Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-22
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no THE lwTERfaR.
Yrrkyor. Dec. ia. 1878
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9th Of August last. ] neg leave reepect.
fully 10 repert upon tine topics suggested
SO far - | tave beet able to obtain tn
desired Information.
The Territory Of Dakota is very large
being nearly io1r hundred miles square
or more than four times AS large It's tn,
State Of Ohio. The settlements are prin
eipaliy confined to three distinct localities
as remote from each other as possible
aud Of very ditti,ult and expensive com
munic.tion with each other,
The settlements of Southeastern Da-
kcta, IN which Is iecsssd The present
capital, extended from Northeastern Ne
braska IN n. rthefn direction up tbs
Big slonx, the YetMi,iion AID The Jamc,
rivers. These settlements are extending
north siong The border Of Northwestern
Iowa AID Southwestern Minnesota Ms f.l
as Lake kampesSa. aud as far west as the
james river. Although The pop.lstion
is spasse at present it is rapidly filing
up. Southeastern Dakota las a popula-
tian al the present time OF not less than
5000, add probably 90 ,eo0.
Northern Dakota il settled, or rather
settling Along Tire west bank OF the Red
River Of the North. from bichls,d coan-
~, opposite Breckenridge, down the Penn
bila, on the line of the British possess
ions, crossing the Northern Pacific Rail
road at Fargo, and extending ives. alogg
the line Of thai ROAD To Bismarck, Pop
u~latien, perhaps 5000,
The other settlement Il In fhe Black
Hills. occupied maialy By a mining pop
ulatisn, aid containing u popplstioa Mt
the present tine of Of 5000 at least, AMI
probably 12eoo.
suppose. il is about $50 miles IN =
straight tine from faHktpn 60 Dead@pai
But the only feasible way Of gsstiug
there involves tSavsi of 81 least 900 miles,
and an expense greater taaa the journey
from Yaakson 10 Washington. sad re-
curing more time to perform it. The
dlstance frSm Yaakton 10 Pembina ae tue
'crow flies" is at least 400 miles. and re-
qaiFes mere time aud expense THAN a visit
to the capital OF the nation.
The tIiree seetibae are d o only remote
from each other. but ihsir Interests arr
separate AID not llentlcii.
Ia 4 enn4Y.trntal ...,pt ,,f .f.,, E.s,a
Paul aad Duluth are the OH ctive points
of northern Dakota, while Chicaga aud
Mitwaakee wall nntapafiy Gfai4 soutlseas
tern Dakota. Aieanwhitp the WASH
wealth Of the Eiack uil4a viii swing 70
the right Or lett rs IL ney best force
itself cat, or az d tsiiroad enterprise shall
open a more direct way over sAien II
may move The great Indian reservwi les
west Of the NJ sSoari river contains fifty
Six Thousand square miles, about the size
of all Michigan, ineaading both pentusu-
las, OF eausse this viii prevent settle
ment, aud tend to tafu the business of
the Black Hills TO the south or nortn Of
Itself.
na.a. .n. s.na;
a:..a -
rna.a
SHY for three Territorial governments AS
th.ra e.. ,t.r,. l.,
ereases they viii soon mEngle aud blend,
and the ineans Of direct intercDmmaniea
10, m,l na...at,. e,t
s.ai ;,.,, a,.;
$50
p..4 ~ - L. ~. T.,..,
II, :.
~ sa.4,.a. 49,.
2
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east sd of tue Missaari ylyer At least
sixtg .4hansa,td sa,iare miles az Land =,
tor the plow, 4, is believed al less,
1ifteen milton bushels Of wheat viii Is,
praaacca acxt y,ar.
have been u,ab,e "a obtain rs,,aaI,
stat ais IN II she mineral resources q
the glaFk aigls Faongh i k.oXn !,
uarr4,., H., atafetnayt mat ~. ,a;,..,a
resources ara v..e o,a., Reco., as,ov
erie. mars ,ban f@.,,,,,rn, ths MAJ, a.., !,
sxnec.asints qhs sn,rit " o1a ....n-