Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-11-29
BENTON COU MY

F1O1leer and Den1ocrdt. the cOrrhYpQn-
dence Of TAMARAcK, written IN his most
racy style 81: sss1f
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Claus Ciiy and TIE ,oay n wake q fossss
The boilom of, Lake sSuperiar
Crops II Benien County, GOvs
seq, &c. ..ss 81
Since last wrote you, md wilhiah
few days, this town. situated at the he'd
of steamboat navigation, above thA cil5
and Falls Of ST. Anthony, has been visit
ed BY company Of gentlemen who pro-
pose TO lay out and survey, or survey
and lay out. ! have forgotten which, a
road from Fond du Lac Superieur (the
bottom Of Lake Supsrior) directly in a
/" bee line, . or an air line,' or a
fshing.line, or some other line with a
hook to it, and possibly in direct line,
q chalk-li but not a 8 line Of march, !"
to the great city ofst Cloud, IN s.earns
County, so called, but which in the act
creating it is known as STEVENS Coun-
ty, in honor Of Hon. Isaac Stevens, Gov
ernor Of Washington Territory. Well,
this company was composed of the pro-
prietors Of St. Cloud cityto wit /: Geo.
+. Brott, Esq, j. p. Wilson, Esq,
z. A. Curtis, Esq, and J. G. Moulton,
Esq, with Captain lfoEa Hardin, a rel-
alive Of Hon. Ben Hardin Of Kentucky,
well known to these parts as familiar
with all the region between here and
the great Lake and the head waters of
of the great river, known in common
parlance, as the Mississippi, (tbas is,
Capt. Tom-no. Ben. is guide, and
Mr.. Curtis, well and fayerabiy known
in his profession as a civil engineer,
acting as surveyor Of the ad.--They
were well armed and equipped, and de-
signed turning off east at Little Rock
Lake, and pursuing the uneven tenor Of
their way TO the place Of beginning, !"
and thence n due. Z ii some direction,
to the great city of St. Cloud in Stearns
County, so called.
Whether they will ever in direct line
reach the great city ofst. Cloud, which
lies on the West side Of the Mississippi,
or not, is problem which they have
undertaken to solve. DIR. Kane could
not find Sir John Franklin, but got home
saie-so did the expedition that was
sent in search Of Dr.. Kane. So may
the expedition, now gone out to explore
and surveyand lay out road from the
bottom Of Lake Superior to the great
city of ST. Cloud, return, "with all their
blushing honors thick upon them !'---so
may another expedition be fitted on. to
find out whether they found the bottom
of Lake Superior (the very bottom, ''the
place Of beginniag'') from which 70 take
their departure for the great city Of ST..
Cloud. When, some years ago, Capt,
Ross was fitted out by the British Gov
ernment to explore the North West Pas
sage, between the Atlantic and the Pa
cifc Oceans, be was gone SO long that
Captain Back was sent out to bring
Ross beck but I know it can't be so
with the party starting from the bottom
Of Lake Superior, to reach ST. Cloud
city or the city Of ST. Cloud, do not
know we:cai w..:s.i for Capt Hardin will
take them back safe to Benton County,
whether they run the road or not. /
know him well be won't survey much,
but he will take good care Of the chll-
dren-he will, while he has charge Of
them.
Now, Mr.. Editor, badinage adart.
what is the object Of these explorers Of
a road from Lake Superior to the Mis-
sissippi I i IS, as think, to lead the
people and their legislators. to believe
that there is place Of great Importance
on the West bank Of the Mississippi,
10 be known as ST. Cloud
City" or the 4 City Of ST. Cloud' no
body knows which; to this end, and
for this purpose, a steamboat was put on
the river last spring, to run 20 Sauk
Rapids 1t all seasons when the river
was freq from ice !; but it was soon dis
covered when there was plenty Of water,
that she could not run SO far up al the
Gov. Ramsey used to run !; namely 10