Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-14


Among the interior cities of Minnesota |
which will always stand in the front rank |
as combining wealth, intelligence and bus
mess enterprise, Faribault, the county seat |
Of Rice county will readily be recognized. |
That Faribault is city of
STATE IMPoRTANoE,
a glance at its public institutions, state |
and corporate (three of each), at once de-,
cides; for, arouzd them and through them
to the beautiful city-who can but be proud
of their location ?-center the thoughts and
warmest sympathies of thousands of low
ing hearts all over our state. Abroad, too,
its excellent educational institutions have
been means of imparting luster to the
name of Minnesota, and it is with feelings
hear Faribault named as
most excellent educational town.
LOCATION.
To those who have never visited this city
the location may not be uninteresting.
Faribault, the county seat of Rice. one of
the richest counties in the state, is located
very near its geographical center or pen
insula formed by the Cannon and
Straight rivers. The city proper is locat-
ed on the west bank of Straight river on
beautiful level strip of prairie which
stretches away to the south, while upon the
east bank, where the benevolent and educa
tional institutions are located, the ground
rises abruptly to a range of quite consider
able bluffs, upon which the public build
ings are located, which overlook the whole
city and surrounding country.
RAILROADS.
In tho early settlement of the city the
only communication with the outside
world was by way of Hastings, from which
point seventy miles distant freight had to
be teamed. The first establishment of
railroad system in the state, however, in
cluded the Minnesota Central railroad,
now the Iowa & Minnesota division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,which, hav-
ing st. Paul for its northern terminus, and
McGregor for it's southern, took in Fari-
bault as one of its principal objective
points. The past season the Cannon Val
ley railroad has been built from Waterville
on the st. Louis, Minneapolis & st. Paul
railway, via Faribaul5, Northield and Can
non Falls to Red Wing. This road
will undoubtedly in time be-
come absorbed by the Omaha
or Rock Island systems and will play an
important part through the connections
thus given it in the commerce of Fari-
bault By the G. N. & st. P. Faribault it is
just fifty-six miles distant from st. Paul
and being on principal line of road
trains run quite frequently between the
| two cities.
| SETTLEMENT.
Faribault, which derives its name from
Alexander Faribault, just recently de
ceased, was surveyed In 1854, but until tn
spring and summer of 1856 had grown bu
little. The population in 1856 was 1000
in 1867 3,4OO, 1873 6,12O. In 1857 the U.
Land Office was removed from Winon
here and an impetus given to settlement
Early in its settlement the fact was de
veloped that class of people were lo
eating here of more than the ordinary de
gree of intelligence and culture. AS earl
as 1855 the First Congregational societ
erected a neat and comfortable church
and during tho same year the first copy Q
the Rice County Herald, now the Faribau
Republican, was issued. In 1858 paris
| scheol was established by the ProtestaI
Episcopal society, and from this nucleu
the three great educational institutions {
7 to-day, "Shattuck school," est. Mary
halr' and ''Seabury Divinity SCHOOL, ha,
originated and have arrived at degree {
, excellence and perfection and have a
. sumed such proportions as to bring hone
and credit upon their founders and pr
i moters and very commendable notoriet
upon the city of their location.
l. BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
), As early as 1858 the Legislature of Mi
y nesota passed an act establishing and !
u !, eating within two miles of the city
i .Faribault an institution for the care al
I ducation of the deaf and dumb, the ci
within one year to donate forty acres
land for a location. The land was d
: mated and five years later buildings we
J. begun.
a From this beginning the present thre
l. i,-one grand institution under one gener
5. board of directors, but with three separa
> buildings and superintendent, viz: tt
. deaf and dumb institute, the blind inst
tute and the school for idiots and imbecil'
# have originated, and which in reality wit
le the Episcopal schools makes six distin
le eductional and benevolent institutions
X Faribault.
u MANUFACTURES.
"a Tho large and reliable water power fl
nished by the Straight and Cannon rive
and which at the early day of its settl
ment doubtless acted as strong factor
the location of Faribault, b
20 been improved and utiliz'
70 to its fullest extent. Foremt
10 Among the manufacturing establis
as ments are the four Touring mills now
's. operation with combined capacity
a. $40 barrels of -four per day, as follows:
Il, bl
K Straight River mills, (water and steam) 80.
o. Crown Point Roller mills, (steam) .........
Faribault City mills, (steam) .............
Kendall mills (vater and steam) ........