The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-11-19
REDWOOD COUNTY.

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Redwood County is situated on tn
South ride Of the Minnesota river, 4
miles from the Southern aud - mile
from the Western boundaries If h
State No. 81. is the Eastern Raug
.ni NJ. 50 the Western Range an,
No 100, the S,mrhern tier Of T"wa
ship, 1t inclad.s twenty three fal
Congressional Townships. aud parts U
'our others, divided hy the Minneso,
river, making, in all, an area sbou
equal to 26 Townships.
GENERAL SURFACE FEATURES.
The face Of the c.,uu'y is unda'atin,
prairie. divers 6.d by Lakes and stream
which adj, greatly, TO the beau'y o
ths Country aod enhance, in an incaI
cul.bls degree is value.
! The principle streams are, the Min
"esota river, = ia a'ig,blo stream, !orm
ing the "ort''er" b'u .dsry aud bor.
r'i"s 0" I've Tow 'ship$, the Red woo,
liver running from southwest 10 north
last through Eve Townships aud tn,
Cottonwood river running through 81,
Townships in the Sou.hcr" part OF tn,
C"a"'y. There are Likes scattere,
through the entire Cou",y surround
ing which are, slu,ost iuvariatl,
found valuable hays lands.
TIMBER.
Within the County there are frou
ten to twelve tho:ls nd acres Of timber
the principe k;"d, are Flu, U <
Maple aud DA.sw,,J, there is sls.', I,
he t,u"d. in co"si :erab:e q,."tit,.s
Cu'to" wood, Ash; Hickory, iiackberr,
Walnut, H.,
1t is estimate | tha. there is, nov
>tauii" :, IA Ii i. at ,imb r to u ct III,
w'"'s Of III. Couty f"r twcuty years
rhi~, in c"n"rci ion w,,h the w::l iv,n
'",strateL Tact thas t,mb r c.n b. grow.
/" ten year, large e""u, III f,r iu'l aO,
fr"ci"E. aud that sl,"o,t every f.rne
has f.om one I" ten acres crossing
/ -hr.x:d st at r.st in re. fr.l to Rcd
~r,d C'u,'y, the f.srs, ~ often cutter
aimed With r.tere"cs 10 prairie "a.
.rirs. that the s,pP'. "f""ber Wi
.:nh-r t. c.'n'e exhausted, "r So sc.,c
. u h. rni""u<'y h'xh Pr;c. j. 4
h. present tim: ."oi seas,"ed wo,t
81" uc I.lrct's at from $500 Z.
81 ~ rer cord. Che later bc'". III.
price IT Try h.'.l Maple cord w,,d Dc
ivcr. / ia X .dx,,i Falls.
The soil il " Surpassed in fert,lit,
mt durability. brl"y dark rich l"an
,"'s rink j with sud. anil is from on,
70 three feet 1" depth, with = ci.y sub
,o,l.
Th'ee L. not. probably. another p r
i"n Il 'erri'"ry I" b. found i" H.,
,''uTt.. Of liz. extent, OF which i
"'yl.' =. tru'hf,;ly b: sid There l.
| "h = tu. ut Waste l.nd iu it,
1. ~s f.:t i"sari.bIy motel b,
>'rs"yers, th,t the .u,i e surface. is ii,
..'l:, save only the Strtsu> a"i lakes
which ate "f "uch greater value ,i,s,
he s.ssc k'e"t Of pow i,ni.
The s"ii i. al.pc.i ,o yrn,ral farm
'"g 4 i the cereals AID every kind .
sesctabl > grow pro''6:.I'y.
TuE TENURE OF THE LANDS
The W,nona 4 ~. Peter lsul."a
runs through the S,u' her" tier "
Towns. l." ,hu section "f the Count,
''ne hale ta.e Lands belong TO the l.; Il
company, the rem ,iu icr were op n I.
-',tI.rs usier the Il nn sea- an | Pre-
E"p'ios laws aud large prop "tis"
It them are occupied, bat there ar.
vet a "u.sher IT va;u1bl. cll ms v.can,
Ia the ceatraI part Of :he Count,
. sss,N Amount of State swamp l.ud:
I'D y P"r,iss of the Internal Improve
'"cnt lands are loc tied. the rem .,udeu
pen ta homestead Settl.rs aud con
siderable Pr,iou taken. The northern
p'rt II the cr,"'y Is 4 portion IF the
>n ux Indian R,.se. va,ion. Thi, Res
'.rvati"" comprises snip {" territory
averaging tea m,l.s il width. on H.,
spath side of the MINI. s,,ta river, be
si"nin. a few miles east ot the b"un
dry line o; Il d~ool County aud +x
tending vest to the State line. These
'an'ls were set "p.n to settlement un
ter the Aomes,e ID aud Pre-. Emp.icu
laws, but were sold tur cash. 4,
present. about l00,0 900 acres, in shi.
'"n"'y, ace owned by n"n.rcsiden,.
"d large Pr"por,ioo Of them ~.
TOR sale There are cultivated farm.
al parts Of ,:e Reservation
aud ccspi, d BY a u'o:e ,l.an ordiu.ri
y Intelligent class IT farmers, g..ner
lily American. The only exccptio"
- t. nationality. b. ;ay u Swsde settle
m-nt aud one "i the best 10 the Coun
y. i" the northwestern part.
these lands, ,al the adj 'i"iay Lands
4" the S'ath are, hr gc"eral ayricul
;"ral pa poses, the ch"i e lands Of III.
State.
ESPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES To Per.
S'NS WISHING CHEAP FARMS.
There is no other portion Of tn,
vest where the same Quality Of land.
with the sss'c advantages "f su.rou,d
"g,. ca" b. rnrch IS. d Is chea.ly a it,
Reds",d C"my. l'roduc,,.e soi;,
easily cultivated, c".v, uie"t to tiu.be,
'"d ~ .rk"t, o'g,";z 1 Sch.wi Districts,
~ tsct, .l~s,et all the :, cial aud bus,
"css advantages u settled aud vel;
pr2aa Eel iarss;ny c.,,nm umity.
Il is u WI kuosn Tact, ii It the SOL
I" this l",rtiu" "t Mi"nesra u.der H..
Il rior cultivation AID the ord,na. y ap.
pl'a"ce> "f f"u.i"s, yields m,re b 'u".
''ful cr"P> III grain tina" the E.<'er',
q" Middle States produce uad.r the
"a 'st careful an l. lab,ri"us tres, men,
aud the m'~t approved me'h"i "i
farming. while the crops Of vegetable.
qrd'l 'l'sc ot the M ,ss highly cu'tiv It.