St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-04-12
SAINT CLoU u.

SAINT CLoU U.
St. Cloud is the point at which the Rc>. Riv-
AZ trains cross the Mississippi on their Why to
Ct. Paal, which proves it 70 Lc the nataca!
sanction .: land travel between there two great
arteries Of trade. II il at the present head OF
'toac' navigation on tho Mississippi. Boats
rua regularly. during ;hs Spring and carly
Summer months, from st Anthony to this
place.
T:se map gives It's Eosisi6n corcce!iy with
reiecakoe - Ill the most important points III
the Territory, b~t the pecuiia1 beauty CT lis
loca:io. aHA fertility ci the surrounding :o,,1l-
Try c.ia act he transcribed. Within ht'een
!a..o e: 81. C!ca!, ~ opposite s,Iea CT tns
rivc-, a-,i It ;i:--oce. io.Ata o. tho compass
are o;gi.t lakes varying i. s;zs from ! mile TO
y II IS "a c;rtalnl.louce 81. save one, beau-
til, c2::e.ii!.y, three OF them at cHst, deep
enough TO to;.t {. .oal,- c,-w::. Wooded banks,
clean ,',:';!.iy shores beautifully ,n4Sea with
cornel,.n; :i1 waters lbandantly supplied
~, fish.
When Cav. :tovsus mad: ilis survey Of a
NORTHERN railroad rcAe 10 thu Pacific IL -,
be canned .on the western side Of tho Hlis-
eiss;ppi bcloy, Sank Rapids The place was
NAM e.ss lac pveacnt site Of st. Cloud; but It
is here lis route A-a:ca the RIVER. IN Inc SUM
me-: Of s. & ca:u cabin VAS ',ult on t!is spo;
where VIC Ei'' HI4:e, II EuUA S:aN iii1-i, 'IS
frame u i large Hotel and eight c.':ec dwell
ia1s were nat up that summer. This last ca!.
theirs we're three hundred and thi;.v-tHo votes
r,:cd il, the precinct. Not the votes Of 1--ai-
uns ~ Half breeds, TOR there ars none here
4 ::,iiu":ty .: the inLa:,ita..ts o. .iAe country
x:e i:rv,1y ';erE2n2, win h.uriy "1Y"s SUD
>li:;l.c, cu't.vai;':g the So. and working *
meca,.ic;.! ciuD!o;zconts.
NC subs I'll 5 :;ady sr:t although. :se SOY: -
f.c:~ one t. TIME feet :lec: & re! 'sac.: loan:
supporting; rank vegetation, tie drainage -
eo cer,-c: aEl lie -: So rnrc that ':c:'tli!us:
is q pcrpct,el ,,::aa;:re. as ret, our :,h:sl-
ciars have dis:uvcrc. nc diseases nG""-iar 70
tho cl;n,;lt,:, NO il:aec ,c:ts complain; except
the Minnesota Appetite: wh:c:, requires ci!"-
fourth la3rc Treatment, than q modest i'ounsyl-
~ania or Ul.io attack Of a corresponding ais
ease.
Any ho:!5 ?;ho wants to drink whiskey II
caaca had better not come here, for the treaty
BY which III: land was acnucedfroln The Sioux
f;nids Us IN; t.:t,!cttcn: ant: the Legislature
III l5,,.:c:. a%' .G.ocvug :!aat c:o'ls4o1: iii
per: 6! 1.o:::cs > means aud lndus;rlo"s h1h-
yAo Lax: children to educate, vii! i!n1 lev
p!a::s v.sra tic opportunity soc correct mora!
Pruning, I:e.:i;.y development Of muscle, anH
the :ucacs Il pecuuiAry independence "se bet
ter combined.
