The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-03-25
REDWOOD COUNTY.
Lands, Timber, &C.
GENERAL ADVANTAGES.

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j Redwood County is situated on tn,
South side of the Minnesota river, 4s
miles from the Southern and AZ mife.
from the Western boundaries Of he
State No. 81, is the Eastern Range
and No. 80 thew estern:.~ Range and
No. 100, the Southern tier Of Town
ships It incladcs twenty-three full
Congressional Townships, and parts Of
four others, divided by the Minncsots
river, making, in all, an area about
equal to &c Townships.
GENERAL SURFACE FEATURES.
The face:of the county is undu|atiug
prairie: diversified by Lakes aud streams
which add, greatly, to the beauty oil
the Country and enhance, in an meal
culsble degree is value.
The principle streams arc, the Min
nesota river, na7igable stream, form.
ing the northern boundary, and bore
ering on five Townships, the Redwood
river running from southwest to north.
east through Eve Townships and the
Cottonwood river running through six
Townships in the Southern part Of the
County. There are Lakes scattered
through tho entire County. surround.
ing which are, almost invariable
found valuable hays lands.
TIMBER.
Within the County there are from
ten tQ. Q.twc!ve thousand acres Of timber
The principle kinds are Elm, Oak,
Maple and Basswood, 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
onstrated fact that timber c.n be grow"
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 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-
livered in Redwood Falls.
Soil.
The soil is unsurpassed in fertility
aud durability, being dark rich loan
intcrmixed 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
nigh. 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 and Lakes,
which are of much greater value than
the same extent Of p!ow land.
The soil is adapted to general farm
ing All the cereals and every kind of
vegetables grow proli6cal!y.
TUE TENURE OF THE LANDS
The Winona & St. Peter Railroad
runs through the Southern tier Of
Towos. In that section of the County
one half the lands belong to the H. r
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
In the central part Of the County
a small amount of State swamp lands
and a portion Of the Internal Improve
m:nt 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 few miles east of the boun-
Diary 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 Swcde 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 agrioul.
tural Purposes, the choice lands Of the
|, State.
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 busi.
ness advantages of settled and well
organized farming continuity.
1t is we'll Known fact, that the sol
in this portion Of Minnesota, under 10
terior cultivation and the ordinary ap
planes of farming, yields more boun
t;:cul crops Of grain than the Eastcr'
or Middle States produce under tn
most careful and laborious treatmen
and the most approved method o
farming, while the crops Of vegetable
vrN a.