The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15

! Lands, Timber, &c.
GENERAL ADVANTAGES.
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| Redwood County is situated on tn
South side Of the Minnesota river, 4
miles from the Southern and ~ mile
from .the Western boundaries of h
State. No. 81. is the Eastern Rang
apd No. 80 the, Western Range an,
No. 1O9, the Southern tier of Towc
ships It includes twenty-three ful
Congressional Townships, and 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 undulatin.
prairie. diversified by Lakes and streams
which add, greatly, to the beauty 0
the Country and enhance, in an iucal
culsble degree is value.
The principle streams are, the Min
uesota river, a navigable stream, form
ing the northern boundary and bor.
ering on five Townships, the Red~oo'
river running from southwest to north
east through five Townships and The
Cottonwood river running through si1
Townships in the Southern part Of the
County. There are Lakes scattered
through the entire County. surround
ink which are, almost iRvsriable
found valuable hays lands.
TIMBER.
Within the County there are from
ten to twelve thousand acres oftimber
The principle kinds are Elm. Ok
Maple and Basswood, there is also, t.
be found, in considerable quantities.,
Cottonwood, Ash; Hickory, blackberry
Walnut, &c,
It 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.
tained 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. r6e Natter being the
price Of dry hard Maple cord wood de-
ivercd 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
tion 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,
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 apd every kind Of
vegetables grow proli6calIy.
THE TENURE OF THE LANDS.
The Winona & St. Peter Railroad
runs through the. Southern tier oi
Towns. In that section of the County
one half the lands belong to the Il. r
company, the remainder we're open to
settlers under the Homestead and Pre-
Emptiop laws and large proportion
Of them are occupied, but there are
yet 4 number of valuable claims vacant
In the central part Of the County
a small amount Of State swamp lands
and a 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 a 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 few miles east of the boun
dairy line o. Redwood County aud ex
tending west to the State line. These
lands were not open to settlement un
der the Homestead and Pre- Eruption
laws, but were sold for cash. A,
present about 100000 acres, 10 this
County, are owned by non.res;dents
and 4 large proportion of them ,are
for sale There are cultivated farm
on oil parts Of the Reservation
and occupied BY 4 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 ad joining land,
on the South are, for general agricul
sural purposes, the choice lands Of tht
State.
ESPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO Per
SONS WISHING CHEAP FARMS.
There is no other portion Of th'
west where the same quality Of land:
with the same advantages Of surround
ings, can be purchased as cheaply as il
Redwood County. Productive soil
easily cultivated, convenient to timbe,
and market, organized School Districts
in fact, almost all the Social and busi
ness advantages Of settled aud vel
organized farming community
1t is = we'll known fact, that the sol
10 this portion Of Minnesota, under 10
terror cultivation aud the ordinary ap
pliances Of farming, yields more boun
tiful crops Of grain than the Easterr
or Middle States produce under thu