Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-05-29
Correspondence of the Tribune & Tele-
graph
May 81 1856.

WlNoNA, Min. t., May 10, SO.
Dear Tribune s. Telegrdph:-Beleving that your
sell and readers may De somewhat interested with q
orlel description OF this new and growing Territory
as iar as my knowledge and observation extends
which Is at present rather limited give it to YOU
But hrst OF w mona. Winona is situated on beau
thu and level prairie about eight miles long by three
miles wide. The soil is of a dark erayelly nature
which prevents the place from being muddy in wet
or dusty in dry weather 1t is growing rapidly. and
IN tact, In residence here of two weeks | thnL |
may safely say have seen fifty new buildings erect
ed, which is bat mere cipher of what will be put
up here this season. People are rushing here from
all Quarters every up river boat being loaded to the
guards With freight and passengers the principal part
OF them bound for Winona and st. Paul. They all
agree i'll saying that this is the only place they have
seen since leaving Dubuque where large town can
conveniently be built. This is the case for of all the
places that saw in my trip up the river was i'm
possible to build town than three streets back
from the river, on account of the enormous bluffs
that face the Mississippi either shore They are
100 large to be eyeled, and of disposition so stub
born that is useless trying to coax them to move n
little further back into the country But such is NOT
the case at this point, which seems designed bv ma
ture expressly for large and populoas town, and
such it is bound TO be.
Three and half wears ago there was on Winopo
Prairie, but log hut to day there is popula
1000, and many fine buildings both public and pri
vate-both increasing wonderfully; but the high price
and scarcity OF lumber lit being RATED from the St
Croix Wis., rather retards extensive building ope
rations especially by those of small means But this
Is an evil that will exist no longer as two or three
extensive brickyards will soon go into operation, and
assure you they will be patronizcd extensively for
300 houses are wanted here this spring for by next
fall we shall in all probability number 900 souls
You may think this very large estimate but YOU
have only to come here to be convinced PeopIe arc
tocking here in such numbers that it is impossible
Tor Them to get place, sleep and are OBLIGED
to camp out, making bed of mother earth. The
four hotels crowded as full as a Broadway o,n,i
bus. However, by the first of June there will he
good accommodations, as at that time H. d. Huffs
new Hotel, under the proprietolship of Geo Willis.
Esq, late OF your city, will be opened Its CAPACITY
IS, think, equal to the Duriee House and the name
of the proprietor is sufficient guarantee to the tray
cling community that, on his table will DO spread
the "fat of the land"
The back country is very fertile and there is hard
y an 80 acres of land but some part of it is found
what is called in the New England States
boiling spring, of beautifully clear cold water
that in the hottest weather is never dry Beautiful
brooks are interspersed through the country. and
they swarm with speckled trout the fish of ali fish
The country is rapidly filing up with frs. class
land aud Middle States and you will do ubt agree
with me, when say they of the right sort to de-
Vel"pc the resources of a new country.
THERE'S anamber of kenosha people here and we
should be glad to see more. T. II. Wood and Thos
Wright, of your city, left here today and probably
they will return and locate. But have spun this
letter out to govdly length and if has no interest
for your readers, they Will wish had stopped long
ago, but if 1t is OF any interest TO them and YOU
shall take pleasure in letting you hear again from