Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-01
TIE So CROIx VALLEY
IT'S CLIMATE, SOIL, PRODUC
TION AND PEOPLE.
Inducements to immigration.


During the ten years in which VIC
have published paper in the st. Croix
Valley, we have often written articles,
similar to what this will be-upon the
country, its resources, institutions and
The advantages it offers for settlement.
And this is particularly the province Of
= local paper in the West-to bring its
locality into notice, and by that means
induce immigration. In this article,
and perhaps in Others upon the same
snbiect to follow from week to week, we
intend to give Just such information, ms
persons who desire to come here, or to
change their homes, wish to be possessed
Of We frequently receive letters ask
mo for information about this section of
country, its general character as an ag-
ricultural or manufacturing country. its
climate, its people, and lis social, educa-
tionaI and religious status. We can
here answer all such as have asked
those questions, and give the informa-
ton to thousands more who would like
10 ask them. and we desire, not for our
own benefit, but for The good of all who
are interested IN the development of
this section, that our subscribers will
after reading their papers, send them to
their eastern friends who are intending
to come west, or who may be induced to
DO so. 1t is fact which has not been
unuoticed by reading and observing men.
that about once in ten years, there IS
quite general moving among the people.
This Is a simple fact, the cause of which
il is not necessary to inquire. One OF
these decennial periods is now at hand,
and there is reason to believe that dur
ing the coming summer, there will be
an unusual amount of emigration
There are plenty of reasons for this
Business at the east IS depressed. The
prices OF labor are low and of provisions
high. The resources of the east are be-
coming exhausted, while those of the
west are becoming more rapidly devel-
oped and generally appreciated. The
west IS becoming better known. 1t is
not as indefinite and far off a region as
ii was when many Of US set out TO seek
our fortunes in lis undiscovered wilds.-
Its society and institutions are not rs
they used to be imagined, barbarous,
or semi civilized at best. Its vast un
developed wealth is beginning to be es-
timated and realized, aud its glorious
future TO illuminate the world with its
dawning light. These are some of the
reas oss why the tide of western emigra-
non is swelling, and moving swifter and
more strong than ever before.
We believe. in common with nine
tenths of tko persons who have ever been
here, that there is no part of the West
with natural advantages superior to
those of the St. Croix Valley in North
western Wisconsin. In soil, climate,
timber and water, the necessary reqni
sites of good country, we have all that
can be desired. The soil is strong, deep,
and productive-the climate is even,
pie, SAINT and heallbful-the timber is
varied, abundant and accessible, and the
Saioris pure and plenty. Timber and
prairie land is conveniently interspersed,
and numerous splendid waterfalls fur
nish ample power for manufacturing
purposes. The present principal agricul-
turai staple is wheat, which is produced
ia greater quantities per acre than in
any other section of the country. The
other cereals grow almost equally well,
and the country is particularly adapted to
stock raising. Tho Climate is remarka-
ole for its healthtulne.s, and at some
seasons Is very pleasant. The people
are generally industrious, intelligent aud
enlerprising, aud al! branches of bust
ness are thrifty and remuneratiye. The
educational and religious privileges here
are second to those Of few localities.-
school houses are as plenty in proper
ion TO the population as in New Eng
and, aud churches scarcely less so.
These are some of the general CHAR
lcteristics of the oouatry, its people and
Institutions. In the series Of articles to
*'low, we will particuarize, aud give in
d Faii, the facts aud statistics which will
,ntcres, those who may think of coming
among US to seek new homes Hudson
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