The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-16
A Ramblers Rambles
AND A RAMBLING ACCOUNT
OF THEM.
Tho Northern Pacif1c-FrOm st,
Paul to Bismarck.
Dakota, the Great Wheat Granary
OF the West.
A Ramblers Rambles
Promising Towns On the Line of
the Road.
znecIsl or, espondence of the MINER.

Special -ori espondence OF tne MINER.
BISMARCK, April, 1883.
What the Union Pacific and Centrs
Pacific have done for Nebraska
Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Cal
fornia, the Northern Pacific is doin
for Minnesota, Dakota, Montans
Northern Idaho, Washington Ter
ritory and Oregon. The first tw
named roads have populated a vas
area of country with prosperou
people, developed industries whicl
are pouring a flood of mineral an.
AGRICULTURAL wealth into the older set
fled communities and have redeemed
wilderness from the thralldom O
sayagery. The Northern Pacific il
doing even more. 1t traverses 8
country unexcelled if equalled in ag
ricultural resources, pierces the heart
of the finest mineral country in the
world and taps the most magnificent
forests in America. From the Missis.
sippi to the Missouri it has opened uI
a country which is an empire in
itself. The fertility of the soil, the
cheapness of the land, the inexpen.
siveness of its cultivation, the supe.
rior quality of its produc.
tons and its nearness to mar
kets are weekly drawing thou.
sands upon its broad acres, and dot
ting it with almost innumerable viii
lagos, towns and cities between Min
neapolis and Bismarck on the line Of
the road, all of which are
already the centers of thriving COM
munities and many of which are
bound to become, in the near future,
metropolitan in their proportions.
BRAINERD.
In Minnesota, is the first place of im-
portance reached after leaving Min
neapolis. 1t is beautifully located in
forest of tall, straight pine trees
and, to Western man, affords a
pleasant contrast to the many tree
less towns he sees upon the line of
the great thoroughfare. 1t hss a pop
ulation of 5, 200 which is being daily
added to. The railroad company has
a machine and erecting shop here,
besides round house, boiler shop,
blacksmith shop. and all the other
shops which are usually connected
with complete works of this kiud.
The town has six hotels, public hall,
fine school building, two daily
and two weekly newspapers, u bank
and seven churches. The surround
ing country in every direction is well
supplied with large and small game,
and with all the favorlte fish usually
found in inland lakes and streams.
Between Brainerd and Detroit, q
distance of only about 80 miles, there
are eighteen or twenty villages each
backed up by country itch in agri-
cultural and timber resources and
each gathering to itself an earnest,
active community of people seeming
ly bent Oh making the most of their
surrounding advantages.
DETROIT
Is located near an extensive timber
Oelt and in the center of what is
called the Lake and Park region"
IL Is surrounded by an excellent
agricultural region we'll stocked
with game and on account
OF the sport offered the
nanter and the presence of mineral
springs containing health restoring
Qualities it is bee. ming a favorite
resort for visitors and lovers of rural
Pleasures. After leaving Detroit the
"a'eler soon enters the great wheat
growing section of this magnificent
00untry. A run of fl 'ty miles carries
0ne through nearly a dozen villages
aac over country nearly as level as
nouse floor to Moorehead and Far
~ The former upon the east and the
,al'er upon the west bank of the Red
River of the North.
FARGO AND MooREHEAD.
These two cities are too near each
0'uer and are too firmly bound to-
se'her by a common interest to be-
.one rivals. They are situated in
.ne centre of the finest wheat grow
lug country in the world, which, as
'a' as Its settlement and develop
"en' are concerned, is only in its
'u'ahcy. The possibilities of this
great region cannot even be conjec
.ulea' much less approximately de-
y, s,'mined. The former claims a pop
a'a'lon Of 1000, the latter 5000. Ten
''"'s hence hundred thousand
: re0p'e Will claim those cities as their
-, 0'ues' and if they are not at that
s4 'e one in name as they are now
'"e 10 interest, it will be because one
,sl ~ In the great State of Minnesota and
,ne other in the greater Territory of
. DaAota. 1t is impossible to give in
~ 'e'.er of ordinary length more than
,I orlefest notice of either place.
q; ;i00rehead is credited with ten hotels,
Ia H.. churches, two public halls, a
t'"' se school building, a daily and
wv" ,ao weekly newspapers, a bank, car
', sueel works and several manufacto-
t,s 20 oi various kinds. Fargo claims
w we've hotels, seven churches, four
van 'aaks' Is five newspapers-two dailies
~ nu 'hree weeklies-two public halls.
90 a'. opera house, car-wheel works, two
s.a, S.anlng mills, manufactures of sew
Kinds, and last, though not