Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-19
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA
Few Facts Relative to the EnterprisiDg
Town of Worthington.

Town of Worthington.
minnesota Advocate, Worthiugton, April
1882
Between Mankato, Minnesota, and
Sioux City, Iowa, lies one of the finest
stretches of prairie in all the West. The
prize is watered by beautiful lakes, as
we'll as streams, and is called "The Gar
den of the West" The lands are we'll
adapted to agriculture, being naturally
drained, free from stones or brush and
ready for the pillow. The soil is rich
dark clay loan, with just enough sand to
make it easily cultivated. This soil is
from one to three feet deep and is under
laid with hard clay subsoil. Every in
telligent farmer knows that land of this
character is less affected by drought or
wet than any other, and this has been
Thoroughly demonstrated here since tie
settlement of the county.
woRTHNaToN.
In the very heart of this beautiful
prairie country is situated Worthington,
the county seat of Mobiles county. 1t is
| just midway between Mankato, Mimi,
and Sioux City, Iowa, each being ninety
miles distant.
Mobiles county is on the dividing ridge
between the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers. The highest point, 900 feet
above st. Paul. is at the junction of the
w. s. s. F. R. r. with the c., st. p, M.
& o. Ry., near Worthington, and the
waters of the lakes upon the shores of
which Worthington is built, find an out
let into both the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers. At such an elevation our people
enjoy the climate of the noun tains,
while the soil they cultivate is that of
the river bottoms.
1t is we'll known fact that cyclones
and those destructive storms of wind, so
prevalent in the west, always occur in
the valleys and never visit elevated
countries. The snowfall is lighter, and
long settled rains of very rare occurrence.
The land is watered by showers of short
duration seldom stopping the farmer in
his work more than few hours at q
time.
Wortfington is situated upon the
shores of two of the finest lakes in the
state, which afford abundance of ice
water in summer and ice in winter, as
well as unbounded sport for the pleasure
Iseeker.
The Village has a population of 1000,
) is well laid out, streets crossing each 9TH
er at right angles. 1t has the best side.
walks, is lighted the best, and its shade
trees are the finest of any Village OF
double its size in the State. Its church
and school facilities are unexcelled. II
has three churches union Congregations
al, Presbyterian and Episcopal already
built, and the MethOdists and Catholics
will each build this season. 1t has a
large graded school building which
cost over $1,000, built and nearly
paid for; large steam Touring
mill, capacity 125 barrels of flour per day;
a large grain elevator and several grain
warehouses; four hotels, which rank Sec
ond to no hotels in the state; the largest
railroad depot of any station on the road
between st. Paul and Sioux City, and
more sidetrack room than any other
station on the road
G. w. FOlger, son of Secretary Folger,
with his partner G. E. Peabody, of New
York, after travelling all over the west
last summer, decided to locate per-
manently at Warrington. They
have erected large buildings and
purchased machinery for the purpose of
pressing hay and preparing it for ship.
ment to outside markets. They will al
so build buildings and stock them with
machinery for the purpose of manufac-
turing tow cut of flax straw, so abund-
antly produced in Mobiles county.
RAILROADS.
| Worthington occupies central posi-
ton, so situated that other railroads
seeking route to the north and north
west must come to Worthington. TIL
B., G. r. & n. R. K. have already COM
pleted their survey and promise to have
their cars running to Worthington this
summer. Other roads have made surveys
and examined the ground, and will, no
doubt, build this summer, thus making
Worthington very important railroad
center.
Present railroad facilities place the
markets of the world within easy reach
of every farmer. The Southern Mime
sofa railroad crosses the northeast part
of the county and runs parallel with and
just north of the line the whole length of
the county, thus affordlng to every farm
er in the north townships convenient
| markets..
The Black Hills branch of the c., St.
p, M s. o. railway also crosses the north
east part of the county and runs parallel
with and from two to six miles north of
the Southern Minnesota railroad.
The c., st. p, NJ. & o. railway runs
diagonally through the county from
northeast to southwest.
The w. g. s. F. railroad runs west from
Worthlngton through the center of the
county to Sioux Falls and beyond to Sa-
lem, McCook county, Dat.
On all these roads, and from ten to fif
teen miles apart, thriving villages have
been built, varying in size from 100 to
200 in population.
Worthington, Adrain, Rushmore, Bige-
low, Hersey, Dundee and Alrlie, are the
names of the villages in Mobiles county
Just North of the county line is Fulda,
Iona and Edgerton.
The present railroad facilities are such
that no farmer need go more than ten
miles to market, and good markets are
within five miles of the majority of farm
ers. Churches and schools are convenient
to all. The new conner now experiences
none of the inconvenience and hardships
of the early settler, but enjoys all the ad-
vantages gained by his years of toll.
| CROPS.