St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-07-22

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I 81. Cloud y point at which the .Rsdf Riv.
81. trains cross the Missisgippi on thsir way to
81. Paul, which proves II 10 be the natural
junction az land travel betwssnt these two great
arteries Il Trade. Il Is 1t the present head ok
Steam naviIation on the Mississippi. Boats
{nn.regulafly, during the Spring and early
Ssnper1 months. from 81: Anthony to this
pi Is m.p sI1..it position <eor.se.ly With
refer ehoe to ar the most important points in
ilocstioa, and OF the Surrounding ooul-
try cannot be transcribed. Within fifteen
miles Of, st. Cloud, or opposite sides of the
river, and at different points of the compass
are eight lahes, varying III size from mike to
5 miles in circumference, all, save one, beau
tiful, exceedingly, three Of them at least, deep
onotyh to float j ma -of-wa.. Wooded banks;
clean pebblyl shor.s painfully mixed with
co, asliei.! and waters abus4d 10 lily supplied
with ISL.
Wl,gi .;;es.. . ;ss,evers ;Es'e his sutyoy Of
nolt' y i';;t;t DAD > cate tothc paeias. in 80,
he - .red GO t'sa westcr,.. side Of the Mis-
ii. .,YIi, belo -. SIX lsspids' The place was
na,nsl the present site Of 81. Cloud; but it
is here his route leaves tLeriver. In the sum-,
laer Of Is Q. claim &C BIN was built Oil the spot
whe, . we now write, a good saw mill, the
frame ola large Hotel and eight other dwell
ings wore put up that summer. This last fall
fhere were three hundred aud thirty two votes
polled in the precilic &; Not the votes Of Indi-
ans Or Half Breeds, zfoya ,here are noue here.
"a majority d. the inhabitants Of The county
are hardy Germans, with sturdy wives and
: childl,en, cultivath,s lie soil and working at
mechanical cmployuent:*.
The aubsoil is SAID n1.d al, hough t;le *,';' is
from one to three feet deep, rich black loan.
, supporting e:,al vegetation, til, drainage is
so perfect and The ar 80 pure, that breathing
;; is perpetual pleasure. As yet, our physi-
clans have discovered no diseases peculiar to
, the climate, no Indigenous complaint except
the s'Minncsota Appetite which requires one
p, fourth more treatment than q modest Pennsyl-
vania nr Ohio attack of corresponding dis
cS>A.
Any LoLy il" wants to drink wh;>key in
peace had better hot CONE hele: for the treaty
by which the lard was acquired from the Sioux,
forbids its introduction; and the Legislature
has passed q Law enforcing That provision; but
people Of moderate means aud Industrious bab-
its who have chillrs' to educate, will find few
places where thu opportunity for cor, eel moral
training, healthy development Of muscle. and
the means Of pecuniary independence are bet
ter combined. b. 4 ~ p,
;, There ale immense tracts Of pine lying above,
from which the mills at st. Paul, St. Anthony
and the Minnesota Valley are supplied. These
employ large and evcr-increasing force Of
men, horses and oxen, who are to be supplied
with provisions clothing and feed. The soil is
; waiting for al opportunity to produce urilimit-
ed quantities Of food without troubling the far
mer cr,ishing clols; while The Mississippi from
st. Paul to Little Fails can afford 10 t mill
at almost any point and has waite rowe,
enough to 90 the manufacturing for Cont
t:lt. go,
Our natural meadows produce grass from
-Four to six feel high, and the beef killed Oft ou,
prairisS is quite equal to any stall fed We have
eve, c.tcn. Our venison is fine at ter cents
per pound, rabbits, prairie hens, cartridges,
ducks, &C., plenty. Thousands Of bushels OF
accrns 5oc the hogs that are moi here to cal
them. Fuel for the labor Of cutting and haul
Of The supply running out soon, as the ''Big
Woods extend from this place some twenty
miles o. more, down this side Of the river, and
from eight to twelve miles back. Our prairies
are all dotted with strips Of wood land, :3OaI
Openings which just look like old orchards,
dense thickets Of plum trees bearing delicious
fruit, grape vines, doing likewise, thousands OF
acres Of hazel bushes and strawberry vines, en-
gagged in the same business; while some hun
dred acres are in the cranberry trade and turn
OH ali article, which, for quantity and quality
CO nnot beexce,led The blackberries, red rasp-
berries and hops tack up their shingles in the
woods; and seldom disappoint the most san
guine expectations Of their customers. There
is still land ten or fifteen miles back which SET
/! tiers can get, at government price, by building
cabin and living On it until il comes into
market. Actual settlers can buy lots here at
from one to five hundred dollars, and specula-
tors can have the same lots at from five to ff-
teen hundred. 1 : ~ - - : -@E<>2
Ir some of the river towns back, places that
will be pleasant villages, lots CAN be had gratis
by chose who will build and live Of! them =
;! This, in places where q house can be built for
I ffty dollars, that would be O. palace compared
to the deus rented in large cities for and s
dollars -: month, while the lot, with only the
! aid Of . glubbing hoe and a few days labor,
would bring vegetables 10 feed family, and
/ every township has GOO acres appropriated to
the support Of schools. ~ -
Seventy thousand acres are appropriated to
a State university. A fin. building has already
been erected for the use Of that institution. 1t
is situated at St. Anthony, built Of stone on an
eminence commanding view O.. the falls, and
no State III the Uniol; has better foundation
for yoo2 system o. popular education. No
other prairie State Is so well iimbered as Min
nesota and no State more abundantly supplied
1 with clear water. Iii che country surrounding
St. Cloud and as far North and West as We have
any reliable account. settlers find no difficulty
i'll locating land Oil a running stream or trans
parent lake with plenty Of timber at hand for
building, fencing and fuel and az the land on
open to p exemption, there IS little opportunity
for speculstors, and settlers have assurance Of
neighbors and that rapid increase in the value
of their lands and in social advantages which
arise from the system Of land in limited guam
titles to actual settlers. $50 ~ 60.
The country around st. Cloud, west Of the
Mississippi was purchased Of the Indians in a
treaty made with them by Hon. Alexander
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