Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-09-18
The Towns of Morrison County
BY E. D. T1NGLE, ESQ.
CONTINUED from laskweek.1
THE TOWN OF cIrT,Dpunr

Motley we enter the town of Culdrun
situated in the western part of Morri
son county, and extending to the Tod
county line. This town is heavil
timbered with the hard woods an
tamarack. The soil is a rich blac
loan, we'll watered by Swan River,
romantic stream winding throug
beautiful meadows. The town con
tains some we'll improved farms, an
is settled principally by Germans an,
Americans, with here and there a sol
id old scotchman. The people ar
Intelligent and hospitable, and vel
come all good people into their midst
Some good governm ent land is still
open to settlement here. Good school
and church services are among th
other attractions to be found in Cul
drum, and the building of the Littl,
Falls 4 Dakota railroad must prove .
source of wealth to this heavily tim
bered region.
THE TOWN OF SWAN RIVER.
We next come to the fouriships
town OF Swan River, stretching east
ward to the Mississippi river. Tht
character of the soil and the physica
features of the country are similar tt
Culdrum. The people are wide awake
and euterprising, and many of then
are new comers buslly engaged ir
clearing up and improving their claims
This town is improving rapidly, and
offers many inducements to the immi'
grant seeking a home. Here will be
found the concomltants that so tc
make up the comforts of life, kind
people read y to take hold and help a
neighbor, plenty of timber, good waite,
and fertile soil. Church and school
facilities are good. This town is SET
tied principally by Americans, Ger
mans and Polanders. Some good wa,
ter powers are found in this town, on
Swan river, from which stream the
town derives its name,
THE TOWN OF TWO RIVERS.
From Swan River we journey into
Two Rivers township, 50 called from
the twin streams that wind in compa>
ny through the township and empty
near each other into the Mississippi
sffording fine water power for mill
purposes. This town contains some
very superior land, principally timber,
and in its population almost every
country IN Europe is represented, be-
sides the States of the American Un~
ion. Many of them retain the pecu>
liarities in dress worn in the old coun>
try, and preserve with sacred care the
manners and customs of the Father
land. The people in Two Rivers are
prosperous, and the way they feed
their guests denotes their hospitality
and good living. No people under the
sun know how to treat visitor better
than do the people of Two Rivers.
The Catholics have church here,
and there are also Methodist and Con-
gregational societies. A new Protest.
ant church will soon be built near
Tuttle's ferry. To visit this town
without mentioning Capt. Tuttle would
leave its history incomplete. He is
the Charon on the Mississippi, and is
one of the old landmarks in Morrison
county. There are the Armstrong;,
the Fosters, the Petersons, the Youngs
and many others whom we would like
to mention, who are identified with the
growth, prosperity and progress Of this
country. And there is the Supreme
Court presided over by judge Hays
who administers the law and "keeps
'em straight" There are some good
homesteads yet open to settlement in
Two Rivers: and the immigrant will
find here just what he wants-good ID
neighbors and productive soil, splen'
did meadows, timber, crystal lakes &c
and if man cannot live with such
surroundings, he had better get uE
and git.
THE TOWN OF BELLEVUE.
Leaving Two Rivers we call on ou1
friend Tuttle to ferry US over int
Bellevue township. We are now cas-
Of the Daddy of rivers and on tb.
prairie again, and pretty prairie i
is too. Hello ! there's uncle Jim Lam
bert fellow can't 90 amiss for ,
Lambert here. Like the sons of Noal
they have peopled this country, ant
with good people too. 1t is said tha
the two films" (Messrs. Lambert ant
Chapman were once monarchs of al
they surveyed in this town, and wer,
accustomed to repeat those familiar
lines on "Alexander Selkirk :"
owe are monarchs of all we survey;
Our rights there are none to dispute"
&C., &c. + .#=@~ -.
But things have changed since then
Now the snort Of the iron horse il
heard on the prairie, and the sea O.
waving wheat speaks the settlement
and enterprise of this country. Tht
people of Bellevue have their ful
share of the milk of human kindness
and are God fearing, Christian peo'
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