The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-07

The City Of No0lmgof-1eat4 Mise, progfeAs and
PrOspecls.
Ninineer is situated on the west bank Of the Mississip.
Fl IS @eils.Asexft Psa. ~ s.ssss t,adsi7 -e'si.ks
Those who visit :Niainxes epv and, rekollect stlssar0
pearsnce of the landscape when they paused to admire
it eighteen months ago will surely exclai,n, truth is
stranger than fiction Were i not for the indelible i'm
preston made on their minds by the rare beauty Of. the
location and its prominen, landmarks assuring them it
was the same spot, they eUald scarcely believethat in 80
short . period a thrisiag Apws Of sevsRphundeed iphati.
tants could arise, where On their previous visit they could
only discern two lonely dwellings. Part OF this aston.
ishing progress, be it noted, has been realized during .
revulsoa l6ost unparalleled, and while .StAes places
were stationary OF rctrograding. a~.w
The natural advantages Of this spot as d site for a
large city ara such as could not long have been over.
looked. Aparty of shrewd business men 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 who bound Menss lees BY covenant to put
(sp . certain amount Of Improvements within two years,
Or forfeit the lots They gave due publicity to the pro.
ject, and as every let sold At cost price would within
TWO years call forth q stipulated amount Of improve.
ments, the certainly Of the town getting a good start
Vas beyond adoubt. TW his stipulated improvements
were put up, no mos srho Loxghs at cost price could get d.
legally perfect Tile Deed for his 3oss. Some lots were
reserved by the proprietors, and sold at high prices with
out an improvement clause. Tie Deeds for these are
perfect.
1t is also the most accessible point TO the vast tracts
of land Of unsurpassed richness in the beautiful valleys
Of the Cannon, Vermillion and Straight rivers. The
distance to the 6ourishing towns back Of US is a. follows
Cannon Fahssl6 niles, Lewiston q, Waterford q,
Mortified 20, Faribault IS, Rosemount 10, Lakeyille
The location of Niningcr is an admirable one for a
distributing river town, and the settlers in the. fertile
valleys Of the Vermilion and Cannon rivers, and the
Cottage Grove district congratulate each other on the
advent of = river town at the precise point best suited
for their wants. Weshave already two Saw mills and .
Sash, Door AMI Bliad Factory. l9All the machinery for
q first rate new Grist mill is ON the spot, and tho mill
will som be doing the farmers some service. There are
Carpenters, Plasterers, Blacksmith, Wheelrights and
Shoemakers:~ Grocery aud Dry Good stores, Stove and
Tin-ware and Hat, Cap, and Shoe stores. The Nininger
Lime is in high reputes On the additions to the town
there is 6rst-rate clay for Brickmaking, and any COM.
petent party commencing that business here soon should
succeed we'll. The bailding stone is excellent. There
is abundance Of timber for 6rewood near at hand, and We
learn that coal has been found about twenty miles south
vest. We have Schools and a Lyceurh, and divine SER
vice every Sabbath by clergymen Of the leading denom-
nations. Here the EmigvantAM journal is publish.
ed. There are favorable opportunities for parties to-
commence business! A wholesale Grocery and Provis-
ion store a Foundry and Machine shop an Agricul-
tural Implement Mandatory; a General Hardware
store; q merchant Tailor . an Apothecary a Book
seller and ~Stationer q Hair Dresser ; a saddler;
. .Gunsnith, and a Forwarding aud Commission estab.
lishment are required, and many other businesses could
be established here with reasonable probability Of suc-
cess. During@the season of navigation steam packets
pass the town daily. Building lots can be bought on
easy terms, so that persons Of moderate means can get
5~epg with less capital than is required TO settle ut many
places where there is less work going on than at Ninin-
ger. 80 4."~t'- a. a@'~'"-3 Ia"
We doubt # there is another place in the whole coan-
Try where the r~evulsicn Of trade last year has been felt
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prosperity of the town somewhat, and stopped the pro-
gress Of certain classes Of business, its effect on the
spirits and hopes of the people was hardly perceived.
They have kept busy-usefully employed-and enjoyed
themselves heartily, but temporarily. A regular, weekly
dance has been kept up two evenings, in the ~6nesslarge
room in fremont Hall-the~ second one was started be-
cause the attendance was too large to allow many to en-
joy it all they desired. Both Of them close precisely
at II o'clock. : 1t may be mentioned to the credit Of
our town, and especially to their managers, that no
indulgence in ~spiritdous liquors has taken place on any
occasion of public ~festivity, there has, consequently,
been no disturbance or riotous proceedings through all
the winter. -. F~f's "0A@ - *@F
The past Of a town is often an index. Of. its s1asuze. /
sthat past hss& depsndedscMA iht@efhhaf
force and not on fortuitous circumstances. Where,
however, a town has grown because it has been borne
gt5by the general advance Of the country, and has had
no rivals to contend against, no argument ii furnished
for its future success when arrsyed against active and
SAo1SCb4" AZ uc ulSsOIy OI NIuluXeT = muSC Dc
observed that it has attained ito present position in the
face Of the opposition of the then most prosperous town
in Minnesota. Its strength has thus been thoroughly
tested. It has also been effected BY the worst possible
condition OF monetary affairs, during the late crisis It
must therefore be borne in mind that our past career
has not been one OF easy az natural growth. We hare
had to fight our way agains- al kinds of obstacles, and
whatever we have achieved A been by perseverance,
and determination.
a. What better pledge can we offer the new conner for
our future than the mere rec I'll Of these facts. Such al
crisis as that Of 1857 is not ngain expected to- occur in
the next twenty years. The opposition we at first en-.
countered is every day growing less. a4a~ ~l72.-1sst ~
Now let us examine what resources we have fol. the
1 In the FIRST place, We anticipate fairly and reasonably,
q proper share of that growth which it is hoped the
coming spring will bring 70 the whole Of the great West.
In the next place, one material fact Which initiated
greatly against Us IN the past, will during the coming
perienced from the steamboats,. This will be removed
in two ways first, by the fact that Ni1inger il now
made an advertised point at which the mail boatss nMssa
leave the maitland II is the determination Of many Of
our citizens to take legal measures against the mailcon.
tractors if they fail to perform their duty secondly,
our Town Council contemplate at once extending tho
1evee to Bassett's Landing, which will at once remove
all possible ohjectionssos theapart. Of the steambsats to
landing here, for it is = we'll known fact that for seven
years past Bassett's landing has held 1 hiehaeputa-
sicn among steamboat captains as a landing. place, and
that too, long bssOss S'Swn ~asGtaoushs st xsfsssxSfz
In the third place, the emigrsnt who visits our town
during the rcomingyyear, will find our ~cisiseus bury insI
making various ornamental sud useful improvements. j
He will see the work on the levee going on . he-wil aee
various streets being graded he will sesskeard sRalha
being built around some of the main blocks, and he will
see that all these works disGsibutsamosg the citizens q
large amount Of money, which must redopud, to the
prosperity Of the whole PLACE . n = T. 4
In the next place, , careful. examination Of the ill.,
provement clauses contained in the deeds Of those who
bought under the covenant set forth above, viii convince
any one that a large amounted benefit will DE derived
70 the town from that source alone. Between two and
three hundred thousand dollars worth Of iniptoyte6p
are to Be made under those covenants. Wh5&ktf56s&
have to be made at once, or in proporti1ss9 SSNss4kk dd63kt
ing the coming one or two years, they viii 'neveKfsj61I
add materially to the growth Of the town.
In the ne.A rplkessJ .!stepgl issgretdens9Qiy
uncertainty and doubt. md altbouch. f. has falhena 9th