Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1858-04-01

knf I'M asta NJ or tlrSe winters, Ihsre, II attaaf
tse Rocky Maiuunia Miuni ID, should 81 81 I ss
IrsvhEsI But ths vast plAins sses very iittle.
FOn uniQn il t,ut 1000 feet above the sea, AMI
1 'fbn Benf6i, bnt $500, ibo0gh l5 q Of Iongitud.
bdGe wsstioh thstp plan u the sources 1T the Mis
srsips int, 1900 feet. Much of it declines, i,
aiihude nor orfh#estward, Indeed, toward the north
ern kstte bssins hnd Hnason Bay The increas,
Iof te.nparatpEe westward IA quite asJapid az il il
sodtls aid 10 New Mexico, and The Pacific Dor.
der&6 the 6Oih parallel ase miides nswinter thar
Santa. Fe; Ia every condition forming the basi.
u snatioaaI wealth, the continental ma - lyina
westWHrd3 and MOI thwestward from Lake superior
] far more valuable than the interior il, lowe,
iatittdes, III which Salt Lake and Upper New
Mexise afe thsppronihen. known dis,ricts.AfSi Il
9s5rtss history sofsths northwestern disttic. has
s!laA interest I also, though The details are
dieA French traders ranged the fertile plains
5nf R1 River and aths. Saskasche wan nearly two
centtles since, and the rich. trade in furs an,
gathered from the suITornding tracts through thai
as Al reA,rsl1 area. This occupation vas scaeyal
with Ne Spanish occupation Of New Mexico and
Cxlil tna and bnt for the psrnicious views en-
tailed by the fur traffic 10 The Necessity of pre-
seryin9 it as wilderness, il would long since
l,aN6S Sesni opened 10 scijiixaticn. The Hudson
Bay and Northwest companies had given way 70
British dominion In Canada, and both these COM
panisa at last concentrated their strength on
efforts TO preserve the wilderness, and to crush
ihs ieaaat colony Of Lord 'selkitk s9issfa y rs
sTteIwhaaS Sspacs here desigsated the Northwesti
Y, However, The joint possession Of the United
Stat61 and Great Britain, hot only ii territorial
tsIssIbpt in all the incidents Of devslopnen Its
coIIi!aercial and industrial capacity5is gigantic,
and OuD which it is the interest Of both govern-
bring outiat the earlist moment. II i'h
The importance ofstkis territory Has
not been overlooked by Minnesota Her
whole, failroad system, Of whichwe shall
come g speak more particularly BY and
b, points to the acquisition Of the vast
future Of this region to her commerce,
and its desirdbteness"is enhanced by the
that the movement Of popu-
latiop. when il shall have exhausted the
narrow strip Of fertile area still remain,
ing 1in the Immediate basin Of the Mis-
sissippi, will be restricted, by physical
necessity ITO the grain-yielding areas u
practically inexhaustible --whichsIl lie ID
This dire ectlonr None Of the States lying,
west of the Mississippi are backed up
by simiIar resources Ia their rear. Iowa
let,lks out upon Y the JMduraise terres Or
Nahraskar Missouri has Kansas, but
Westfrn, Kansas is q sandy plain. which
extends westward 10 the Rocky Noun,
Eains the first enstalment Of the Great.
American Desert New Mexico}i il less
habisable than the branches ofthe Atm
Dasca--,an Salt Lake, is about To be-
deserted, i is said, for, the, preferable
locality At the sources Of the Columbia,
IN the western confines of British Anne
rica. 4asss s&5S' a7ss'2isfs3 Hs
Nor do the advsa5nffasIgeas ffsIa 81 the f;g,a geo
position of minnesota Y end
aere.l As the dominating apex dfethel
great interior plain Of North America--a
as the common centre Of its converging
ines Of commercial inter-comnunica-
ion, she holds the key or inland transit
% Callfornia. TIs sgI sl \ ~ 5.s s.stgf 81 ID NJ
sitSheI possesses, atithef western end Of
Lake S,nperiors and tire head of ynaviga-
ion on the Mississippi, the gates Of the
highway 70 the Pecitic III the
IMMENSE chains of water. communication
which sultimata at these points, full half
way ross the continent, Nature seems
d have unalterabIy fixed the avenues Of
,ur inland inter-ocean anic commerce. ard
% point with the f;;rceibf u divine decree
y Gov. Stevens4-rnute TO Puget's Sound,
IS the inevitable solution OF the problem
&c III Pacific Railway. The advantages
of this reute willv'he hereafter ayerted
o. !, Three railroads 2of the Minnesota,
scheme are projected from different
POINTS upon the path marked out BY Gov.
and before July all three viii
,robablyahe in progress, moving con-
towards the great future inn
bending in the development, f;the North
vest. and fixed as their final goal upon
Pacific terminus. we shall proceed
d show that the internal resources Of
Minnesota are. not unworthy her, con-
mental re citations. @ Ne s
lE17 n N ~ Fs'7T 777IE hl aasP Az ~
.THE PooR IN BUFFALO, There are eleven |
hundred and seventy-two families ID Buffalo de-
,endapl oaihsfSIief fund for thsir food and fuel
nd lo, ,ooo persons dependent af az charity for
a6pPoft IN 7ss7',' sa'a s'0 n
= TIE above tatement or destit1tion in
3uffafo, pprobablys has its parallel ia
most of ahe EASTERN cities--in some to
! g greater and others 10 A less extent. .--
Het the journals ol these cities are COM
Itantly filed with articles depreciatory
II tiie West, and ilhploring tks starving
housandssin their iRidst, 20 experience