St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-07-21

clean pebbly shores plentifully mixed with
with fish.
Nhen'6sv. Stevens made his survey of q
northern rSfroad route to the Pacific in '53,
he camped con the western side of the Mis-
sissippi below Sank Rapids" The place wa 8
nameless-the present site of St. Cloud but it
is here his route leaves the river. In the sum-
mer Of IS claim cabin was built on the spot
where We now write, good saw mill, 1.-The
frame Of large Hotel sndeigh otucc.r dwell.
lngs were put up that summer. This last AL
there were three hundred and thirty two votes
Po'led in the precinct. Not the votes OF Indi-
ans or Half Breeds, for there are none here
majority Of the inhabitants of the country
al" 'e, hardy Germans. with sturdy wives aud
ehlldrcn cultivaiing the soil and working at
mechanical employmeats. ~
INC suosol! is sandy and although the soil is
from one to three feet deep, rich bla ok loan
supporting rank vegetation, tho drain sge is
=: 81 pei1sc' ana Inc air SO pure that breat.e iug
IS perpetual pleasure As yyt. our phyA:;-
cans nave discovered no diseas es peculiar to
- ~ e..mate' no lndeg icious cor mplaint except
fo,n.1 AAnes@a ARRehee' whi III requires one
fourth more :treatment than q modoet pannsv1.
vanla er Ohio attackxafa cor, .esnon 49, j;e-
case. ''po""'"o a's
any body who wants to dr. ink evhiskey in
peace nad better not come he re, r.or the treaty
sspy which the land was acquj red from the Sioux
iofpids ITS introduction; anf tho Ieo;.Iatnre
nag passed law enforcing tn at provision; but
pecPse q inooerate mean ar ii Industrious hab-
~, "no .s's 70 ed AGATE, will find few
tr.;n;," 49," S.S,.,.S tut ity for correct moral
the means of pecuni nv ;ndanendence ara het-
Her combined. I'd go
from, wb;al, ~" straets Of pine lying above,
49,. ~" aI: ssle ills at St. Paul, St. Anthony,
rnn,ov ;1.rra ia Valley are supplied. These
mop Io,e>os and ever-increasing force Of
With nsS-;,;, nd oxen, who are to be supplied
wa;t;aa s,r ,ns, clothing and feed. The soil is
ted ousnt; an opportunity to produce unlini-
far Ear s ~ ties Of food, without troubling the
1ro,n O. .ushing clods; while the Mississippi
s.;,," Paul to Little Falls can afford to turn
er en1 at almost any point and has water pow
lime, ugh to do the manufacturing for Con-
70 Dur natural meadows produce grass from
.ur to six feet high, and the beefkilled off our
prairies is quite equal to any stall fed we ave
ever eaten Our venison is fms at ten cents
per pound, rabbits, prairie hehs, cartridges,
ducks, &c., plenty. Thousands Of bushels of
scorns for the hogs that are not here to eat
them. Fuel for the labor of cutting and haul
ing off the ground; and there is no likelihood
Of the supply running out soons as the t'Big
Woods extend from this place some twenty
miles or more, down this side of the river and
from eight to twelve miles back Our prairics
are q dotted with strips Of wood land, soak
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 straw berry vines, en-.
gagged in the same business; while some hun
dred acres are in the cranberry trade and turn
out m article, which for quantity and quality
connot be excelled. The blackberries red rasp
berries and hops tack up their shingles in the
woods; and seldom dissappoint the most san
guinc expectations Of their customers. There
is still land ten or fifteen miles back which set-
Tiers con get, at government price, by building
cabin and living on it until it 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-
cen hundred =. 80. -.>:.
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 dcns rented in large cities for 4 and S
dollars per month, while the lot, with only the
aid of a grubbing hoe and O few days labor,
would bring vegetables to feed family, and
every township has 600 acres appropriated to
the support of schools @.Es@Gsyz ,z.-~
Seventy thousand acres are appropriated to
State University. Afnc building has already
been erected for the use of that institution 1t
is si;,r,tod st. Anthony, built Of stone on an
eninence commanding'.a view Of the falls, and
no State in the Union has better foundation
for good system of popular education. No
other prairie State is so we'll timbered rs Min
nesota and no State more abundantly supplied
uith clear water. In the country surrounding
st. Cloud and as far North and West as we have
any reliable account, settlers find no difficulty
in locating land on q running stream or trans
parent lake with plenty Of timber at hand for
building, fencing and fuel, and as the land on
sho West side Ct the Upper Mississippi Is only
open to presumption, there is little opportunity
- for Spectators, and settlers have assurance of
neiehbors 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. p
The country around ST. Cloud, west Of the
Mississippi was purchased ofthe Indians in q
treaty made with them by the Hon. Alexander
ramsey and Luke Lea in 1852 and ratified by
the~senate the same year. The Sioux had
owned the land from 1927 but had not occupied
and it was-used as hunting ground BY the
Winnebagoes whose land reached within four
miles north of st. Cloud. Their country was
eeded to.the United States by treaty began.
with Commissioner :Manypeny and conclnded
ct Washington in Feb 1855 and ratified by the
u, genake March 3Aof the same year. In May
following theE their reservation on
tAs, Blue, Eala only since that time
has stearns Count claimed kindred with civil-
4 .$isaiion. The drst house within the corperated
limits Of Sc. Cloud vas built BY James Hitch
cps for General Lowry. James .HicheRs being
S the first white man who slept il . house here
Is entitled to the distinction Of being the ''old-