The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-03-17

Detween d. LOUIS and ct. Pau There vii! be
daily line ct boats The coming season between ST.
Paul and Gaena, q town with which we have large
and growing trade ;-mos Uf trade, in fact. upon
The river, above st. Louis. Dubuque, hcrYeyer, il
now struggling for share Of uade and may
uasly succeed to somc cxtent, when the Railroad
shall bc completed % the Mississippi, opposite that
town. II the town Of Dubuque had the go-ahcad-
ativcness that may be found in Gaena, she would
long since have secured the Mississippi trade There
VIII te beat or two, and probably running reg.
n'arly from ST. Paul 10 points the Minnesota river
during the coming season. There is no doubt but
there will lie two b,as land wha "a every day.
during the coming SEASON. For safety, elegance II
accommodations, regularity, and all that constitutes
good beating, the.c boats and boa;nen la the ST.
Paul trade, cam be SURF ased. They the pride
ana the boast Of the river. There Is runlor that
st. Anthony will have beat OF her own, running
from that place to St. Louis periodically, whether shs
will touch at ST. Paul OF not is doubtful two fats
owned II -. Anthony, have been lying a, wharf
curing the winter, short distance above the Greek
slave, the anly Boat owned in ST. Paul. The Slave
Is owned and commanded by our enterp,sing towns.
man Louis kyberis, Esq. She will on the Min.
nesota immediately after the opening of navigation
nut we presume will eventually take her place in the
81. Paul and Gaena trade. Thus il viii be seen
that the traveller and the inning, ant at ST. Louis or
the traveller coming from Chicago 70 Rockford by
ha'lroad and from Rockford 10 Galena by stage, can
hardly miss a good boat any day, to ST. Paul; and
we learn that the fare will be low. There arc
III ih dDofe VaieiIa-nO rlsk-nevcT
steamboat accident--uo Choera--no;hng to pre-.
vent you coming cheaply, agreeablv and comfortably
Through, at least to see Minnesota, and look at St.
Anthony and Saltwater, aud at our own extensive
town OF ST. Paul, which is fast tuabling up into the
rank Of cities. "+
BESToN COUNTY.
1t traveller comes here, and has any sor, Of Gu.
riosity, he will take a stage ST. Anthony miles
look at the Falls and pretty town site as the Al
mighty ever fashioned, and take the little steamboat
Gov. Ramsey, above the Falls to Saun Rapids about
50 mikes; and he does not say he the mos, de-
gtiiui, The most charming land and river scenery all
the way up, God only knows how far--as far as he
chooses to travel that lay of doors then wo
have no sense or Judgment. Or if he wants to SEQ
what the practical farmer do in Mnnesota, let him
ride down -
CorTAGE GROVE.
This rs upon the tongue of land extending down
between the confluence Of the ST. G. ok and the Mis-
sissippi The farmers there raise more cats. roots
every thinS that !. good TO cal, than they have any
use for; and they sci! handsome surplus every wear
o ST. Pau and Saltwater. 1t Ia on the east side Of
the river, too-no trouble about Indians and some of
The best land that ever MAS, not Vet taken ur From
Cottage Grove, you may proceed to Point Douglass.
place OF lnoch promise, and surrounded with choice
land. From thence, YOU will pass through charm
ING country, 80 miles, along the west shore Of Lake
ST. Croix, TO
STILLw.TER.
This is the headquarters Of the outfit and ,uu-
nc''"g done above It: on the ST. Croix, and has a
more substantial, reliable business for the extent
oi II, and more capital and less pecunary cmbar-
'as>Incnf, than any other town in VI nnesota-
There the ieniteniary has been erected, and there
has been located of the Land Offices in Minnc.o-
uh-anoihcr is in Bentou County. There come ,ha
steamboats,, either on their way up or down the Mi.
sSs'ppi; and 'hou3h YOU might c9ntriyc to 70
across IN a sot Il jerk water Stage, From Stigatcr
TO ST Paul, ly t,nd YOU will probably ;.refr to 90
around IN the boat Bui first yon ii.st go N, the ST.
