St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-30

Junction Of land travel between these two great
arteTiea OF trade. It's at the present herd OF
steam. navigation on thu Mississippi Boats
ran regularly, during tho Spring and early
Summer n,ouths, froa St, Anthony to- this
place. Z,
+ ihe map gives IT'S poaiton correctly With
reference to al the most Important points III
the territory, cut the peculiar beauty Of It's
location, End fertility Of tllaaurrounding noun~
try cannot he tFan$csibed. Within fifteen
niles Of ST.. Cloud, OH opposite Sides Of the
river, and at different points Of the compass
aye eight lakes, varying in size from ] mileto
s miles in circumference. MI, save one, beau-
'tiful, exceedingly, three Of them at Toast, deep
enough to tloat 8 man -of-war Wooded hanks,
oiean .pehhly shores pleutifulIy naked with
cornelian; ana waters abundantly supplied
with fish.
When Coy. Stevens n&ade his survey Of o.
northern railroad route TO the pacific, in So,
ta campea ''on the western side of the Mis-
sissipri, below Sauk Rapids" The place was
naineiess--the present site Of St. Cloud; hui Il
is here his route leaves eriver, IL The sum
rner of '55 a claim cabin was bujlg on the spot
Where we noW wlie,.a good saw mill, the
frame Of Il large Hotel anti eight other lwell-
ings were put mp that summer. This last fall
4hure were three hundred and tfslrty-tWo votes
pole0 III the preGlnrt Not the votes Of Indt~
ans OF Iialf Breeds, for 5hara are none here
4 majority Of the Inhabitants Of the county
arc hardy Germaiss with sturdy wives and
children, cultivating the sell and working st
mechanical en,ployme1its. =
The subsoil is sand and although the SOL is
.roni one TO three fest deep, rich black loan
supporting rank vegetation, the drainage is
Sc perfect and the air 50 pure, that breathing
is q perpetual pleasure. AS yet, our physi~
clans have discovered no diseases peculiar TO
the climate, ne Indigenous complaint except
the >.Alinnesotn Appetite which requires one
fourth more treatment than 81 modest Pennsyl-
vania Or Ohio attack Of 3 corresponding dis
ease.
Any body who waits 10 dgink wiliskey III
peace had better not come here, for The treaty
BY which The lanl WAS acquired from the Sioux,
furbi0s it's introduction: ana the Legislature
has passed q law enforcing that provision; but
People cf.mcGerate means and Industrious hab
its who have children 10 educate will find few
places where the opportunity for correct moral
training, healthy development Of muscle, and
the means Of pecuniary Independence Arc bet
ter cnlnhined.
There arc Immense tracts Of pine lying above,
from which the mills at St, Paul, St. Anthony
ond the Minnesota Valley are supplied. These
employ q large and eveG~increasing force Of
men, Horses and oxen, WhG arc to be supplied
with provisions clothing ami feed. The soil j.
waiting for al opportunity to produce 'nlimjt-
ed quantities Of food, without troubling the jar-
n,er crushing cloGs; while the Mississippi from
St. Paul to Little Falls can afford to turn mil
at alAsost any point and has water power
enough to tlo the manufacturing t0r Cont
n@Nt. j.
] Cur natural meadnws produce grass from
four to six feet high, and the beef killed of our
praries IL quite equal 10 any stall! rei We have
ever eaten. %u yenison is fine at ten cents
! per pound, rabbits, prairie hens, part1idges,
ducks, &c. plenty, Thousands Of bushels OF
acorns for the hogs thai are net here to eat
! them. Fuel for TIE labor d cutsing ana haul
| ing of he ground and there is lily Likelihood
Of the supply running pl't soon. as he Big:
| Woods extend from this place some twenty
miles or more, down gbis side Of the river ana
! FROM eight 10 twelve miles pack. Our prairjes
ara all dotted with strips Of wood land, 'FOaB
/ Openings' which just look like old orchards.
| dense thic1ets Of plum trees bearing delicious
fruit. grape vines, dosng likewise, thousands Of
acres IF hazel bushes ,and strawberry vines, en-
gagged in the SAME ssiness; while some hun
out an article; which for quantity and quality
cannot be excellea. The hlackberries, red rasp-
berries and hops tack up their shingles in the
woods; ard seldom disarpoint the nsost 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
| 4 cabin and living OF it until it comes into
market. Actual settlers can buy lots here at
| from one to Ave hundred dollars. and specula-
tors can have the same lots at frc,u five 10 If
F: teen hundred
! In some Of the river towns back, places that
will be pleasant villages. lots can be had GRATIS
! by those who Will build and live on them, --
This, IN places where house can be built for
fifty dollars, that would be q palace compared
| to The tlcns rented in large cities for aul {,
dollars per month, while The lot, with only the
| aid Of q grNhbing hoe and a few days labor,
would bring vegetables to feed i family, aud
| every township has 500 acres appropriated to
| the support Of schools.
Seventy thousand acres are appropriated to
a State university. 4 fine building has already
been erected fog the use OF that institution Il
| is situated al st. Anthony, huiH Of stone ON an
! e,nirence commanding view at the falls, and
30 State in the Union has a hotter foundation
| for q good system Of ropular education. No
other prairie Stale is 50 we'll timhered as Min
nesota and no State more ahunaantly supplied
| with clear water. In Inc country surrounding
ST. Cloud and rs fan North end W est as we have
any reliable account settlers ind no difficulty
in locating land on d running stream or trans
parent lake with plenty Of timber at hand for
building, fencing and fuel, and Us the land on
The West side Of the Upper MISSISSIPPI il only
open to pre- e1nption, there is little opportunity
for speculatnrs, and settlers have assurance d
neighbours and that rapid increase in the value
! Of their lands ana IN social advantages which
arise from the system 81 lasa III limited guam
| titles to actual settlers. a...z n "%l@
The country around St. Cloua west Of the
Mississippi was purchased OF the Indians in d
treaty made with them by Hon. Alexander
Ramsey and Luke Lea in 1852 and ratihed by
| the senate the same year. The Sioux had
Iowned the land from 1927 bu, had not occupied
! il, and it was used as hunting ground by the
Winnehagoes whose land reached within fon,
| miles north Of ST. Cloud. Their country was
coded 10 the United States by Il treaty began
i with Commissioner Manypeny and concluded
/ VT Waskinrtpn IN Fob iSE5 and rstifial hv tbn