Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-15
Our Town.

Our Town.
| The habit of putting towns, has become
so common, that in general, but little credit
is given to them, and in fact it is too of
ten the case that the newspaper puff is all
there is of many towns.
We do not now propose to puff Atchi-
son, but only make a few statements Of
facts. Atchison, unlike most of the towns
on the Missouri River, in Kansas Terri
tory, was located remote from any other
town, hence it was that those who made
the first improvements, had to bring with
them tie building materials. provisions,
&c., from distance, and had to live in
tents aniil their dwellings were erected.
Leavenworth and some other points, were
near the Fort and Weston, Missouri
from whence they could easily get mate
rials and supplies, and live at their plea
sure and carry on their Improvements.
Not so with Atchison-yet houses con-
,inued to be erected gradually from the
day 1t started to the present time, and now
there are forty new houses in course of
erection, commenced since the opening of
navigation, and several of them, too, would
do credit to any town in the West. IF
Improvements continue, as we have every
assurance they will, there will be erected
In Atchison, over one hundred and fifty
good and substantial houses the present
season. Since navigation opened, our
population has increased about two hun
dred, and every boat brings new settlers.
New brick yards, carpenter shops, stores,
Sc, are daily being started, and our town
presents in every direction, business.
like appearance. Our old merchants are
receiving their new stocks of goods, and
entire new stocks are coming in, and we
feel safe in saying that within three weeks,
our market will be as well supplied with
all kinds of merchandise as any point in
the Territory. Several new roads into the
interior, are. now being surveyed and
marked out, and we think merchants and
settlers ON the North side of Kansas River,
will find Atchison the most acceptiale
landing for them, where they can have
their goods stored and make their pur-
chases cheaper than elsewhere and save
several miles of travel
Several new, large, and commodious
warehouses have been completed. and are
now ready for storing all the Mormon
goods, and other goods, bound for the
plains.
The fine new Court House will soon be
commenced, and rapidly completed, which
will be an ornament to our town and
credit to our county. The Atchison Town
Company have acted liberal part IN do
mating fifty good lots TO be sold TO aid in
building the Court House. The sale Of
those lots will take place on the 1st day of
May; most of them are very desirable
lots, and those who wish To build, or in
vest in Atchison, should attend this sale, as
it is the last public sale of lots that will
ever be made in Atchison most of the
other lots have been sold, or distributed
among the stockholders, and since the
opening Of navigation, over two hundred
have been sold at private sale for improve
ment. The Improvements IN A,chison,
are of more permanent and durable
nature, than any other town in Kansas,
and it is growing up with the country, not
ahead of it, as some others, and that
Atchison is destined to be the toiu,s of the
Territory, is rather conceded by most bu-
siness men. When persons examine the
country, and learn the local advantages of
Atchisen, as they now will. before locat-
ing, we do not fear the result.
For the present. we will state few
rare facts for new town in the West,
and close this article. We now have
some eight or nine mercantile houses in
Atchison; two or three of these COM
meneed business here soon after the tewn
was located. Not the first merchant who
has ever commenced business here, has
failed. sold out, or left. and this spring,
every man of them: have enlarged their
stere-houses, and increased their stocks.
What ether town can say as muchz
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