The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-28
10 Clty Of Nlnluger-lix selse, PrOgfeAs and
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pi rs miles below st. Pau. by water, and IL miles by
land, ~(tcrrying ut NininXer 4
Those who visit Min n ger now and rec"llect the ap-
pearauce Of the laui-capc ~ien they paused to admire
it ii ,ht4en month az" will surely exc!ain,, trut' is ,
.,ra, .er than felton, Were i not for the indvlibie inn
PRESTON made gu their minds by the rare beauty of the
location aud it's prominent landmarks assuring them 1t
was the same spot, they could scarcely believe thnt i"so
short u period u thriving tnwn of seven hundred inhati-
tants c.u 4 arise, where on their previous visit they could
only discern two lonely dwellings. Part Of this aston.
ishing progress, be it noted, has been reulized during a
revulsion almost unparalleled, and while other places
! were stationary or rctp"grading.
The natural advantag. S Of tho spot as a site for a
large city are such as could not long have been over
| looked A party Of shrewd usiness n. n determined to
turn these natural advantages to account. and went to,
work in the right way. They sold building lots at cost
| price to parties VIII" L"um" Mr.nx Toes by core"ont to put
up a certain amount Of improvements within two years,
or forfeit the lots. They gave due publicity to the pro-
iect, and as every lot sold at cost price would wi Thin
;wo years call forth u stipulated amount cf imprtve-
ments, the certainly of the town getting a good start
was beyond Il doubt. tn his stipui"tef improvements
w~re put up, no man rho L"~yh' at rns' prirr couh/ yrt"
lry"Hy p~,Tct Title Dred FIR his tots. Some lots were
reserved by the propretors, and sold ut high prices with
out an improvement clause. The Deeds tor these are
perfect.
1t is also the most accessible point to the vast tracts
of land Of unsurp. ed richness in the beautiful valley
Of he Cannon, Vermillion and Straight rivers. The
distance tl u u 'IFISutnS t'HHS DaCk VI u ~ u loI "
cannon Falls Is miles, lewiston -, Waterford p,
Mortified %, Fariba,.lt IS, Rpsemount 10, LakeviIle
~, Shielisville 80 miles. !
The location of Niuingcr is an admirable one for a
distributing river town, and the settlers in the fertile
valleys If the Vermillion and Cannon rivers, and the,
Cottage Grove district, congratulate each other on the
advent Of T. river town at the precise point best suited
for their wants. We have already two Saw mills and u
Sash, Door an Blind Factory. All the machinery for
a FIRST rate new Grist mill is on the spot. and the mill
will som be doing the farmers some service. There are
Carp .nters, Plasterers, H.ack<miths, Whcelrights and
Shoemakers Grocery aud Dry Cod stores, Stove and
Tin ware and Hat, Cap, and Shoe stores. The Nininger +,
Lime is in high rcpute. On the additions to the town
there is frst.rate clay for Brickmaking, and any CON-
peteut party commeucin. that business here snon should
succeed we'll The bu ding stone il excellent. There
is abundance of timber for trew"od near at han1, and we
learn that coal has been found about twenty miles south
west. We have Schools and u Lyceum, and divine ser
vice every Sabbath BY c%lergymen of the leading den'nl-
in,tions. Here the Em;yr""' Ait Jour"aI is publish
ed. There are favorable opportunities for parties to
commence business. A Wholesale Grocery aud Provis-
ion store a Foundry and Machine shop; an Agricul-
tural Implement Manuiactory; a Gt neral HARDWARE
store !; a merchant Tailor; an Ap"thecaryi a Book
seller and Stationer u Hair Dresser ; a saddler
u Gunsmith, and u Forwarding and Commission estab-
lishm"nt are required, and many other businesses could
be established here with reasonable probability of sue
cess. During the season of navigation steam. packets
pass the town daily building lots can be b"ught on
easy terms, 50 that persons Of moderate means can get
along with less capital than IL required to settle at many
places where there is less work going on than at MINI
ger. ~ !
