The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-14
our Srsrritory and its New Towns.

our Eerritory and its New Towns. /
We clip from eur exchanges this morn
ing various notices of new communities
which have lately sprung upin different sec
tons of cur Territory. The first copied is
a description of st. Cloud, and is taken from
the st. Anthony Express 49, .S~
Among other counties, created during the
past winter, is one erected out of Cass county,
to be called Stearns, in honor of our esteemed
Councilman. Its southern boundary is Clear
Water River, the northern boundary of the
new county of Wright, noticed in our last. -
The seat of justice is located at ST. Cloud, a
new town beautifully and adYantageously situ-
ated at the foot of Sank Rapids, and at the
head of navigation above the Falls. The place
has been laid out by j. L.Wilson, Esq, at the
point where, by Gov. Stevens survey, the
North Pacific Railroad will cross the Missis-
sippi. 1t is surrounded by rich and attract
i've country, beautifully alternating with wood
and prairie. The timber is said to consist
principally of tall and wellformed white oak,
a variety so sparingly distributed in this part
of the Territory as to make it very valuable,
both for fuel and mechanical uses Already
about one hundred and twenty families are set
tied in the vicinity, and large accession is
expected in the spring. A number of persons
have settled in the tOwn--a store is kept there,
hotel is being built, also warehouse, and a
ferry has been established. The national road
to the Pacific, for which Congress has apprO-
priated Sl85, 900, commences at this point. =
Territorial roads, authorized by our Legisla-
ture, from Minneapolis, Henderson, Traverse
DIES Sioux, and Lac Traverse, all centre here.
Courts will be held at ST. Cloud twice year,
Judge Sherburne presiding The proprietor,
we believe, offers town lots gratuitously to all
who will settle there. With all these advan-
tages this new town sets out upon the race Of
cities with promising omens Of success.
The Express also notices settlement in
Hennepin county, in the following terms
Some twelve miles up Crow river in Henne-
pin county, colony of three brothers by the
name of Bigelow and few other families have
commenced settlement. The land is said to
be rich, with plenty of water, and room enough
for others to get good farms in the vicinity
They have an abundance of timber, consisting
of sugar tree, black, burr and white oak, elm
and ash. The gentlemen that have already
pitched their homes in the neighborhood, are
industrious and good people, and it is to be
hoped that more of the same sort will gather
around them. There is a good water power
in the vicinity.
; The lllnmesotian speaks as follows Of a
town called Salem, recently laid out by WIN
HANNA, ESQ.,:
This is the name Of new town, recently
laid out at the head of Spring Lake, some few
miles below Pine Bend, on the Mississippi. 1t
is located in convenient and beautiful spot,
surrounding which, on all sides, is a broad ex-
tent of rolling prairie, unsurpassed for richness
and fertility in the Territory, at present unoc
cupied, and all subject to presumption. Salem
is situated on the county road, leading from
st. Paul to Hastings, distant from the former
place about Is miles, -.....
William Hanna, Esq, is the enterprisng
proprietor of the place. He proposes to pre-
sent to any person or persons, who will erect
the first steam Touring mill in Salem, deed
conveying clear title to ten acres of land in
an eligible part Of the town, on which to con-
struct it and any one acre on Main street
that such person or persons may choose. Per-
sons in search of new points for the investment
of capital and the employment of their enter
prise, are referred to Mr.. Hanna, on the prem
ises, who will give them full particulars of the
advantages which the place offers to settlers.
The Times of the 18th, has the following
notice of st. Peters City, and the adjacent
country:
This place occupies section 81 town ITO,
range rs, on the Minnesota river, and is 70
miles from st. Paul by land and 1875 miles by
water. AS it is attracting good deal of at.
tentiOn both at home and abroad. propose
| through the columns of the Times, to present
from time to time brief views of the real ad-
vantages it possesses and which collectively
considered give it prominence above all sur
rounding competitors
LIST. Its geographic position. Casting the
eye upon the map you will perceive that it oc-
cupies central point in the southern portion
of this Territory, some 60 or 20 miles f.om the
Iowa line, and out of the reach of the unfavor-
able influences that st. Paul or St. Anthony
must exert ever towns and cities within 80 or
80 miles of their locality. The western Dor
ton of this Territory is the finest agricultural
country we bave ever seen, and is in close
proximity to lands being rapidly settled in
northern Iowa, and peradventure will be first
fully occupied for farming purposes If this
be so, the various trades and professions and
branches of industry will he represented, and
long before we shall become State that portion
ofour land will be dotted over with cabins and
cottages, and villages and towns, holding with
in themselves the majority of the popular SOW.
ereignty power of tile Territory. Ere long we
must fix the point for the permanent location
of the Capitol of the State of Minnesota to be-
When that times arrives the influence
of the inhabitants of the Mime SOFA yalle y
will be ve,y great, and cannot fail to infa,
ence, materially the question of location, in
fact without perfect unanimity Of feeling and
action between St. Paul, st. Anthony and
Saltwater, they will have the po,cer to accom-
plish any grand aim thew NAV boyo 81 hoort