Cro'x ard see the busy mills Walker at tho
MAJ me, Mahony at Oceola, Tay lor's Falls and tho
Falls Of ST Crox These places are all actively
engaged III laundering, Being back to ST. Paul, YOU
viii oi course go up. four or five miles, to
MENDOZA AND FoRT SMILING.
South"srd'y f.om ST. Paul about six mile. ~.
me Mississippi river, a high, smooth pom.
nniory standing upon white sand-rock, is tho
Fort below which, unite the Minnesota ISL Pe.er.l
rom the south west and the Mississippi from tho
north west; but an island extends down for half a
mile, and keers the channels Of the two stream,
separate, except narrow slough cutoff that con-
meets them just below the Fot. About half way
down The island on the Sioux, or west side,
sittn, le shoce of the Minnesota river. is Men,
dnia, which has been incorporated bv OIL, Legislature
and IS destined to rapid Improvement. The tenac.
~ with which the War Department hung TO tho
large tract Of counry embraced within The old Mill.
tary l. serve at Fort Smelling, has been ihc on.y ob.
'S'.SN w tSS VI MeNtCl1 heretofore.
SAINT ANTHONY.
Hurrying lack to ST. Paul (and The boa, is there
bcfor you think of i,) you take the sracc to ST. An.
thonv, passing through pretty specimen of Min
nesota, on your way, As need be; and YOU al soon
there, although you ig ght go in half the time f that
Railroad that IS To be, were completed. You will
find ST. Anthony night smart village, very neatly
built, along the east bank Of the river. and a
bench LITTLE back from the river that overooks tho
Falls and tine region west Of the river. You NAV
be disappointed in the grande,v of the Falls as YOU
certainly will he in the size Of the river bat moi in
the unsurpassed beauty Of both, or the charming
beauty Of the whole scene that surrounds ,ou The
mils 8 saws, you viii find actively employed and
water enough, If the throat Of the channel through
which 1t Is supplied, between the island and the
shore sufficiently deerened To drive all the saw
mills in the world. Less than half mile below the
idaun, (Which confines al! the water RAISING down
the cas-, side Of the island, while on the ives,
side the water leapS unrestrained, down the FalIs)
there is an eddy To which lumber hauled from The
mills TO he rated down 10 ST. Paul. distant bv the
river, some i3 or II miles. Look upon the map,
and you will that ST. Anthony Is only abo,,,2
miles north Of ST. Paul. A railroad of miles there
fu'e, plank road, would he Of grca, service 10
both towns. That steamboats,, ct 10 navigate the
river below St Paul, never can il they would, and
never would II they coud, make difficult uip of
"a miles, for the sake Of getting miles nearer 10
Lake Superior and TO the North Pole than they are
AT St. Paul, in competition with a plank-rcad or
railroad, mss long, is evdcn, from the fact, that
they cannot and DO not do it in competition with
common rca s. An extension Ct rairtad in tho
proper and natural direction, no,therly up the Mis-
sissippi river. toWa'ds Lake Superior, would not
touch st. Anthony, but would leave it several miles
west OF the lInc, We should, however, favor tho
construction Of road by 81. Anthony, place where
all travellers will desire to visit, where there
will b. much manufacturing, especially of ,ine um.
ber, the University Of Minnesota and place in fact.
which will ultimately be c: much importance, as
beautiful retreat and place Of quiet and repo.e
St. Anthony is said to contain 500 inhabitan,s
but what they do for living beyond the few engaged
in umberins we arc unable to say. In our opinion.
the ultimate hope Of that town for large population,
rests upon that class Of retired people of Substance
as we'll as inyalds and people of fortune, d-sirins
literary privileges in retired, beautiful town. Who
will certainly be more strongly attracted there than
to any place we know Of in the Great Valley They
have there newspaper, the Saint Anthony Express.
which is really the most valuable Institution they pos
scss Whatever we could do to attract the attention
Of the world to such advantages as 81, Anthony
really does possess we have always cheerful. doae