The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-18
REDWOOD COUNTY.
Lands, Timber, &c.

! Lands, Timber, &c.
GENERAL ADVANTAGES.
f! Redwood County il situated On th.
South side Of tho Minnesota river, 4s
miles from the Southern and AZ nilsa
from the Western boundaries Of The
State. No. 81, is the Eastern Range
and No. 80 tho Western Range and
No. 1O9, tho Southern tier of Town
ships It includes twenty-three full
Congressional Townships, and parts Of
four others, divided by the Minnesota
river, making, in all, an area about
equal to 26 Townships.
GENERAL SURFACE FEATURES.
The face of the county is undulating
prairie, diversified by Lakes and streams
which add, greatly, to tho beauty Of
the Country and enhance, 10 an meal
culsble degree is value.
The principle streams are, tho Min
nesota river, q navigable stream, form.
ing the northern boundary, and bora.
ering on Eve Townships, the Redwood
:iver running from southwest to north.
east through FIVE Townships and the
Cottonwood river running through six
Townships in the Southern part Of the
County. There are Lakes scattered
through the entire County. surround.
ing which arc, almost invariable
found valuable hays lands,
TIMBER.
Within the County there are from
ton to twelve thousand acres Of timber
The principle kinds are Elm, Oak,
Maple and Eastwood, there is also, to
be found, in considerable quantities,
Cottonwood, Ash; Hickory, blackberry
Walnut, &c,
Il is estimated that there Is, now
standing, sufficient timber to meet the
wants Of the County for twenty years,
This, in connection with the we'll dem
onstrated fact that timber can be grown
in ten years large enough for fuel and
fencing, and that almost every farmer
has FROM one to ten acres growing,
should set at rest in regard to Red
wood County, the fears, SO often enter
tanned with reference to prairie coun-
tries, that the supply Of timber will
either become exhausted, or SO scarce
as to be ruinously high priced. At
the present time good seasoned wood
can be purchased ::at from $500 to
$3.50 per cord. The latter being the
price Of dry..hard Maple cord wood de-
livered in Redwood Falls.
Soil.
The soil is unsurpassed in fertility
and durability, being dark rich loan
intermixed with sand, and is from one
to three feet in depth, with clay sub.
soil.
There is not, probably, another por.
ton Of territory to be found in the
country, Of like extent, Of which it
might as truthfully be said "There is
not foot of Waste land in it."
j., 1t is fact, invariably noted by
strangers, that the entire surface is til
able, save only the Streams and Lakes,
which are of much greater value than
the same extent of plow land.
The soil is adapted to general farm
ing. All the cereals and every kind of
vegetables grow proli6cally.
Tue TENURE OF THE LANDS.
The Winona & St. Peter Railroad
runs through the Southern tier Of
Towns. In that section of the County
one half the lands belong to the Il. r
company, the remainder were open to
settlers under the Homestead and Pre-
Emption laws and q large proportion
Of them are occupied, but there are
yet number Of valuable claims vacant
In the central part Of the County
q small amount Of State swamp lands
and . portion Of the Internal Improve
ment lands arc located, the remainder
open to Homestead Settlers and con-
siderable portion taken. The northern
part Of the county is portion Of the
Sioux Indian Reservation. This Res
ervation comprises strip Of territory,
averaging ten miles in width, on the
south side of the Minnesota river, be.
ginning a few miles east of the boun-
dary line Of Redwood County and ex.
tending west to the State line. These
lands were not open to settlement un.
der tho Homestead and Pre-Emption
laws, but were sold for cash. At
present about 100000 acres, in this
County, are owned by non-residents,
and q large proportion Of them are
for sale. There are cultivated farms
on al parts Of the Reservation
and occupied by . more than ordinari.
ly intelligent class Of farmers, gener-
ally American. Tho only exception,
- 70 nationality, being swede settle
ment (and one Of the best in the Coun-
ty) in the northwestern part.
These lands, and the adjoining lands
on tho South are, for general sgricul.
tus.l purposes, the choice lands Of The
State.
ESPECIAL OpPoRrUN1rIEs TO Pea.
SONS WISHING CHEAP RARAs.
There is no other portion Of che
west where the Same quality Of lands
With the Same advantages Of surround.
ings, can be purchased as cheaply As in
Redwood County. Productive soil,
easily cultivated convenient to timber
and market, organised School Districts;
in fact, almost al the Social and busi-
ness advantages Of . settled and we'll
organised farming community.
Il is 1 we'll known TACT, that the soil
in this portion Of Miunesota, under In
fefiof cultivation aud the ordinary up.
pliances Of farming, yields more boun.
tifnl crops Of grain than the Eastern
or Middle States produce under the
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