These are iu.soe"se tracts .; piae lying above,
fron. ,7i,:;. tie u.;::z ct *. Paul, S. AitAony,
All :ac Minnesota Valley ere s11pp:ied. These
employ large ~! e;2> ::nc:s'sf'ng ios'e 0;
nl"1, i.o::os sn'i >zc2, who are 20 % s'iH'ie"
H;:. provisions, ciot .g AM; seed. IAe so:- -
,@:.is;:!; -! ~ opportunity to produce un!ik:'~
te. quantities d food, without: troH1l!ng Il:
farmer c:.A.i..s slods; w!aie TIE 3iiss!ss:ppi
t:ol., Il. r.u to little Falls caa :t1or: 10 turn
mill at almost any pr:.I s,2i has water pow
I -, act, far OF
';1eat
Our natural r,ea3cws produce s. grass from
ro.r 10 ak f:et high; a1sl the beefkiilcd OF our
p:.:yiss Is quite eo; = ;:ay stall ted We ave
ever r:.;ca Our yenison il fine 1T ten cents
per po:i:a>i r%',3::.s, prairie Aens. paftsiages,
t.l.As. &C., p;e,ty. Thousands ct bushels Oh
.r>,I!:5 ior tie hogs that are not here % cat
:,e.r. i;e: !or te LABOR u cutting :tni l;;:'ii"
IT,. Of the ground; ant: there il no iitcllnood
81 the supply runniu; out soon. rs i:,e ''!>iG
WooIs'' extend c;ora this p;t.es sc:ae twenty
mile: O, n,o:v. down tn;s side o:,ae river and
froia eight t, t.fe;yo miles back Oar rralri3s
s.e ii uottc%; With strips OF wood .l&ns: soak
Openings w.::. Just look like c:l orchards,
dense :i.c::;is o: n!nl trees bearing deAla:olis
fruit, Crane vizes, doing likewise, thousands 81
acres o hazel bushes al strawberry 7!iicS ,+is
gagged il t.:c sa,tc !;:: ae=.; ,s.:.e some :l'1n-
arcI acres arg II t::e cranberry trade and tirn
out "a article, w::.ci. Is: quantity and en2iity
c,naot be exccl!eI. TIC black 5ctr-as yea ,a*!,-
ferries and hops ac3z ", t:.eai shingles III tie
woEl;s a2:l seldom lSs:l point the most san
Euine expectations Ct tileir Customers. There
is still Lana tn o. fifteen miles back which set
Hers can get. a. govern ncnt prize, hy building
cabin an! ii:;.a@ on i: ,!ati. il comes into
n,arkIt Actual settlers can s,ny lots here ii:
Fam ere % FIVE hundred dollars, and specu,a-
t,rs can Lave tho same lots at from Eve to al
een .ncj:e:s
l.. some al ::.a river iowns back, places that
will be pleasant villages: lots can be had gratis
~ those who VIII build aud live On them
This, in plates where house can be built tor
G::7 dollars, that would lie r:.laee compared
% the .s.as aned in large cities for and .
dollars ,sr rio1ih, while :a;!o:, with ouly the
aid OF n gruhling hoe aud q few days labor,
would bring vegetables to fees; q fatally, and
every township has 800 acres appropriated to
the support If schools. w.
Seventy thousand acres are appropriated to
Stale University. A fine b:1ilding has already
been erected i;r the Ct that institution. It
situated & St. Anthony, built OF stone on al
eMinenc. commanding a view Of the ,a!ls and
10 State in the Union has a better fo:s,,,,utiOn
for good system of popular education. No
other prairie State is SO well ti,aber<.+; as Min
nesota ar1:l no State more abundantly Supplied
with cia:r water. In the country surrounding
st. Cloud and as far North and West as We ve
any reliable account, settlers find no difficulty
in locating land on a running stream or trains
parent lake with plenty Ct timber at hand 70:
building, fencing and fuel, and as the land on
tho West side OF the Upper Mississippi is only
open to pre- -emption, there is little opportunity
for spectators, and scttlers have assurance. Of
nsighbors and tina: rapid increase IN the value
If their lands and in social advantages which
arise from the system Of land in limited guam
titles to actual settlers.
The country around 81, Cloud. west Of the
Mississippi was purchased Of the lndians in a
treaty made with them by the Hon. Alexander
Ramsey and Luke Lea in 1852 aud ratified by
the senate tue same year. The Sioux had
owned the land from 1927 but had not occupied
it, aud it was used as hunsins ground by the
Winuebaroes whose lund reached within four