The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-28
REDWOOD COUNTY.
Lands, Timber, &c.
GENERAL ADVANTAGES.

miles from the Southern and AZ mile
from the Western boundaries of III
State. No. "a, is the Eastern Rang
and No. 80 the Western Range an,
No. 100, the Southern tier Of Town
ships It includes twenty three full
Congressional c Townships, aud parts o
four others, divided by the Minnesot'
river, making, in all, an area abou
equal to 26 Townships.
GENERAL SURFACE FEATURES.
The face Of the county is undulatins
prairie: diversified by Lakes and streams
which add, greatly, to the beauty o
the Country aud enhance, 10 an incal
culable degree is value.
The principle streams are, the Min
nescta river, a navigable stream, form
ing the northern boundary, and bore
ering on Gve 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 are, almost invariable
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 Eastwood, there is also, to
be found, in considerable quantities
Cottonwood, Ash; Hickory, Hack berry
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, aud 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 sc,rce
as to be ruinousiy 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-
Iivered in Redwood;fal
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 b. said "There is
not foot of Waste land in it,"
It is q 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 proli6oally.
THE 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-.
Emptiop laws aud large proportion
Of them are occupied, but there are
yet number of valuable claims vacant
In the central part of the County
a small amount Of State swamp lands
and portion of the Internal Improve
ment lands are 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 q 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-Emption
laws, but were sold for cash. AT
present about 100000 acres, in this
County, are owned by non-residents
and 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. aasn. u .,
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 bust
ness advantages Of a settled and well
organized farming community.
| 1t is we'll known TACT, that the soil
in this portion Of Minnesota, under in.
ferior cultivation and the ordinary ap.
pliances Of farming, yields more boun,
tiful crops. Of grain than the Eastern
or Middle States produce under the
most careful and laborious treatmen,
and the most approved method d
farming, while the crops Of vegetables
equal those Of the most highly cultiyat.
ed gardens. .tss .s.sz.lss sts.as....s..,ss /.
| Lands on the Reservation, of the
best quality and desirably located: can