The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-09-30
WHERE TO GO.

II In his 1assss'sl on minnesota,
"Carloton,' spaners many inquiries
MI climate, products,I
l,nds, 20. Hors IS what he says about
"xhore.to g, md, ~. we'll be SEEM
So. Cloud istho central point: ID
Let mo at tho outset PROFOUND a qaes-
ton. What business do you intend to
follow, my friend, when you reach the
Northwest? Are you q farmer? Then
you want farm where you will obtain
crop, Us soon as possible, whero you will
have good access. to market, with tim,
Der aad fuel near at hand. Spread out
the map Of Minnesota and look At it a..
I write, You see small stream enter
ing the Mississippi at ST. Cloud from
the West-the Sank river. Follow
that up to it's source half way over to
the Red river Of the North now carry
your finger due north from that point
to the British Possessions. All Of tho
country east of the Mississippi from tho
Wisconsin line to- st., Cloud, and all
north and east Of the line just described
may be set down as tinbered, land. II
you want to get d farm quick, without
cutting down acres Of forests, you will
not settle easteof'sthe Mississippi, nor
east Of the line :.yop have drawn to
British America. The, prairie lands Of
tho Northwest, nearly all Of them, lie
west Of the Mississippi 'snd the above
described line.151|. ~ A'aa ~. -
/ give this general outline, yet there
are here and there patches of prairie
east OF the Father Of Waters where ex:
,c,ellent farms may be located, but just
now The tide Of emigration is setting
toward the richer lands west of St
Paul and St. Cloud: 1>v- as3s 4n2
Are you lumbermau? Then. you
need not 60 west Of the Mississippi t
find lumber The great lumber centres
are at Minneapolis on the Mississippi
Still Water, and Tsylor'a !, Falls on the
St. Croix. Another year will see AZ
important numbering interest at Saul
Rapids, three miles above St. Cloud
Manufactures arc already commenced
at7 Minneapolis..i1 FIGURING mills arr
4 starting up; all over 1.-The State. Tn
people At minneapolis say that The.
will soon be able to compete with New
England in the manufacture Of cottons
They will bring y their cotton from
Memphis by Isteamboat:; the Yfreigh
eharges viii be low, aud iu the 600
climate Of, Minnesota operatives vii
be able to accomplish as much work a
fin the mil:sof lowell or Manchester
l. Z Are, You ,arworker' in''woods Do yo'
make, chairs, tables OF: household furn'
lpre? Are YOU a, carriage maker The IL
there is no section more inviting thai
the N orth~est.s Just now the peopl
OF! Minnesota faift6ish their houses wit
Eastern Or Chicago made furniture, bu
there are millions, Of acres I'M the. ;Stat
covered with pine, pax, maple >birol
ash, elm-hard and soft woods ia grea
varsity The population Of t}hie1s Sat
lis now nearly half a million and Sin
ereasiAngi at the rate of one hpudre
thousand I'd per annu "a: No better MAJ
ket can be- found
F.':I have noticed that nearly all I'll
Ereapers, mowers, drills, threshers,* an
farm wagons land. agricultural impl'
meuts are manufactured in other State
in Illinois or New York, but Mil
nesota has all the materials for sue
manufactures. Almost every branc
of industry Can be carried ON there 8
we'll as anywhere else in. the sUnio,
There is 40 trade. or occupation tn;
i may not Be successful in a State wit
;. such resources 4-such soil, climate, an
) advaucingoso rapid|y1in population.
: ~, Those seeking places tor manufactu
Ing, establishments will do we'll to local
on the Mississippi or east OF it, vhel
Water power aid timber may be foun'