Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-08-27

cast in the same mold, finished and
adorned In the same artistic manner,
inhabited by the same class Of peo-
pile. Minnehaha ditto.
Nice rolling prairie land, nothing
more nothing less. Canton since
the permanent location Of the juno
ton Of the Milwaukee and Pembina
roads Is probably a place Of moder-
ate future possibilities, and its citi-
zens, newspapers &C., have bright
anticipations concerning its future
importance.
The hammer and saw are rafting
here quite merrily. A respectable
looking block Of store-rooms Just
completed, a hotel of no mean di-
minsions under way, the erection of
a depot and other railroad buildings
give to the place at present an air Of
progress. In fact railroading is all
the go up this way; while the Mil
waukee has already pierced Dakota
for many miles westward with its
iron nose. Grading is also being
pushed with vigor northward on the
Pembina.
Owing to numerous delays, mean
behring's &C., it was not till the morn
ing Of the third day that we passed
over the 20 miles Of prairie sameness
that i~ntervenes between Canton and
our point of destination. Some fine
groves Of young timber are growing
along the road not far from town,
and Pat Carey's hordes are seen ope-
rating briskly at different points.
Knights of shovel, scraper and pillow.
Dakota's broad area imperatively de-
mands railroads for its development,
and we are having them.
Sioux Falls, Of course | mean the
city, presents quite a fine appearance
to one approaching from the south,
the route affording a good view of
the town. It's resident portion built
on a hill is cen from afar off, and
the business portion at its base on a
rock as | afterward observed. The
location is somewhat sheltered and
coy. A brisk little city Of several
thousand inhabitants; the terminus
of one railroad and the expectant of
others shortly. And / only assert
what is widely known when l say
that Sioux Falls by reason of her
convenient building material, rock,
unapproachable water power, her
railroad communications DC, will in
the near future be a city of which
Dakota may well be proud. AT first
sight and thought the geography of
this place seems a little twisted.
You approach the town from a
southerly direction along the river
road, and find yourself going down
stream, and you wonder if the Sioux
empties into the Red River or the,
Missouri. You cross the river ip<a
westerly direction to get to the own
which is said to be east of sioux
river; and the falls beloW~the town
are near north of it, although the
general course of tb> Stream lies in a
eou'te II tho, lesssseeedingly Shaken
tinen croobedness Of the Sioux, but
. mo,nssfts rubbing of the ear and
ayorssee how tits yourself"
fhe falls themselves which years
ago suggested the cognomen Of the
city, and form at present its
chief attraction, and the nucleus
round which wealth has begun and
will continue to gather, present a
sufficiently romantic and beau
tiful to kindle a glance of admiration
the eye of the most apathetic be-
Even the Indian standing
there gazing DER it perhaps for the
lOOOth time grins at its merry freaks;
and the artist sitting below with his
canvas and Exit" seems bent on COB
bling some of dame natures charms.
But before | turn my face %regretful-
ly away from those aqueous attrac-
tons and drop for good this wet
subject, let me add by way of brief
description that the falls are formed
large masses of reddish colored
rock lying in the bed of the river in
such a manner as to form small pre-
OF different hight, chains, gull
lies, etc, for the distance Of a half
mile or more, and over, in, through,
around and among these the festive
Sioux min-ne-ha-has with a roal not
like thunder, but just, well just
kinder moderate likc--perhaps
about like "sam hill" or the dickens
forming a score or more Of beautiful
cataracts, cascades and the like vary
ing in height from 2 to II feet. And
coming out far below looking confus-
ed and crestfallen runs "rapidlyn
away like q kate-C hase-Sprague as
pirant from Narragansett Pier.
Gentlemen we have already occu-
pied much more ofyour space than
intended, and perhaps more than
you could well spare, therefore we
stop somewhat abruptly. At some
future time We may tramp again.
Till then adieu. II. N. X.
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