Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-02
FORT PIERRE.

AAASOly
rtousL Local Items OF Interost.
Especial Correspondence
Fort Pierre, July 29.-I reached the Fort
Pierre crossing Sunday morning by way of
the Wyoming Stage C%ompany's line and
breakfasted at the company ranch, opposite
Pierre which is conducted by MI. Rubidean.
The stage company has a transfer boat here
and 10 this 1 crossed the Missouri to the
busy spot which bears the name Of Pierre.
Ny trip faom Yanktoa to this point has
confirmed previous Impressions regarding
the perfect management Of the stage line
conducted by s.. p. Gamble. under the
auspices of the Wyoming Company. The
stages make close connections with other
lines running to points off the road. There
is no delay for passengers. Good eating
stations are providen all along the line and
the company furnishes gentlemanly and
obliging employees in every department
Under such favorable arrangements my trip
to this point has been an easy and agree
able one.
FORT PIERRE
The Black Hills supply depot has been
60 often described in print that l do not
feel called upon to reiterate all its numerous
advantages. The Bad river continues to
empty into the Missouri just below the point
of bottom land on which the village is built,
and the high bluff range back Of the bottom
stands as it stood in days of yore and has
neither increased nor diminished its dimen-
sions, so far as I can see, These natural
features are permanent, but the artificial
of Pierre are undergoing almost
daily improvement. Bramble Miner & Co.'S
freight warehouse is n of the
creations of the business which mas made
Pierre a settlement in the wilderness, James
Mcknight presides over ito affairs and just
now, when the boats are delivering their
loads of Black Hills goods at the levee, he
has little time for rest. Fred Evans ware
house, under the management of James
Doud, is another place of storage for freight
in transit to the Black Hills. Post & Ha.
denback have recently erected a warehouse
for the same uses. An immense freightine
business is done from this point, fully three.
quarters of all the merchandise ship.
ped from the east going to the Hills
via Pierre. Bramble, Miner s. Co., and
Fred Evans are each shipping in a thous-
and tons this month, and this is only q
small item OF the summers business. -Four
hundred large freight wagons are now rum
ming over the line regularly, besides the
irregular" outfits which generally get
enough to do. Five thousand oxen are
employed to draw the wagons.
THE GENERAL BUSINESS
at Pierre is conducted by Frank Ketchum,
dry goods and groceries; George w. Harris,
groceries, feed. -four and billiard parlor G.
D. Hoffman, dry goods and groceries; NJ.
@. Rosseau, general merchandise; Henry
P%fotenhaur, butcher and ice dealer; Mr..
Sherwood, Grand Central hotel (of which
&C. Libby is clerk); Joseph Rinet, French
restaurant; George Muller, restaurant and
saloon; Stout s. Herbert, blacksmiths T;
Louis Parent, wagon maker; George Math-
ieson, carpenter; T. H. West. wagon max
er; S. Fales, blacksmith; j. H. jenkins,
carpenter; Tom Moore, b,kery and saloon;
and q few others whose names have escaped
MI. Sherwood has recently built an
extensive addition to the Grand Central
hotel, and it is now the largest public house
between Yankton and Bismarck. Libby &
saloon and reading room is a
popular place of resort and George Harris
has the conveniences for making comfort.
able his numerous customers. Mr.. Bross,
formerly of the firm of Bross & Leeper, is
up a building in which he will
conduct a boarding house.
Eight or nine new buildings are in pro-
cess of erection. Among these are Mrs.
Halls laundry, George Mathieson's shop
and Bramble, Miner and Co.'S. new ware.
house.
Business here is very brisk, from twenty
to fifty teams arriving and departing each
day. 1t is told me here that the Pierre
route has succeeded 10 using up the Chey-
enne and Sidney routes. 1t is possible to
over the Pierre route all winter, as
cattle find good grazing the year round.
With this advantage and the further advan-
tage of less distance l can see no reason
why all the freight should not go this way
by another season.
A. G.
Choice ffafh fse1lted every evening by
Andrews & Hill, Powers block.