The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-12-26

n.sss s<ee-soms thirty congressional town
;s;% , s1s|i:1 4: '1e.f,y .l .'.;t;s. t.;
omesrs VA last fall. The following ir
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r. 1ThIE COUNTY o,r1cxns. (.
:. cos"ty Asdstor-. v. Brewer. =
R%si'ssr Of Dssds--E. E. Abbott.
1teassvsr- E.lu...
II yerie asKEG F.id1GGil,llFs -:
Judge Of Robat.-J. J. Grouse, ;
Clerk Of cosrt-L..D Fonda. 49,
Court conm.ss;oner-L. D. Fond.
Sss'veyor-W. H. Grow.
50 G0sesar-1amss,Bd6hdn z -
- c's"8 'ca"~;s,;os.rs-l5. M. Gordon.
John Bassett and H. Scott. ';''t /: ~. -
i; yntT sulDtv1.1os.| .; :~">
g fts eepaty h-dkfted into three town:
fa1p , ari1Ations:' Hartford smb.seiur
" e torthsrn, Long Prairie the central. md .
"~t onisn the southern portion. Fur
thsr subdivisions will be made bv the Com.
mi''ionsrs during the coming year, for th.
convenience Of settlers.
CHARACTER OF TIE COUNTRY. ::
Although in some portions Of tho. eon,.
y the soil is rather light and sandy. y,t it
10 IN the main very COED and productive
some OF the townships being unusually
r'sh ! Large bediss Of heavy timbe Dr. Of the
0e'' quality are to bs found in number
Of sections. That in the nsiehborhood Of
o'akis Lake is probably unexcell.d bv .nv
10 the State. There is also considerable
bras1 z o11yhed. ~fil;ts Ill el@red, and
makes excellent farms,
III - h,>lv / 81 E::2: 'F!5:.T
Long Prairie river, which traverse. III.
'eanty, furnishes on either side in. mead "a,
~ Lands tAat yieid fich,; nutrition. Il or.,.-
ID On ~hioh stock wiz [aoarish aud 1fatt,n
during the months of grazing, and afford
opportunities for putting up Thousands Of
Ezen: ef hsy for sintsr.z Indeed Oh The hi.h
ef0"ss two aada halftons of the best hav
'ea readily b. made to thu. acre. "irhia
great :oundance ofieed, With rivers creek,
md lakes furnishing water on almost ~. =.
ny 1"rm. must give Todd County sffors-
most rank for stock raising, and this, is .
eFsaen e.! e sgricultnFe ,vhiehr will greatly
l:'slep llasiaE edd.5 Jill I'LL. Il. s.ny
4sg EYE g. 1e mere eraiq growing viii
aea9eas1 1aAn.sl.ss ,.srs sllvaelyewith each
'uoeesdins year. epd farmers xill ;sootl be
nvfa their qSi4l in sas1,,. J, horses.
'hsePaad swine: These 14cts seem: to 81
appreciated BY Mr.. John B.ssett, Who ha,'
. hoe farm Of seven hundred acres In Hart:
ord township, one hualred acres, f,pcsd. s;,, /.
y ma my oroken-aEnd : On this farm hsshss
It least hfty head ofh.rses and cattls:1ss':"
ROUND PRAIRIE. i r,'-
Twelve miles north Of sauk Centre. in
his eounty-the road being most Of, the
Wy through tinber-is the settlem1 1nt: with!
'he above name. The prairie is about 1T four laite
niles long and two wide, and IS enatirrely re :
By heavy timber, except On Tho
last, where il open brush land. The soil
. ouita good. A state road has been :l.id
.nt and will soon be opened, from 4 st. st.
Cloud to Round Prairie, making The dis
'aaee from st. Cloud only forty-6vs us;iale..r sal
Mr. bfover, one Of the first settlers II i / ths :
'oonsy' has, with his sons, some four hun.
'F1f:aeER' fs.eed, one hqndr<dsof which
r&brolta. .Aiotherhunlred vfll|b, b,tts.
Ken next spring. A number Of other rood
Earms are under cultivation, Or ate beine
'P'n''q' =: cRa 3 "a
LONG PRAIRIE. :;
1h,s name is familiar to many who know
out htsls Of Todd county: It is used to
a>9is9ett4 Afp pf priirie seoas tv.utv-
i've miles long and ono mile vide, xd lying
twenty, miles north Of sauk Centre. A
number m Of years ago the Agency of tn.
Hnebagps f4dias si.y w1as, established there
e9the dotsrhnent: Aboat one thousand
acres Of land was broken and a po.tien of
It PVT to seed, yielding good crops. The
Ase.sy w.b aiternards absindon.d, and
the land sold to the Long Prairie Company,
composed OF capitalists residing lin the
seeF' eaa BY thsm it is yet held. But the
township to which it gives its NAN, con.
taino much excellent land yet open for
+ Homestead entries.
WEST UNION.
The regular stage round from St. Cloud
% e. AbereEonhie intersssts :thi, town.
ship, between sauk Centre and Os.kis. T,
Is generally rolling prairie; soil good d
with timber IN tie north The towi is well
settled and almost entirely during the past
. season: *eto TAs people have goqsto work in
ssrhsst' ahd have already good house.
ana barns built, and from twenty TO forty
'asree ssea Arshsaaad ready for uext Jssr',
'aees'ti1asa 8 Another year wiiill see farm,
xitas hundred acres snd Ia ! mole s., fenced and
under the plow.
n!
OF good quality is found in heavy bod;e. !,
Ne aesthea portion Of the county. Il il
from these pinsriss that al the Lumbar o,
that kind for the entire Upper sauk Vale,
aqa ~ country aboye 10 tbtahed. It j,
hinlsa u hsf 1v1aAa5 forf kb..ssronbi,,
Moore + Mcclure have > fine saw milf
l1ieh rpfsl94ee ~ s,sl in tn. pin. j.e 5
ton just spoken Of:
A mill At 0sakis Lake, in Douglas coun
n, just aeross the lias frsp Todd, furnish
4 thsia]tasshv Of tbs va ~sslesnf PORTION x,tl
oil kinds Of hardwood lumber, There |,
alse : . shingls mill there, belonging to Mr.
doidon. "N} 1I1
A srist mill, saw mill and furniture fao
tory A. beiag Rat~sp on. Swan River
twelve hiiat ekst Of Kouad Prairie BY Dsvi,
Burnham.
.seqk river, which rises in 0saki. Lake
aowi' Though Todd County, into Saul
Lake, and then winds through etearn
County, snptying into the Mississip ppi tw,
.silss Asbovs sst.s Cloud. On this rive,
near Rouad Prairie. Moore l. MeClare ar
putting up dam. and nsxt year win bull
. saw nnl for cutting out hard wood I'm,
hap zs4,tt
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