The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-01
REDWOOD COUNTY.
Lands, Timber, &c.
GENERAL-ADVA ANTAGES.


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Redwood County is situated on tht
South side Of the Minnesota river, IS
miles from the Southern aud AZ mile:
from the Western boundaries Of he
State No. 81, is the Eastern Range
and No 80 the. Western Range and
| No. 100, the Southern tier of Town
ships 1t incladcs twenty-three full
Congressional Townships, and parts Of
four others, divided by the Minneso,s
river, making, in all, an area about
equal to 26 Townships.
GENERAL SURFACE FEATURES.
The face Of the county is undu|ating
prairie. diversified by Lakes and streams
which add, greatly, to the beauty Of
the Country aud enhance, in an meal
culablc degree is value.
| The principle streams are, the Min
nesota river, navigabIe stream, form.
ing the northern boundary and bore
ering on FIVE Townships, the Redwood
river 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, blackberry
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
enstrated 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
tained with reference to prairie coun
tries. that the supply of timber will
either become exhausted, or SO scarce
as to be ruinous'y 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 Fails.
The soil is unsurpassed in fertility
aud 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
sion 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,
It is a fact, invariably noted by
strangers, that the entire surface is til
able, save only the Streams anl 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 proIiticalIy.
The TENURE OF THE LANDS.
The Wiuona & st. Peter Railroad
runs through the Southern tier Of
Towns. In hat section Of the County
one half the lands belong to the H. Il
company, the remainder were open to
settlers under the Homestead and Pre-
Emptiop laws and large proportion
Of them are occupied, but there are
yet number of valuable claims vacant
10 the central part Of the County
q small amount of State swamp lands
and portion of the Internal Improve
mcnt lands are located, the remainder
open to Homestead Settlers aud 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 the Homestead and Pre- Eruption
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
aud occupied by a more than ordinari.
ly intelligent class of farmers, gener-
ally American. The only exception,
as to nationality, being Swede settle
mcns (and one of the best in the Coun
Ity) in the northwestern part.
These lands, and the adjoining lands
on the South are, for general agricul
tural purposes, the choice lands Of the
ESPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PER.
L II 6UNS "4S6lNd OdG 3 ARMS.
/ 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,
feas.ly cultivated, convenient to timbe,
land market, organized School Districts
ia fact,l almost all the Social and busi
ness advantages Of settled and well
organized farming community.
| II is well known TACT, that the sol
1in this portion Of Minnesota, under in.
ferior cultivation and the ordinary ap.
i plianoes of farming, yields more boun
,Etiful crops sof grain than the Eastern
For Middle States produce under The
most careful and laborious treatment
aud the most approved method O
| farming, while the crops Of vegetable
leqaal those Of the most highly cultivat
led gardens. -,i s