The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-05-27
REDWOODTCOUNTY.
Lands, Timber, &c.
GENERAL ADVANTAGES.

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GENERAL ADVANTAGES.
Redwood County is situated on th
South h4side Of the. Minnesota river,54
miles from the Southern and ~ mile
from the Western boundaries Of h
State No. 81, is the Eastern Rang
and No. 80 ;tho WESTERN. Range an
No 100, the Southern tier of Town
ships 1t includes twenty-threc ful
Congressional Townships, aud parts o
four others, divided by the Minnesot
river, making, sin all, an area abou
equal to 26 Townships.
GENERAL SURFACE FEATURES.
The facetof the county is undu|atin!
prairie. diversified by Lakes and stream
which add, greatly, to the beauty 0
the Country and enhance, in an incal
cuIable degree is value.
The principle streams are, the Min
pesota river, a navigable stream, form
ing the northern boundary, and bore
ering on five Town>bi ps,: the Kcdwoo,
river running from southwest to north
east through five Townshi ps and th'
Cottonwood river running through s;1
Townships in the Southern part Of the
County. There are Lakes scattered
through the entire County. surround
ing which are, almost iuvariable
found valuable hays lands,
TIMBER.
Within the County there are from
ten to twelve thousand acres Of timber
The principle kinds are Elm, Oak
Maple and Basswoo1, there is also, t:
be found, in considerable quantities
Cottonwood, Ash; Hickory, nackberry
Walnut, &c
1t 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 viii
either become exhausted, or so sc,rce
as to be ru!aous'y high priced. A,
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 dc
livcred in Redwood Falls.
The soil is unsurpassed in fertility
and durability, being dark rich loan
irternlixcd 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
nigh, as truthfu'ly be said ''There is
not foot of Waste land in it,
1t is a 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 p|ow land.
The soil is adapted to general farm
ing. All the cereals and every kind OF
vegetables grow prolifically.
TIE TENURE OF TIE LANDS.
The Winona e St. Peter Railroad
runs through the Southern tier OF
Towns. In that section Of the County
one half the lands belong to the Il. Il
company, the remainder were open to
settlers under the Homestead and Pre-
Eruption laws and large proportion
Of them are occupied, but there are
yet a number of valuable claims vacant
In the central part Of the County
small amouat of State swamp lands
and portion of the Internal Improve
mcnt lands arc located, the remainder
open to Homestead Settlers and con.
siderable portion taken. The northern
part Of t|:e county is a portion Of the
Sioux Indian Reservation. This Res
ervaton comprises a strip of territory,
averaging ten miles in width, on the
south side Of the Minnesota river, be.
ginning few miles east Of the boun.
dairy line Of Redwood County and ex.
tending west to the State line. These
lands were not open to settlement un.
der the Homestead and Pre- -E.nption
laws, bat were sold for cash. At
present about 100000 acres, in this
County, are owned by non.residents.
and a large proportion Of them are
for sale There are cultivated farms
On all parts Of the Reservation
and occupied by more than ordinari
ly intelligent class of farmers, gener.
ally American. The only exception
as to 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 the South are, for general agricul
tural purposes, the choice lands of the
State.
ESPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PER.
SONS WISHING CHEAP FARMS.
There is no other portion of the
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, organized School Districts
in fact, almost all the Social and busi
ness advantages of a settled aud well
organized farming community.
1t is we'll known fact, that the soil
in this portion of Minnesota, under in.
ferior cultivation and the ordinary ap.
pliauces of farming, yields more boun.
tiful crops of grain than the Eastern
or Middle States nroduce under the