The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05
For the Ajn9sesOtidss.
Cannon Falls.

This beautiful town, situated at the juno
ton of the Little and Big Cannon Rivers, in
Goodhue county, in this Territory, promises,
at no very distant day to become an inland
city of extensive capital and large manufac'
turing resources. At this point there are
two water powers, excelled only in point OF
capability to run machinery. by the water
power near st. Anthony. For beauty of To-
cation, and attractiveness of of scenery, and
fertility of soil surrounding it, Cannon Falls
has no superior among the rapidly growing
towns Of the Territory; and its inhabitants
being men of intelligence and energy, the
growth of the place is commensurate with
the advantages its location promises.
During a recent visit to Cannon Falls, l
was very much grati6ed to find the steady
march of improvement manifest in the many
new buildings in process of erection, some Of
which, especially the two Touring mills, will
be ofgreat benefit to the citizens of the place
and surrounding neighborhood-the coun-
try in its vicinity being settled with an in
Industrious and enterprising farming popu-
iation, whose surplus products, with the COM
pletion of these mills, will find a ready sale
at home. Among the most prominent i'm
provements going forward, noticed the fol-
lowing:
FIGURING mill, building by Haight & Co.,
size, so by 70 feet, four stories high, with
four run of stone, will cost when finished
$4,000 FIGURING mill, in process of erec-
ton, by R. G. Knox & Co., 45 by so feet,
four stories high, with four run of stone, to
cost $4,000. School House, % by 3S feet;
cost So, 800. Swedish Church, 80 by so
feet; cost 81, 500. Hotel being built by Van
campin, will cost, when completed, between
seven and eight thousand dollars. Stone
Hotel, being erected by the Cannon Falls
Company, Of which Joseph Daniels, ESQ.,, is
the energetic President, 80 by so feet to be
three stories high; cost So 500. There is al
so Methodist Parsonage being erected at
this point, the cost of which will be from
$1,000 to $1,000. There is in addition to
these, many private residences going up in
different parts of the town, all Of which
will be completed and ready for occupancy
before the beginning of cold weather. At
this place, Mr.. Ellsworth has established a
lumber depot, where all kinds of building
materials may be obtained. Its hotels are
we'll kept, especially the "Falls House," mine
host of which takes great pains to see that
his guests are made comfortable in every res
pect, and his table being at all times supplied
with the best of eatables, travellers stopping
at this house are sure to receive the best of
treatment.
The country in the vicinity of Cannon
Falls is fine Agricultural one, and the far
mers this year have been blessed with an
abundant crop. 1t is estimated that the
quantity of wheat grown in this neighbor-
hood, the present year, will reach the amount
of Is, 900 bushels, an enormous crop, when
we take into consideration the newncsS Of
the country and the short time the farmers
have had to operate in.
The distance from this city to Cannon
Falls is thirty-fve miles, just far enough eff
to make an important point, which if it does
not do, shall be very much mistaken.
Z. G.