The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-08-01

The undersigned, fellow passengers
on board the steamboat Yankee, on the
excursion just made by that boat for Q
distance of nearly 300 miles up the Min
nesota river, and back again, without
the slightest accident, while the boat
encountered the constant hazard of nav
| igating waters never before traverscd
| by steamboat, express their unquali-
fed appreciation of the skill, patience,
and untiring attention of the Captain,
officers, and men of the boat, to their
comfort and safety.
I Henry + Landers, Mrs Horr, WIN G
Hendrickson, l. A Babcock and lady,
Chas Todd, Geo Douglass and lady,
Miss A M Scofield, J w Bass and lady,
James NJ Goodhue, Miss G c Kneeland,
Alexis Bailly aud sons, Miss Lucy Ann
Bailly, p X Johnson and lady, A Good
rich, Mrs E G Parker, M A Mitchell
B w Brunson, Ed Douglass, Edwin
Shelley, VIM Bathgate, John Trower,
NJ Sherman and lady, David Day, Alex
ander Farribault Dan Farrbanlt, Peter
Hopkins, Jesse Lowe, Geo Farquhar,
Ed Delano, C PV Lull, N Mclean,
Edward ID Neil, Charles Cavileer, John
Seeshoit, Samuel Fl Sergent and lady,
Mrs Burton, Joseph Mosher and lady,
Joseph Gibbons, David Olmstead, Jas
Wells, Miss G. Crate, Henry Jackson,
SamI II Dent, III M Rice and lady,
Miss Ellen Rice, w G LcDuc, Miss Z
Miller, Mrs E Young, Misses Arabella,
Mary, and Martha Mclean, Miss l.
Rowe, Miss Julia Barnum, Mr. Ethridge
and lady, MIR Knox.
Thus ended this eventful voyage of
exploration, so repletc with novelty and
stirring incident, that it will be remem-
bered while life lasts and thus by a
series of efforts, has been demonstrated
the enviable commercial position of our
young town.
Not % years ago, near the south end
of Lake Michigan, few cabins clus-
tered upon the low sandy shore of that
lake. Well do we remember the time.
Upon one side was stretched the restless
lake, and elsewhere, in every direction,
vast expanse of marshy prairie. The
picturesque scenery of Fox river, the
enchanting vallies Of the O'Piain and
and the Dupage rivers, and the bewitch-
ing loneliness of the Rock river valley,
had yet yielded no allegiance to the
husbandman. Chicago actually suffered
for want Of the necessaries of life
Transient steamboats, arrived there with
cargoes Of restless Yankees. Hundreds
Of those who arrived, glanced at the
forlorn hopes of a town which had no
trade, in country which produced
nothing a. yet but swarms ofmosquitoes:
took in birds eye view of the marsh
or rode out perhaps as far as Berry S
Point or F'lagg Creek, and then taking
the first boat, bade forever farewell to
the ''Eelenoy in general and to Chicago
in Particular" Precisely such, is the
history of the growth of St. Paul. With
at least equal commercial advantages
here, hundreds of those who arrived cx-
pected to find Minnesota cultivated
Eden, without a barren spot-and st.
Paul a Milwaukee or Chicago, in which
however, corner lots could be had on
time al a merely nominal price, and
quarter sections adjoining the town, be
entered at 81 % per acre. Such people
have been disappointed. They have
been blown away like chaf' before the
wind. They are gone, carrying with
them, doubtless, unlavorable reports of
a country about which they know moth
ing; but they have left behind them in
Minnesota, hundreds of substantial, en-
ergetic men, who have the foresight and
judgment to comprehend the advantages
Of our town, andwho will stand manfully
up and aid in developing the resources
of Minnesota, They are the men to
build up city and to profit, ultimately,
in its growth Ten years hence, when
St. Paul is numbered, as it will be, with
the great cities of the Mississippi, THEN
enterprise and their sacrifices will be
gratefully remembered.
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