The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-12
THE MINNESOTA PIONEER
F! St. paul, AIinnescta,
Thursday Morning. June II. 1851

Thursday Morning, June IL. 1851
sfsAnthony-=Sfcamb Gov. Ramsey
--Descsiption of she River above st.
Anthony Bea uty of Scsnery--Q aaiity
Of tke soii-.-Saus Rapids---wateri
Power there, SC.
Although taking an enthusiastic interes,
IL the gsoM,h ami prosperity Ut Minnesota,
the E.iito u the Pioneer has never found
time, until he past week. to visit the Mis-
sisSippi river above the Fails Of ST. Au,ho-
Nv. TIA, NE have 80 long neglected. 10 see
an,! describe that region, certainly the most
delightful piciure--lhe most charming land
sr=pc we haze ever beheId, in the whole
extent of the Great Valley south of il, to
Loui@iana. we much regret; aud We now
earnestly recommend to erery person visit
ing Minnesota, TO 60 up the rieer; without
which, be can have hut very, very inade-
quate idea Of the beauty. fertility and native
agricultural wealth of our Territory. srs
Two lines Of convenient stages, make,
each, two tiips day, from Saint Paul To
81. ka,hcny aud hack. Weleft ONT hurs-
day morning; and were delighted to zee
farming operations progressing, blowing.
fencing, planting, every where, on that
charming prairie which is spread out be-
tween the tws towns, distance Of miles.
This al,ue, inspired US with fresh hope, to
see so great change wrought in SO short
titne--so many hundreds Of acres under ill
ingc, which were covered, last year, only
with the Wild grass and flowers Of The prai-
RE.
A mile before we reached Saint Anthony,
we saw lis bright, fresh painted houses,
shining amongst tie distant trees, and saw
the waterfall glistening in the sunshine,
and seeming more like picture than the
original Of picture; but as we approach
nearer, aud listen TO its suIen roar, and see
the spray and examine more closely the ma
terial Of the exhibition, the cataract, be-
comes a grand reality, filling the beholder
with mingled emotions Of beauty aud of sub
liinity, the proportions of which. depend up
on the constitution or present disposition of
his cwn mind. Far away, down the steep
rocky channel, below the fails, sweeps the
angry current; but now, we begin to see the
pleasant, painted houses of the vii
layers, on our right hand, here a cottage.
and there a substantial two-s,ory house and
there again, , cheap building, without cor
nice or ornament, peculiar to the West, a
building which is neither one-story house
nor two-ssery-(a destable style of archi-
tscture) and away upon the sloping hill
side, various houses IN The process of erec-
lion, aud piles Of tresh-sawed lumber away
off amongst the tall prairie grass Of las,
years. growth, be;okening that buildings
will SION be there and streets OF Saint An
,hony. now known only by reference to the
town plat.
Here are stores-new law-office-more
new hnuses--n,ore piles of fresh-sawed lum-
ber--new cellars comnenced-and now we
come to the saw-mlls, active as ever, shin
gle machines, hath factory, lathes, and the
bustling industry of men and teams in and
around the mills big heart, sending
active pulsations Of business all over the
town, anil into the neighboring country and
iar-off, into the pineres. Here IS a com
pany Of gentlemen, officers, from Fort Smell
ing, taking survey of the village and the
waterfall, from the terrace back Of Main
street. They think, and truly thiuk, that
Saint Anthony is destined to be a famous
and a fashionable watering place-that
neither Saratoga, nor Newport, nor Niaga-
la, can offer equal inducements for a sum
m.r residence, TO inyalds aud people OF
leisure. Now we pass along Main street,
/; and here seems 70 be an unimproved space
Intervening between the upper and lower
part Of the town--to the upper town-which
certainly shines with prnsperity-e
looking new aud clean. Here we come to
she Saint Charles Hotel--a fine, spacious
building, full of strangers. What a con
trast within a few months What a change
since q year ago, when the stranger who
visited Saint Anthony could not obtain Q
dinner, unless through the compassion OF
soa,e citizen. he were invited to dine q, some
private house. After dinner at the Sain
Charles, the whistle Of the steamboat J.
heard. and we hurry down TO - ...'.
THE GOVERNOR sANsEr.. 9i9d I
/ This boat. the first tbateve rode in the
waters of the Mississippi above the falls
was built 10y Capt. John Rollins and others
who for tb's enterprise deserve the lasting
gratitude Of Minnesota. In the hands o
such men, a comparatively snail sum- o
money, would b- so expended, as to OpeI
The Navigation Of the river, many hundred
Of miles further. This boat, differs from
all other boats, in having locomotive boil
er-, the boilers consisting Of great nun,be
Of small cylinders, all of which, coming i,
contact with the fire, present a large exten