Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-05-24

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~ ,Ae prjacipal towns in Bento,
Co6ftx NJ Inst week noticed Anoka
Itasca and EN- liver, and promised
this week. briefly toaReak Of others
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Rapids aud Watsb; and will, ii The nexs
and future numbers Of this paper. com
plete the subject, ~ notices Of Plat,
River, Swan River. Little Falls, Bell
Prairie and Grow Wing. Our limits do
not permit us % give that attention q
these different points Ia our County,
which they actually deserve, and which
i is our wish to bestows- all we have
been able to do. or are now able to do,
j. to indicate their principal features,
i and tho grounds upon which their pros
pcrity is predicated.
\ ssUK RAPIDS AND IT'S sURRouNDiNGs.
The town ofSauk Rapids IS pleasant
" situated on the East bank Of the
mississippi River, distant from ST. Paul
~ miles by land, and 81 miles BY wa
! ter. and from the Falls Of ST. Anthony
90 by land, by water IS miles. From
the latter place, the river is nayigable
from April to October. The Steamer
& Gorernor Ramsey, has been running
here for the three last years; and new
boat, to be called The North Star, is in
progress Of completion. and will COM
mence tri-weekly trips by the middle Of
June.
Sank Rapids is laid out in regular
form, streets crossing at right angles,
with broad avenues. The avenues
are 50 feet wide. Each block ia the
town has an alley 20 fleet wide. affordmg
access to the rear of each lot. There
are l2 lots in each block. The town
was surveyed last June. It now con-
tains three Stores. The Oldest, Mr..
Russell's, has been long established
and. until nov, has been kept BY is pro-
prietor purely for the accommodation Of
the neighborhood, in such necessary
articles Of provisions and groceries, IS
were needed during the close Of navi-
CATION. Mr.. Sweets store vas opened
last autumn, and is now filled with q
very handsome assortment Of Dry Goods
and Groceries The store house Of
| Crane ( Co., below Sweets, i large
building three storis high, 80 feet vide,
and sixty long, and vas designed for
hardware store and the manufacture Of
tinware-but the proprietors. this spring
keep not only Hardware, bat also Dry
Goods, Resdy-made Clothing and Gro.
ceries. A substantial Steam Grist Mill
and Saw Mill are n process Of ercc-
ton by Messrs. Moody and Sawyer,
the latterto be in operation in June or
July-the former in October. A large
number Of buildings, among them seye-
raj handsome. private dwellings, will be
commenced a. soon as the lumber can
be obtained. Crane s. Co. propose
putting up : spacious Hotel opposite their
store, this fall. Four Of The choicest
lots in town, have been reserved BY the
proprietors for another Ho,el, and will
be donated to any person Or persons,
who will 60 on and build the house. and
open It in good style. The water-power
at this place, in Importance, u second
only to the one at St. Anthony; and it il
the intention Of those now engaged in /
the erection of the Steam Mills, ulti-
mately to improve 1t, 20 % to make it
available in the propulsion not only Of
Saw and Grist Mills, but Of all kinds of
machinery required 10 this latitude. The
location Of the place ii pronounced INV
strangers, who visit It. exceedingly
handsome. A broad levee, running the
entire length Of the town, extends from
the River, back quarter OFFS mile, and
i bounded by long line Of bluffs of The
most picturesque appearance, af1ord,ng
the finest sites imaginable, for private
residences. The land back and east OIL
town, i Of Z choice quality forl wheat
and oats, with clayeY sub-soil. West