Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-08-27
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The prospects Of Sank RAPIDS are !
based On 1 more sure foundation than
any temporary advantage il may de-
rive ffom Legislative enactments 81 any
iayora The general government may con
fer nponsit. When those who deemed
i for their interest 70 put down Sank
Rapids, banded together 10 reduce Ben
tom County 70 small limits on the Missis-
sippi that the County Seat might be
taken away from il, imagined, when
they had succeeded in accomplishing
that act. that i death blow had been
given to its prosperity. Then other towns
in the vicinity, in which they were in
terested, were sure to advance and be
built up upon its misfortunes. To
show how far they we're correct in their
conclusions. the present appearance Of
the town will testify, When this act
was consumated, and majority in the
Legislature refused even 10 leave the
location Of the county Seat to the peo-
pie of the county, there were not two
respectable looking buildings in the
place. It was laid Out the July proceed
ing, and there were some hopes that
something would be done the following
season tywards erecting mill Il
was commenced, but the attempt prov
ed rather abortive, certainly SO far as
that season was concerned. Little
was done towards building up town
previous to last fall and winter; but the
greater part of the improvements in
town by far, have been made the pre-
sent season. with all the disadvantages
the country, and especially the Upper
Mississippi region, has labored under.
It is welt known that the grasshoppers
were so plenty until It was too late to
plant crops, as to discourage nearly
everybody. Those who contemplated
making improvements, feared to begin
them, and MANY farmers actually left
the country, and it seemed for time
that a general stagnation in business
must ensue. Amidst all the drawbacks
our town has steadily advanced, and
more money has been invested here by |
those who design making Sank Rapids
their future residence, than any other
town above St. Anthony. No efforts
have been made by the owners of pro-
perry here 10 give to the town mnsh-
room growth. Nearly every building
erected here has been occupied by the
person who erected it, and hardly a
house in town but is filed to its utmost |
capacity. These all speak for the fn-
ture Of Sank Rapids. But what are the
peculiar advantages Of this precise To-
cation In short we will say--a sec
ton Of land for miles IN every direction,
unrivaled IN fertility-;n tilnber--in
beauty--hy any in the Territory /; a
water-power equal, if not superior, TO-
any in the country--it being at the head
of Steam Boat Navigation on the Upper
Mississippi, it being impossible for boats
to get over the Rapids on. which the
the town is located, and the river not
being susceptible ofnavigation for some
fifty or sixty miles above--it being a
point where a bridge can be more easily
constructed across the Mississipm than
at any other place below this. there be-
ing any quantity Of the best granite rock
here suitable for bridge and other ma
sonry, there being charters for the im-
provement ofthe water-power on the
rapids, as we'll as that on Sank River,
at it's mouth, opposite town, and for |
Bridge across tho Mississippi on the
rapids here; and further, there is still
more important advantage the location
has, our citizens, mean to avail Them
selves Of these charters, and carry out
the object had in view in asking for them
at the hands Of the Legislature. They
mean to Dam the River here, and put a
Bridge across i the coming season.
DAILY MAIL.
It's known to all here, that the r. O.
Department has established daily mail
between this place and ST. Paul. II is
equally well known that The mail arrives
here regularly every evening, Sundays