The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-05-05
THE PIONEER.
st. 1}anI, nlinnesota,
Saturday Morning, May 5, 1919.
SALTWATER,

SALTWATER.
This charming village nestles in the lap
OF an ampitheatre of hills, on the western
shore of st. CrOix lake--a lake which is not
exactly lake, but rather an estuary of the
river ST. CroiX, about one mile wide and
extending upward from its confluence with
the Mississippi river, about twenty five
miles. Saltwater, near the head of the lake
Is always accessible to steamboats, from the
Mississippi, and is place of much COM
mercial importance to the extensive lumber
regions up the St. Croix and its tributaries.
Why the village is called !Still,cater, we do
not know; for It's waters when we saw it
last Sunday, were pitching and tumbIiug
in the lake like a school of porpoises on a
holiday, and quite sea-like surf came
foaning and roaring to the shore. Ii is per-
haps csied Saltwater OH the principle Of
nomenclature mentioned by NrgiI-''Iucus
a non Observation-Disclosures because Of the
roaring of It's waters. But whatever it may
he called, there is not more delightful
village from the frozen source ot the Mis-
sissippi down to the burning delta. 1t has
Il fresh, vigorous appearance--youthiul aud
robust. The buildings are new aud mostly
substantial-some OF them really elegant.
Few better finished buildings can he found
than the Minnesota House. Nothing SO
readily preposesses the favorable opinion OF
IL traveller III favor OF avllage, as the excel
lence vi its hotel. Men are rare who are
proof against the seductioDS OF good fare
aud fine accommodations. So much tor the
stage house; aad we nave heard the Still
water House spoken OF by others who have
tarried there, III terms vi equal cOntienda-
uon. A lumber OF cool, delightful spr'ngs
burst out Ut the seiui-cIrcle ut hills ia the
rear OF otliwater, sufficiently coplous and
elevated TO furnish the very chambers ot the
village with streams of running water, 10y
the and OF aqueducts. One Ut tue most
striking features uf Saltwater, is the VIA
due, iroiu the hill III the rear, winch spans
the village, aud carries Il coplous supply Of
water Ut er the town, 10 propel saw i,iii
or grl.t mil Quit upon the shore OF the
lake. 4 road viii soon he opened from
saltwater to lake Superior. his Is work
of truly national Importance, and demands
the immediate attention Of Congress. This
road, when completed, will be likely to an
crease the business Of Saltwater very SEN
sbly, it that village should become the place
Of beginning, tors1ne land cursiage Of. .sor
chanliZe from below in its transit TO lake
Superior. In notice Of this fine village it
would be improper to omit to mention its
unrivalled resources in building materials.
Besides boundIess supplies OF pine lumber,
Saltwater has ample quarries of rock, ex-
tremely convenient for use, and of the
choicest quality, also lime and sand; aud
what is more, Saltwater can boast Ut as
good builders as any other town, as they
make abundantly evident by their works.
If any one desires to know whether or not
Saltwater is n place Of business, let him
look at the column of business cards from
Saltwater in this number OF the Pioneer-
and that column does not, by any means
contain a complete list of their business
men, although we are perfectly willing it
should One of the most reliable business
men in Saltwater informed US that the an
nual lumber transactions alone of that town,
were to be computed by hundreds Of thous-
ands of dollars. Such is slight picture Of
Stillwater-a town, after seeing which, no
traveller would think of leaving Minnesota.
1t will he recolIected that Saltwater is the
county seat of St. Cro,x county; also that
land office has been established there by All
act of Congress. The soil in St. Crox
county is generally gooa, not exactly the
rich black loam found in the fertile districts
of Wisconsin and Illinois, but good warm,
reddish soil, mingled with sand, with sub
stratum Of ciay--a soil which very promptly
responds to sunshine and manure. Still
wafer, then, is not without Agricultural re-
sources, which, when developed, will greatly
benefit the town. Success to Saltwater!
A Fine Region for Farmers.
There is hardly finer tract Of land per-
haps in the world, than the delta between