The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-06-02
COUNTY VILLAGES
With Townships Appended.


most of whom are Americans.
has three churches. one graded schol
three blacksmith shops. five gener
stores. drugstore, meat market, Nv
saw mills. planning mill, two wage
shops. and lumber yard. lie Ra
township is one of the finest farm
ing and stock raising towns j
Blue Earth county. PoSsessin
fine timber land and being accessibl
10 IN excellent market for Woo
they employ their long winter day
IN delivering their wood to Eagl
Lake, where they find ready market
thus prolitably employing moment
that III sections not accessible L
railroad facilities are spent in idle
hess and discomfort. Another i'm
portant industry belonging to th
town is the growing and manufactur
ing large quantities of Amber Suga
cane into golden syrup, the rich an,
we'll sheltered timber lands bein.
admirably adapted To the growth o
TINS most important crop of tn,
State. Moon Bros, of this place
manufactured and sold some 500t
gallons alone in 1881. Other large
manufacturers are located i'm Eagle
Lake, and il is safe 10 say that fully
10000 gallons of this syrup is manu-.
featured and shipped from the town
ship IF lie Ray annually, and which
commands price that places it fore
most among the agricultural indus
tries of the country.
Corn, wheat, oats. potatoes and all
Kinds of cerialS and vegetables grow
In great abundance. Three and
one-half miles northeast of Eagle
Lake. lying wholly in the
town of lie Ray, is Lake Mad
iSon. On point extending into the
Lake "ne-half mile. is the beautiful
and justly popular Point Pleasant.
pleasure resort of equal Importance
to the celebrated |, IKE Minnetonka.
Here thousands OF visitors from
South and East come annually to
spend the Sultry months of July and
August, where they always find
ample accommodation there being
hotel accommodations not equalled
outside of Minneapolis and ST. Paul.
Large tracts of timber are bought
and chopped off every winter. the
land Is then sold 10 settlers at from
50 to $40 per acre, thus enabling men
with limited means to secure com.
Portable houses at living rates. In
fact lie Ray is one of the most de-
slrable locations in Minnesota, and
the day is not far distant when the
emlgrant from over.crowded city
and rocky knells of New England
will see in the timber towns of Blue
Earth county, attractions that are
not found on the treelesS waste of the
great American Desert.
MapIcton.
Maplctun has population of about
800 inhabitants and is steadily in
crea>in-. II j. Pleasantly situated on
the Wells branch OF the {. NJ. X It. =.
Ry. between the Cobb and Maple
rivers. about 20 miles south of Man !
kato. and 20 miles north of Wells. In
commercial prosperity. and enterpris-
Ing business men, il stands second to I
no other town of its size in south /
ern Minnesota. The surrounding
country Is very fertile. the soil being
similar t. muck t. the depth of TWO
or three feet. when the SuhSoil is .
reached, which is Il blue clay. having
great producing qualities. and after
which the county takes its maine. The .
farming community j. principally /
COMPOSED OF GcrmamS, Irish. Ameri-
cans and N"rwr@ims. Thy German
and Irish prri"ninatimg.l They are Il
thrifty and we'll rn-do class of citizens
Wheat. corn. oats. barley. flax and all /.
small Grains ,,r,,y il, ,,,,.,, abundance.
and ,r..Iur. = .rund oy.r,", to th.
acre. This i also considered good
stock anal d,ir, c,,utr, ~ ,v,t,r and
Grass of no,J uu,Iity err. abundant
Wood i pI,.uty within five miles and
can l,a prncured at small cost Th.
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