Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-22
AFlourishing Town Located in the
Celebrated Jim River
Valley.
The Rapid Progress Already Made,
and the Basis for Still Greater
Expectations.

raise-Indian corn. All kinds of tame
grasses and clover thrive and the wild
! buffalo or bunch grass is found on the
native sod everywhere, which
cures upon the ground be-
fore the coming of the frost and
keeps cattle and horses fat whenever it is
not covered by snow. 1t is therefore
finely adapted to the raising Of horses,
sheep, hogs and cattle, and makes
diversified farming not only possible, but
profitable. In the production of wheat
Brown county has been proven to be en-
titled to place beside that of any county
in Dakota and in any of the other crops
mentioned does not take back seat,
while potatoes and roots are
produced of perfect form, sound to the
core, excellent in quality and enormous
in quantity. The culture of flax, always
profitable in any climate where it can
mature, is especially profitable in
this section. aud the corn crop
| is certain, sure and remuneratlve.
Stock raising, therefore, cannot
fail to be very remunerative business
for the home demand, and also for the
supply of that section to the north,
where the more severe climate renders it
either Improbable or impossible.
! SETTLEMENT.
Down to about two or three years ago
this county was peopled only by the
'noble red men," Even as late as eigh-
teen months ago part of the county
was occupied By band of
Sioux, under Drifting Goose"
It's lands are, however, all sur
veyed and are open for settlement,
as has been already stated. 1t was Or
ganized in 1880 and the following years
census returned a population of 365,
which now numbers over 5000. The
county is gridironed by two lines of
north and south railroad and one east
and west, with a projected one to be
built this season, so that no farm can be
selected in the entire county sufficiently
| distant from railroad to
render settlement and cultivation of
| the soil impossible or Improbable.
Above is map of the county showing
the lines of road already constructed as
well as the Wadena, Fergus Falls s.
Black Hills branch Of the Northern Pa
cific-the James and Elm rivers, Ord
way, Grafton and other minor points
within the county, with Aberdeen, the
central and ideal city, located as has been
already set forth, nearly in the geograph
zeal center, and / now leave the county
history for the more interesting one Of
the town.
The settlement of this, my ideal town,
really began at or about May, 1880, when
Thomas A. Boydan pitched his tent near
the present location of the town, and as
rapidly as possible opened store. In
August, 1881, two great lines of road,
viz, the Chicago, Milwaukee s. st. Paul
by branch north from Mitchell, where
their Iowa s. Dakota division crosses the
James river, and the Chicago & North
western, with a branch of their Dakota
Central branch, pointing also northward
up the James river valley towards James
town from their crossing at Huron.
These two lines cross each other short
distance south of town, and are in turn
both crossed by the Hastings & Dakota
division already alluded to. In the
triangle thus formed, which con-
tains about 500 acres of land, and
resting upon its northern base lies our
central city OF Aberdeen. The original
town site was plated by the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad company,
but has been added to since by different
parties, until its limits are not at all re-
stricted. To the east, both north and
south of the Hastings & Dakota division,
the town plat has been extended, until il
has reached the track Of the Northwest
ern road, while east Of that, and south OF
the Hastings 81 Dakota, parties from
Chicago have recently purchased 40
acres for the sum of 1000 cash, and 100
acres Just north OF the Hastings g. d.
kota, and east of the Northwestern, for
&C, 900 cash. 1t is rumored that the latter
road will at once construct depot upon
, the larger tract, and that the whole 200
acres are to be plated. Rumor also has
it that the Northern Pacific are interested
in the purchase, and intend to enter their
| road at this point.
| Thus it will be seen that converging