The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-03

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line stone buildings in course Of erection, |
one OF which WAS fine large church.
Through this section, and in fact through !
out the whole OF the northwest may he |
found the finest building rock in the world. |
1t Is of two kinds First, and the more |
numerous. is tre white magnetism lime !
stone. which Is found in great ah':ntance.
IL is verv soft wreu fist quarred, anu comes
out in larg- slabs and LAYERS. Ii taken
imm dia,eiy after being dug out II can Ia
aw,d witha
COMMON CRoSS-CUT SAW
into any desired shape or size. When put
into building they presen YER me aP
Second is the brown stone, when
like the limestone, may ne sawn when hrs'
taken from the quarry. When niceiy dress
ed il makes very tasIey ana ai'rae'Ne
building. This stone occurs more frequent
Iy in the eastern than the western = ri OF
the state am under many Obligations 70
the people OF Scandal for many valuable
items of interest in regard To the country,
and its history; much OF which was gwen
NE by MIR. llolen- After dinner our party
started for White Rock, about twelve miles
further up the river After crossing the
river the road led us off onto the upland,
and through one of the finest farming coun
tries in the world rs far As the eye could
reach. in every direction, was one broad I'M
dulating expanse OF praise with here and
there a grove OF thirty young trees, and
nesting among them might be seen the
white wall of farm house.
Anew YEARS AGO,
not a furrow had been turned here. Mr..
Lo. in all his primitive glory and cuSSed-
ness. roImed AT will, where now civilization
holds SWAY Instead OF the countless herds
of cattle that saw, were the great droves
of bison, who, like their red compatrIots,
are fast becoming thing al the
past l. was once thought that the high
prarie- a. it Is termed, was unit Tor cuiti-
walton; but experiment has demonstrated
quite to the contrary. For the growing oil
small grains they prove To be superior TO
the valleys. The country above Scandia
i full OF historic interest; 1t was through
here the Indians made their last desperate
struggle to retain possession oil tins beauti-
ful valley which they saw must soon pass
from them To the white man. At White
Rock | saw some OF the old settlers who had
been run out of the country during the
raid. of 1851 there was no town there,
and the s.ttlers were very few and scatter
ing. -
some philanthropist conceived the idea
of utilizing the surplus population that Is
found hanging around the streets OF New
York City, and so sent them out west, TO
grow ND with the country" This might
have worked all right, but for one thing
they did not know the needs OF new coun-
try. much less the hardships. Out they
came. And, settling about ten miles north
Of White Rock, proceeded to business. The
first thing they did was to build large
block house, something after the Style OF
the Pilgrim Fathers" But unfor-
tupatelv they dit not know
much about the block house business
and instead OF making it protection Ii
proved to be a II. p. 1t was very me
block house, Theoretically, but Tor all prac-
| teal purposes 1t wasn't
WORTH A CENT.
In due course of time the gentle savage
cane down on them and they had To GIT
| Tnev Didn't stand on the order OF their gIt
ting either Alter this they contendtd thal
| they had rather live III New FORK tity anu
! know that their scalps were safe, than Il
come out To bleeding Kansas and have
cattle on a Thousand hills, with the prospect
Of loosing that important aprendage
| Next came colony from Illinois and
with lew exceptions they still remain
The town of White Rock L. situated N
| the valley of the white Rock from which
| il takes It's name That, i'll turn, taking Il'
name from III, white limestone, which, II
MANY cases, comes out in bold relief, and
| al Il distance resembles the white buiid
| inrs Of civ The town contains about
two hundred IuhabiIanu, and HeStlcs do"r
! in the valley close under the SHELTER "i th'
| timber. w.tf Itch the steam Is plentiful
| IN skirtci. %early ali branches 81 bU-Iu. :.
| are well repre- nIe,i Here tbs ncw-comei
will find a aautiiGl country, plenty .
| timi,r. wat,s and stone. Land ear
| be bought 1T all prices accordln;
To quality. .,. ton and improvements
saw ;, ue W fine lands that could b'
| bousht for i.url $50 to - per acre, am
all this where YOU are surrounded 10y Tia
best of society and tine comforts OF civIlIz'
| tIcn. MANY fields Oi wheat yielded TIM
year thirty-five bushels to the acre Corn
Is a sure crop. was told OF Il field tina
averaged lOj bushels per acre. Larg'
] quantities OF oats, barley and rye are grown
every year. Great numbers al cattle ah'
hogs are raised and iattened here. livery
where | went | saw great drovcs al caltl'
grazing on the prairie They require hn
little attention and less feed, ior The WIN
tiers are short and very mild. Nothing II
| comparison To those cold, Icy blasts Una
sweep Tor five months Oi the year over th'
| whole extent OF the northeastern states
| man might almost die here without
Pang.
BUSINESS HOUSES OF WHITE ROCK.
As we said before, White kucA has s"In'
fine business houses and town Iu!i oil IN
terpTiSing and energetic INHABITANTS. VT
Paerau has 4 fine store room aud an I'M
men.e stock ui general merchandise ih'iud
ing stoves. Air T.. l. genial gentleman
and informed w. that business was good
that the outlook was never brighter
Messr,. ;. f.. " ;. Il. Morton also are car
rving a very heavy stock oil dry goods, gro
crries and clothing. They have one OF tin
heaviest houses Of the kind IN TN
valley. Mr.. J. +. Crouch,
. gentleman Of fine business ability, Il open
ing out a good stock OF general merchan
disc. From our acquaintance with hlu
we are sure that he will be a general la
vorite. and We predict Tor him a snccessil
future. MesSr- Lrigh n Co. are engage
in the land business, and have very larg
amount Of first-class lands "n their book
. for sale They informed u that their saie
for the past two months had never b+e
equalled. showing pretty conclusIvely tina
manv still have faith in the garien STATE
Thee gentlemen have by their honesty an
integrity built up a line business All th"-
having bushes, relations with these gentle