We doubt If there is anoth~r place in the whole coun- !
try where the revulsion Of trade last year has been fl,
SO lightly as in this town. If it did interfere with the
prosperity of the town somewhat, and stopped the pro-
gress of certain classes Of business, its effect ON the !
spirits AMI hopes Of the people was hardly perceived
They have kept busy-usefully employed-an1 enjoyed
themselves heartily, hut temporarily A regular weekly
dance has been kept up two evenings, in ,he 6ne large
room in Trem mt Ha.l-the sec"nd Que was started BE-
cause the attendance was too large to allow many 10 en-
jy it all they desired. Both Of them close precisely
ut IL o'clock. 1t may be mentioned t. the credit 81
our town, aud especially to their managers, that u"
indulgence in <pirltuous liquors has taken place ON any !
occasion Of pubic festivity. there has, consequently.
been no disturbance or rictous proceedings through all
the winter. NJ " /
The past of a town is ,ften an index of it's future.
particularly where thai osst has depended on internal
force and not on fortu.t"rs circumstances. Where,
however, a town has grown because it has been born.
up by the general advance Of the country, and has had
n rivals to contend against, no argument is furnished
for its future succe y when arrayed against active ant
energetic rivals. In the history Of Niniuger it must b.
observed that it has attained its present position in the
face OF the opposition Of the then most prosperous town
in Minnesota Its strength has thus b. en- thorpughl,
rested. 1t has also been effected by the worst po<sibn
con liti"n Of non 'tArY affairs, during the late crisis. Ii
must Their fore be borne in mind that our past career
has not been one Of easy an natural gr with. We hav.
bad t" fight our way againt III kinds of obstacles, aud
whatever We have a<hievel has been by perseverance,
aud determination. /
What better pledge can Nc offer the new conner for
our future than the merc &C I'll Of these facts. Such u
crisis as that Of 1856: is Tot again expected to occur liz
the next twenty years. The opposition we at FIRST en-
countered is every day growing less.
Now let US examine what tcsources VIC have for tn,
future. ~@<s - --.
lii the 6ist PLACE. we anticipate fairly and reasonably.
a proper share Of that growth which it is hoped the
coming spring will bring to the while "f the great West
In the next place, one material fact which initiated
greatly against us in the past, will during the coming
spring be obviated, viz the opposition heretofore ex
prrienced from the steamboats,. This will be rpmoset'
in two ways first, by the fact that Nininger is nov
made an advertised point ut which the mail boats mp.f
leave the mail,-and it is the decentralization Of many OF
our citixens to take legal measures against the mail cen
tractors if they fail to perform their duty secondly.
our Town Council contemplate at once extending tht
levee to Bassett's Landing. which will at once rep,nve
all possible objections on The part Of The STEAMBOATS, to
landing hero. for it Is . well known fact that for seven
years past Rassett's Landing hes held q high reputa.
tion among steamboat captaihs rs q landing place. and
that too, l"Bg before 4 town vas thought of here.
. In the third place, the ~euiernnt y ho visiisour town
during the coming year, will fnd our ci'izens busy in
making various ornamental and use ul inproven, ut
He will see the work On the levce gong on b. will se
various streets being graded he will see bmrd walks
being built around some Of the main blnoks, and3 he Will
see that all these works distribute among the ritizens =
large amount Of IN. ney, which must rebound to the
prosperity Of the whole place: = - $3.50 ~
: In the mex, place, a careful examination Of. the i'm
provement clauses contained in the deeds Of aihose who
bought under the COVENANT set forth abpye, will eesrince
any ope that Z large amount Of benefit will be derived
I'll the town from that source alone. e Between two and
three hundred thousand dollars worth Of improvement
are to BE- made under those covenants. Whether these
have to be made at once, or in proportiona,e parts dur.1
ing the coming one or tive years, they will Nevertheless
ID materially to the growth Of the town. est ,aa4
: In the next place, aith 'ueh the grea. depression in
money af.irs has made VIZ railroad pf'j'cts d matter #
uncertainty and dhEbt, and although il has fallen with
particular weight upon oar own railroad enterprise,
pevertheiess. We still hope that with the return Of better
times, the Nitinger and st. Peter Railroad Stock mAc,
under the Endorsements set forth in an adjoining column, !