The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-03-26
the three State Normal Schools, ans 70
bonds are now in The market. ',,e
Normal School Board hes voted te Isl.
st. cloud and select site for. the pro-
posed building.
II SACK.

,o,n. Dut small part OF this
''"o Is prairie. Watab prairie in the
@ ao''ne1n part On the Mississippi has
so'"e inc farms. Th re ia a larpe
"nounf OF excellent timber in the town
! ne oa"k RIVER enters tine Mississipoi in
us south east. Il corccr, where there Il
a good saw and erist mill. Wa,,b
river also furnishes an excellent w,ta,
power. This was we'll improved
saw m'll having been in operation at i,s
mouth in l857-5e, but the aau beiop
carried away it has not since been re-,
paired. The first school was taught il
1899, at Sauk river. There are DOW
four schools in the town. Corn Yields
from 20 to 45 bushels per acre wheat
10 to 80, II have, been raised from one
acre; oats yields 40 20 80 bushels per
acre. [ estimate the popo,z.ioo at
''"ut $50, in 1867. about three-quarters
Of whom are Germans.
SAINT AUGUSTA.
This town was settled in 1855. Mr..
John l.. Wilson. Landrew, and
others se't!5d near the mouth Of large
creek, where Mr.. WiLson built a saw
mill in lS5e-59, and laid out town,
naming 1t St. Augusta. The Land is
as!o!5 M:5 OF average quality near the
Mississippi, being Of sandy loan,
with scattered scrubs end burroaks. but
the middle and western portion is .
rich black loan, and excellent crops Of
all the usual grains and vegetables are
raised. There are only a few small
prairies in the town, most of the land
being open timber, with brush aud
meadow land. Estimated population
In 1885,, $50, nearly all Germans, an
industrious and thrifty class Of farmers.
| MAINE PRAIRIE.
Previous to 1855 little or nothing
was Known about the land of this town,
but In that year the prairie now known
as Maine Prairie was discovered, and in
1856 Il. Dam, D. A. French, n.
Greeley, D. Spaulding and others opened
farms on the prairie and soon it's exceed
ing richness and beauty attracted an in
telligent and substantial class Of farm
ers who have made the place one of
the very best neighborhoods in the
County. The first public school vas
taught in 1859. A Baptist church vas
formed in 1858; Elder lnnman pastor,
With :ix members, the next year in-
creasing to forty. The Methodists also
established church the same year,
Elder Sterritt preaching in 1859-60.
There is lyceum, and public library
Of about 400 volumes, and lecturers are
frequently employed as a means Of in-
struction and amusement. Estimated
population in 1856, $50, exclusively
Americans, principally from New Eng
land. There are in the town several
beautiful lakes where large aud excel
lent fish are caught and the forest
abounds in deer, hundreds of which are
killed every fall. The game laws are
strictly enforced.
This town was first settled BY Rev.
7. {. Partria.e, in 1856. is
mostly timber, with part Of Maine
Prairie extending into tile Western por-
ton. The village Of Fair Haven, ic the
southern part Of the town, on Clear
water river, eleven miles from tho
Mississippi, aid eighteen from ST.
Cloud, has { 'od water cower, which
has been improved. grist and saw mill
are in operation. The f'resrs surround
ing furnish large Quantities Of good
hard wood for manufacturing parroses.
The estimated population of town is
four hundred, nearly or quite all Amer
leans. Lots sell for from ten to fifty
dollars. Farms bring from three to
twenty-five dollars per acre Building
materials are cheap and ;:!eoty. There
:s Bspti~s Gree willy Disciples and
Methodist. Clearwater lake, forming
fart Of the southern boundary of the
county, is fine large body Of water,
Eve miles loog BY about two wide,
surrounded BY heavy timber, consisting
Of oak, maple, elm ash &C., and abound
ing in E>h easily caught.
This is the extreme southeastern
iowa in the county, the southern and
eastern boundaries being the Clear
water and Mississippi rivers. The
western boundary is range line between
ranges q and %. There is little or
no prairie in the town, but good timber
and meadow. The Clearwater river
forms an excellent water power, which
is improved to considerable extent at
Clearwater village, that part Of tho
village north of the river being in
Stearns county. There are two sash,
door and planning mills, Two Touring
mills, one saw mill, and one stave mill.
all run by water. There is also ore
steam saw mill, short distance above
the mouth Of Clearwater river. There is
manufactured here a good quality of
stone lime, and two OF three miles above
the town there is:a deposis Of mari,
which has also beeu to some extent
used Estimated population in 1867,
four hundred, about one-third Of tor
e;gn birth.
ROCKVILLE.
This town Was settled in 1857 bv
Germans. The town is principally
timbered, a part scattered brush,
but there is 6ne prairle near the Sauk
river, at the mouth Of Rock creek,
where the first settlers opened farms.
There is saw aud grist mill on Rock
creek, doing 4 good business. Timber
Of good quality is plenty, aud building
stone is readily quarried from the gran
ite hills. The land IN places is hilly
and rocky; the soil is good. Grand
Lake, in this town, is a nearly circular
body Of water, about one mile in diam.
eter, much resorted to BY pleasure par
ties for fishing and hunting. 1t is about
twelve miles from St. Cloud. Estimated
population in 1867, $50; about three
fourths Germans, with few Irish and
Americans.
SAINT JOSEPH.
Among the earliest settlers in this
town were j. H. Linneman, C,sper
Capser and othels. The town has 4
large quantity Of good timber and