The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-12-19
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Organization-settl &c.,
49,; J.:
The young county Of Pope. which ad-
Joins slitis on h5{sejissv ssvhae hHt organ
lied in August, 1866, by the appointment
of Commissieners< q BY the Governor: The
organization was fully completed 81 sptem.
Der 4th, Of the same year, by the election
Of County officers ~ theipeeple: Til fol-
lo1'hs'ia d full list of :,
COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Auditor-Col. s. 3. Mcclure, Il
y Depstys Ahditor---KKiirk j. Kinney: $;
aa RtdiRercf Dteds-James Garfield;
=, Tteasurer-1saac Thorson, 4; 4
:"dge Of f'o'afe-rhom"s Chance (aince
resigned.) &;
Shcrit-Charles 7. Kee. ,+rc.
County Attorney-A. W. Lathrop. 'M
. Court Ga,an,i..sion :. ione,.7:,N 7:,Normep,Sheok.
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S45sytYyorT74 S5Yyor7; 4f,R4.n p Me.ggan. ~ .: T;-:
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To reach Pope comfy, the settler o,::.raH-.
eler leaves st. Cloud by the State road 10,
Ft. Abercrombie. If he goes by stage, ,he
first days journey will take him as far as
saak Centre, at t'the upper end of stearns
county, some sixty miles. The next day
he starts to the westward, over the military
road from Sauk Centre to Fort WadsWorth
-as fine road as ever was travelled -and
after few miles passes from Stearns into
Pope county. The country is level prai-
ne, lightly timbered, and improving B. in
eanelty as 20" please fancy yourself msk-
IN The trip proceed on your journey; uq-
Teaching Westport, some twelve miles
rom Sauk Centre, the soil is exceedingly
rich and productive. Throug this section,
while there is sufficiency Of timber for III
the wants Of the settler, there is no supera-
bundance, and this we consider It's only
dra~hkok, i indsl it ta1 be lnasafed iu-
to anaactuh disadvantage. AT Wesiport
town has been laid out and is owned, We
believe, by T. c, Mcclure, Esq, of this city.
4: :;"hotep,, ;is, Kept here by Mr.. Murphy,
ahd is 4 cohvenient stopping place fo1
teamsters, as much freight for Alexandria
and points above is now taken byi the
F.'westfof Io4dy'. Fsllowin tho pili itary
road, / couple 6f hours win Bring yon te
GLESwooD,
/ Tbs county esat, elPopes county, SOM
Etwent7.mifes+ touth-west Of Sauk Centre
We would here say that the county is di
vided into eight towns embracing twenty
,1fv< 1oDa eessiehal townships) viz: LAX
Ellen, Grove Lake, Glenwood, 1ole, Ahder
son, White Bear, Reno aud Ben Wade. TIL
town-site Of Glenwood was laid out n;Sep
tember, 1866, by Latbrop s Kinney.
is located on the north east end Of Whit
+ Bear lake, q magnificent sheet of rate,
about ten miles long and two miles vid'
The town is on plateau some few rod
y from, the lake shore, and rests o.. hig
bluffs that, reaching one above the 'othel
stretch far back, as we'll rs to the rigi
and left around the lake: The road vino
), down these bluffs, and as you approac
the place q beautiful and picturesque vie
s1isatforde4o 4ofa wade s4tent efseosntry.
q number Of springs furnish constant'su]
ply of pure water, and an enterprise,
OF company has laid. dswn pipes by which Ii
!, / water is conducted a. distance Of about t,
T. hundred rods to the town and to each mar
door. In front Of the Post Office is four
ain which sends up jets Of water that,pl
aud sparkle in the sunlight and brea aki
fall into the basin beneath.
}, The following branches of business .
represented:
Go. ". Robinson. dealer in dry goo
er6oSri,s. 20. J I IL - 4
G. eaml. johnson, groceries and provision
Geo. Rue, shoemaker.
! E.ss. Lathrop, blacksmitAs
e s~Ialhrop & Kinney; fedlsastate agents
=. N. W. Lathrop, attorney at law.
n. A hotel is under charge of R. Kingn
:1aE nn B,IPthuoth s. Ua. he,erepeath ere
ed portable steam saw mill in the tim
on the lake, and it will furnish lumber
.; The town aud outside settlers.
q, E. Pettijohn has shingle mill also
operation.
10 = A gristIm isto bssbnilt iu the spri
N Rev. Ranks, Methodist minister loea
. at Grove Lake, breaches at Gleuwoed
,4 sAbbaths ii each month.
A public school will be under charge
a competent teacher during the VII
4. months:. 81 k4>.5s,s =, III.
|st' Around White Bear Lake as with u
~ Of tho other lakes in the county, limes
.e.. IL found in abundance, and several kiln
y good lime have been burned.