The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-03-04
REDWOOD COUNTY.
Lands, Timber, &c.
GENERAL ADVANTAGES.

GENERAL ADVANTAGES.
Redwood County is situated on :h
South side Of the Minnesota river, 4$
miles from the Southern and AZ mile
from the Western boundaries of ,ht
State No. 81, is the Eastern Range
and No. 80 the Western Range ane
No. 100, the Southern tier of Town
ships 1t includes twenty-three full
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 undulatine
prairie: diversified by Lakes and streams
which add, greatly, to the beauty o.
the Country and enhance, in an incal
culsble degree is value.
The principle streams are, the Min
nesota river, a navigable 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 siz
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, tc
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.
onstratcd 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 will
either become exhausted, or so scarce
as to be ruinousiy high priced. Al
the present time good seasoned wood
can be purchased sat from $500 tc
S4.50 per cord. The latter being the
price Of dry,.hard Maple cord wood dc.
livered in Redwood. Fails.
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 i,
might as truthfully be said "There is
not foot Of Waste land in it,
It 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 and every kind oil
vegetables grow proli6cally.
TIE 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 tc
settlers under the Homestead and Pre-
Emption laws and large proportion
Of them are occupied, but there are
yet number of valuable claims vacan,
In the central part of the County
small amount of State swamp land:
and a portion Of the Internal Improve
mcnt 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 a 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
Diary line Of Redwood County and ex
tending west to the State line. Thest
lands were not open to settlement un
der the Homestead and Pre-Emptior
laws, but were sold for cash. A
present about 100000 acres, in thi
County, are owned by non-residents
and large proportion Of them arr
for sale. There are cultivated farm
on all parts Of the Reservatio,
and occupied by more than ordinari
ly intelli gent 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 land
on the South are, for general agricul
tural purposes, the choice lands of tn
State.
ESPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PER
SONS WISHING CHEAP FARMS.
There is no other portion Of tn
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 bust
ness advantages Of a settled and wei
organized farming community.
1t is a we'll known fact, that the sol
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 Easter
or Middle States produce under tn
most careful and laborious treatmeu
and the most approved method c
farming, while the crops of vegetable
equal those Of the most highly cultiva'
cd pardens-