a year. And they are available on DVD.  Somehow gathering together for an annual DVD showing seems less special.

Clark St. Clark Kent is a mild-mannered reporter and the secret identity of Superman, as created by Jerry Siegel (1914-1996) and Joe Shuster (1914-1992).  Superman: The Story of the Man of Steel is a 2010 children's book that tells the background story of Superman. Written and illustrated by Ralph Cosentino

Clay St. Meilani Clay (born 1988) is a conscious writer, educator and poetry slam champion from the San Francisco Bay Area, California. She emerged as part of Youth Speaks, a youth performance poetry and creative writing program founded in 1996, and served on SPOKES (Selected-Poets-Organizing-Kreating-&-Expanding-Spoken Word). Don Empson tells us the street may have been named in honor of Henry Clay  (1777–1852), an American statesman who was admired by Abraham Lincoln. Clay was a slave owner as was not uncommon in his time.  One of his slaves, Charlotte Dupuy (ca. 1787-1790 - d. after 1866), sued for her freedom in 1829 in much the same way that Dred Scott sued for his at Fort Snelling in 1857. The book, Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History In and Around Washington, D.C, is by Jesse Holland and was published in 2007. It contains a tribute to Dupuy’s attempt to sue for freedom. The Decatur House on Lafayette Square, 1610 H Street NW, Washington, DC, has an exhibit on her story.

Clayland Pl. Clayland Boyden Gray (born 1943) is an attorney and former American diplomat and public servant. He is a member of the board of directors at the Atlantic Council, The European Institute and FreedomWorks. His inclusion here is simply because the name, Clayland, does not yield any other references.

Clayland St.

Clear Ave. Mr. Putter & Tabby Clear the Decks is another lovely children's book by Cynthia Rylant published in 2010.

Clermont St. Clermont is a Gothic novel by Regina Maria Roche (1764-1845). It was first published in 1798 by the Minerva Press. The novel is one of the seven "horrid novels" recommended by the character Isabella Thorpe in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey. Clermont  is also the name of Robert Fulton’s steamboat on the Hudson River. It was the world’s first steamboat and ran from 1807 to 1814. Children’s author and illustrator, Steven Kroll  (1941 – 2011) tells the story in Robert Fulton: From Submarine To Steamboat, published in 1999.

Cleveland Ave. Harlan Jay Ellison (born 1934) is an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction which seems to be the new name for any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements. Ellison was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1934.

Conservatory Ct. The book, Jewel of Como: The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory by Leigh Roethke and Bonnie Blodgett is about the Conservatory on the grounds of Saint Paul’s Como Zoo. It was published by the Afton Historical Society Press in 2009. The 100th anniversary of the Conservatory will be November, 2015. Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the country. This author loves including any mention of his extended family, the O’Berlins.

Conway St. Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton (1900-1954). The book was turned into a movie, also called Lost Horizon, in 1937 by director Frank Capra. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet. The main character’s name is Hugh Conway.

Cook Ave. Ann Turner Cook (born 1926) is an American mystery novelist, who was the model for the familiar Gerber Baby artwork seen on baby-food packages of the Gerber Products Company.

Cortland Pl. Amelia Jenks Bloomer (1818-1894) was an American women’s rights and temperance advocate. A style of women’s clothing named Bloomers was named after her. Bloomers enabled women to feel acceptable when riding bicycles in the late 19th century. She was born in Cortland County, New York. Her story is included in the 1998 book Women Suffragists by Diana Star Helmer.

Cottage Ave. The Edgar Allan Poe Cottage (or Poe Cottage) is the former home of American gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). It is located in The Bronx, New York.

Craig Pl. Don Empson’s book tells us that the street was named for Craig Tankenoff, the second son of Alexander who founded the Hillcrest Development Company based in Saint Paul. Dancing Feet! is a 2010 children's picture book by Lindsey Craig. The illustrations are by Marc Brown of Arthur fame.

Creekside Way Creekside: An Archaeological Novel is a story suitable for middle-schoolers. It tells of two hundred years of history in an area that is getting bulldozed for development. The author, Kelli Carmean, is Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Kentucky University.

Cretin Ave. Joseph Crétin (1799 – 1857) was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Cretin Avenue in St. Paul, Cretin-Derham Hall High School, and Cretin Hall at the University of St. Thomas are named for him. Don Empson’s book tells us that the accounts of Cretin’s travels are available in Acta Et Dicta which is available as a scanned and reprinted edition from the Catholic Historical Society of St. Paul.

Crocus Hill In Classical mythology, Krokus  was a mortal youth who, because the gods  were unhappy with his love affair with Smilax, was turned by the gods into a plant bearing his name, the crocus (saffron). Smilax is believed to have been given a similar fate and transformed into bindweed. Crocus is also the title of a poem by Minnesota poet, Jim Moore (born 1943) and can be found in Where One Voice Ends Another Begins: 150 Years Of Minnesota Poetry edited by Robert Hedin and published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press in 2007.

Cromwell Ave. Don Empson’s book tells us that the street is named for Oliver Cromwell (1599 – 1658). He figures in Twenty Years After, a novel by Alexandre Dumas, which is a sequel to The Three Musketeers.

Crosby Lake Rd.

Cullen St. Twilight is a series of four vampire-themed fantasy romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer (born 1973). The character,  Isabella "Bella" Swan, falls in love with a vampire named Edward Cullen.

Cumberland St.         The Cumberland Plateau: A Pride and Prejudice Modern Sequel was written by M.K. Baxley and published in 2009.

Curfew St.         Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray (1716-1771), published in 1751. The opening stanza has these lines:    The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,         The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,    The plowman homeward plods his weary way,         And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

Curtice St. Don Empson’s book tells us that the street is named for David Curtice (1828-1902). He was Saint Paul’s city engineer from 1869-1874 and was the one who recommended that Baptist Hill be leveled. Mears Park is in the vicinity of where the hill was located. Saint Paul is one of many cities throughout the world which wanted to be associated with the City of Rome. One way to do that was to have the same number of hills as Rome. There used to be seven, but like Baptist Hill, most have been leveled. Here is the list: Baptist Capitol Cathedral Ramsey Dayton's Bluff West Side St. Clair You can read more in City On Seven Hills: Columns of Oliver Towne  by Gareth Hiebert and published in 1999. Curtice Hitchcock (1892 -1946) was an American publisher and in 1933 founded Reynal and Hitchcock of New York, New New York. The company became the American publishers for the classic novella, The Little Prince, by the French aristocrat, writer, poet and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944).

Cushing Circle Robert J. Conley (1940 –2014) was a Cherokee author and enrolled member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, a federally recognized tribe of American Indians. In 2007, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas. Conley was born in Cushing, Oklahoma.

Cutler St. The Lady Cutler Award commemorates the contribution to the Australian Children’s Book Council NSW Branch by Lady Helen Cutler (1916-1990). Lady Cutler was the first patron of the Children’s Book Council NSW Branch, accepting the appointment in 1966, when her husband Sir Roden Cutler (1916-2002) became Governor of New South Wales, Australia.

Cypress St. Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo is a 1982 novel written by Ntozake Shange (born 1948) and first published by St. Martin's Press. The novel is a story of three Black sisters, whose names give the book its title.