Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-23

GROWTH or nEtROiT-sr rAIL Ahp lplHIh |
OF -yERNoNrERs, frc.
DrrRorr, MINI. July II, 1873.
4 change Of base from Yankton, Dakota, to |
this point, requires a swing around OF about
six hundred miles in order to accomplish the
exploit by rail. First we have to rctrace the
course Of the Southern Dakota to Sioux CITY,
thence by mostly a now route through the
Northwesterly counties Of Iowa and southern
Minnesota to st. Paul, sauting st. Peter and
dining with st. James ca route, then nearly
due north to the junction which connects the
Mississippi and Lake Superior railroad with
the Northern Pacific, and then along the
shoot" of this great unfinished enterprise,
reerossing the Mississippi at the pine forest
city of Brainerd, two hundred and hity.six
miles to this genuine New England town
No other trip in the whole country Of the
same extent could, we imagine, present o
greater variety in soils and scenery, tho very
best and the very worst being embraced within
the limits Of this panorama. The broad, bot |
tom lands Of the Missouri above Sioux City
may be regarded as the cream Of iatncss,
yet to be developed the apparent eternity Of
rolling prairie along the line Of the Sioux City
and st. Paul road, as limitlcss in extent to the
vision rs the broad ocean itself, conveying an
impression Of yastuess that no broken land
scape Of hills aud valleys is capable Of the
low, mnrshy flats Of portion OF Southern
Minnesota sinking you almost to homcsickncss
though passing through the uninhabitable ox-
pause as fast as steam can take you, until you
at last reach Maukato, O most beautiful and
aourishing town Of about eight thousand In
/ hahitants, where through deep cuts and rug
gcd surroundings you enter the valley OF the
/ Minnesota river, the most thrifty and produc-
tive looking valley We have yet seen in all the
west, which We follow down TO ST.. Paul, the live
and growing metropolis Of the Northwest
A nightrido from st Paul to Thomson e. With
out p., after the manner Of our New Haven
friend } junction, is the best for by the dim light
Of the motn you can discover enough to salts
| fy you that such o country was not made for
the habitati0n Of white men II all along has
that swampy and famgrtky appearance that cx
acts sympathy Cor the station-agcnts and other
railroad officials who nrc obliged TO remain on
duty through such a region From Thomson,
which is twenty-four miles west of Duluth,
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