Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-10-27
NORTHERN DAKOTA.
Objcct. Of In.cres. Noted BY the
Oincial Party On Its Recent
Trip.
ST. PAUL, Oct. %, 1875.


Trip.
sT. PAUL, Oct. %, 1876. /
Editors Prts5dad Dasosaian:
We left f1nkto,f On the 18th, and
having visited Bism.rck, TT Lincoln
and Fargo, are this III % bur return.
Going out y. xeS stopped iisst q Far.
60, whiohsis ~ ihs estAside Of the
Red river ofl ths north, the said river
being the dividing line between Min
nesota aud Dakota. Fargo, on the
Dakots side, is beautifully located,
has population Of five to eight hun
dred, we are told, and is surrounded
by magnificent. eountFy for agricul
tural purposes. The crops Of all
kinds this year were splendid, their
wheat all grades No.3l, and was sell
ing when we were there at s1.O0@
sl.5O per bushcl. Several thousand
acres il, the vicinity .of the town have.
been t1kss shls es..son, and tho actte-:
age in wheat will no doubt increasc
year by year until Fargo will become
-in the near future eae Of the great
wheat ccntcrs Of the west. Potatoes,
onions, and vegetables generally seem
to grow as large and as well on the
Red river as in Southern Dakota;
and with the fine crops Of the present
year it is not to be wondered at that
the people residing there are q little
vaia= Of their ction, aud -boastfnl of
its natual advantages. Well, they
have got big thing, and don't
blame them for being proud of it.
The large new lhotel at Fargo, kept
by Mr.. Hubbard, is creditable to the
place, and is dong, as it deserves to
do, . large business. The people
have erected a@6ne court house-zot
brick, which is probably as large and
commodious as the one at--Yankton.
OF churches they have an Episcopal
nearly completed, with neat little
parsonage, and Methodist.
Morehesd, ON the Minnesota side
Of the river, is little larger than Far.
go, and a place Of considerable Thrift
Through the courtesy Of Mcssrs. Rob.
erts and Kinney, our party were shown
around the two places and over some
of the adjacent country, all Of which
we enjoyed very much.
The people Of Fargo are warm.
hearted and hospitAble, and our whole
party will keep them green in their
memory. They will ask the mex,
congress for small appropriation to
improve the Red river, that they may
thereby have better transportation
ndsmarket facilities, and they ought
toShave it.
On Monday, the 18th, We made the
run af200 miles to Bismarck, al the
wsy by daylight, giving Sus : good
chance to sec the country which be
ing most of the way rolling prairie
ndsdotted here and there with beau
tiful lakes, is. well worth eing,
After getting out from fargo few
miles there islbut one Attlement un
til.you near Bisniarck, md that il 4
jamestown, where the passs shgers 60
ins each way get dinner. saS
millions Of ducks and geese, some an
telope, swan and other game, but Il,
buffalo OF wild Indians.
We were all surprised at Bismarck
for it is a much larger place thar
we expected to find, and ha
larger population than we supposed
it contained. And while like mos
! frontier towns it has its ragged edges
it contains goodly number of mos
excellent people, aud our party re
cetvea every attention and coarses!.
that wc-could possibly have desired
The town site question being still al
open one with.them and no certaint,
as to future-titles to the soil, no at
tempt has. s.been made at architecture
beauty, but they have good man.
buildings such IS they are, aud a pop
alation Of so0Sto 1;0Oo:souls.
Col. Loundsb;ury, of the Tribune
was at home, and his big heart an
big potatoes are noe etcelled By an,
ons on the frontier. He showed
us some pot.toes, grown nea