The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-07-08
Tie Northern Pacinc Isaisroad
KOsske.

Tie vorthcrn Pacinc Raiyyes.
konke.
The Exploration Last Simmer.
From shsspec,sl R.aos. q -. Miner aoser,. o. Z
=: di,ss.io. Z ). oessss O., SlsaHssAi Asssi
.rrh. length Of The K,po.t - - sivssg NOR
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Soon after leaving Pend d'Orislle Lax.
We entered Montana Territory.
It il nl,0ut one hundred and thirty mile,
from Lake Pend dUreills, along Clark
river to the Fistl,ead river. upon which dis.
lance there Is variety Of scenery: some 81
fol IL be found anywhere. For railroad
valley. - 4 whole, Il 10 not sperely 1avOra
bic but attractive The few points OF dit.
6cult work along the rocky bluffs. when
thrown into the aggregate, will not increase
tho cost ~ - 70 prsiss It stDve moderate
sum per mile; willie the grades will bc very
light. eDd the curvature generally cary.
Clark y river Inns a 0Ow Inflow waser 1t least
six times greater Than tho low water dow Of
the Ohio river. between Pitisburgi, and
Wheeling. and while it, fall IL slight. con
sidsred with reference 10 railroad grades, il
IL " considerable as 70 afford . great mum
bcr Of water powers, whose future value
must he great; IN average Of eleven feet per
Around Lake Pend d'Orielle. and for
some miles westward, and oil along CIarke's
river above the lake. ~ far ~ We trsvcrsed
Il. there is magnificent region at pine,
cypress, hcmlOck. taMarack and cedar tim.
ber, many Of the trees Of prodigious sixe
] measured one which was thirty. -four feet
In circumference, and . number that were
over twenty seven feet, AMI saw Hundreds
o VIC passed along that were from twenty
to twenty five feet In circumference, and
from two hundred u two hundred and dfty
feet high. A number Of valleys containing
large bodies of this character Of timber on.
ter Clsrke's river from both sides, and the
soilof these valleys ID very rich. Clsrk's
river valley itself 10 Cor much of tho die.
tance confined BY very high hillsapproaeh.
there, ere sufficient sites fl cities and farms
adjacent to waller powers Of the first-class;
and not many years can elapss after the
opening Of . railroad through this valley
I'll Il will exhibit combination OF Indus.
tries and population, Analogous % those
which nav mark the Lshish. the echuylkill,
the 6usquehanna, and the Pomer0y region
Of tho Ohio river. Passing alsng it, quiet
scenes ct to-day, We can sec In the near fl
sure, the vast change which the enterprise
Of man will briug. That which was once
the work Of half = century Is now the pro.
duct of three or four years. indeed. in =
eInglc year after the route Of this Northern
Pacific Railroad shall havs been determined
now ~ calm and undislurbcd, will lc lccm.
ing with life instilled into II by hardy pho.
necrs from the Atlantic aud from the Pa.
cific.
Passing along the Flathesl river for .
short distance, We entered the valley OF the !
Jock0 river. The same general remarks |
concerning Clarkes river valley. are appli. |
cable 10 the Flntlicnd and Bitter Root vi. |
leys. Tho climate, tho valleys, the timber,
tho soil. tho wstor. pOwesE all are here,
awaiting only the presence Ut tho industri. |
Gus white man to rcndsf To- nsaakind the |
benefits implanted in them by . bene6eent
Creator. ,r.,..sy .-ycv e.
W. passed up the Jocko vssllley, sabou.
thirty miles. and Themes by = favorable d.
vide over TO the waters OF tho Hcllgale river,
Of the Bitterroot Our measurement Of the |
dow Of the Hellgats [Angust 10Th, 1862 |
gave III, 900 cubic feet per minute. when |
the stream wa es'nsssassed to BE- quito low. |
The distance by. our travelled route from I
the Flathcad ferry 70 the town at 4iss0ulo. |
on tho Hellga,c river, N about 6fty.six
miles. On al of this Il Is easy 70 build 4
rxilrOad A. m'sdafstc cost; timber and stone |
being quite coNvcnisnt; although for . por.
ton Of the way II IA nearly level, tIeslsss
The TSs penp,s II ,stis,ots,a siyr ~ . wssm
and We have to thank them for |
LIZ nn$S lar.
there ~eS .wcye 5dued At our camp on
the Jocko by Major John Owen, of Fort |
Owen, WHO rods sixty miles 70 meet u, In
company with Major Graham, Ut Deer
Lodge City. These gcntle,nsu gave "
much useful information concerning the
region through which We vera p1asiug, and
accompanied 10 70 0issoula aud Deer
Lodge City. % .ba.,d s.r6 r4r |
Niesoula 10 o thsiyisg young town near
the western b2se Of the Rocky Mountains, |
erisesullk 1aM.nlll, two 81. |
ocllent stores, and twenty-five 10 thirty |
dwellings, q number Of them we'll built. Il
visited lleWhirk's garden Of. five acrcs.
whetv IfO6Ad ripe tomatoes. water melons,
musk .lncl0ns, remarkably nne potstces.
beans, 0ulnne, peAs., and equashsa; also |
young apple trees and other fruit trees. Aid
4 very dne collection OF towcrs and I'll
gin soil In two years, and would this year |
Yield. ipe owner over Two thousand dollars |
gold. the dnH eurIcpcy ut known u that |
part Of Montana Territory.
.Nessrs. Mccormick, Wordcn, Hlgginh
and other gentlemen Of 1issoula, did a IN |
their power to aad - In pgCcuring oatlslae. |
tory Information OF various kinds.
tsw6 gratifying p opA manifested here
add II every point where there ~ere settle.