Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-24
DAKOTA,
And the Wonderful Jim River Valley.
To the Editor OF the Free Press and Times:
ASHTON Snnk Co Oak Aug Z 1893

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| ASHTON opink TO-, LAX, Aug.', 1858.
After joltng around for two months over
railroad and s.aoe 7 find ,ryso,f ~, ,ho
y" 'Ao
pains Vi the great Northwcst. But lew
years ago this portion of Dakota was occu-
pied onlyby the wanderinpibands If Indians
;ro,,.o ho.d. =, ,,,r,,a, ,, A.. ,,..,:....
VI ''o' ""u wv "o"ius
coyote now the curtain OF romance has
been drawn and the scene that meets your
evos ;s ope of ,ho b;obos, comh;ro,;or. of
'D'
nature ana art that CIVILIZATION can produce.
Here on this fertile prairie where but short
time ago the wind itself was lonesome. NAV
ho ,oo, n, ;.,our.,, IS g., a.. A., 49,
~ "' '"'s' vas y, avn" o." w
h'les clusters OF houses representing from
500 to 1000 inhabitants cities, very met
ronolian in appearancc with their mavor
ond hoord af o,,orro, s,,oo, ,,;,,,o,,,
Mn u i;ai,,s Iii ,,o-,, SUI liz.
,o,,,s n s,9, puo os ',; "hu Iy ma.e'
nnr "T Tho .'a aro,,l, ns noLa, new"
p ap.,, ~ .no,,,,, Ia Iva, wv IL
81 ~ ,., an,,no o. ,taI io'o e'o ln.ou
az 81 man uo"',s VI ."nu.oua u. uo'lals
, III ,hosa ,ns ' hay mTpuv. m.at sus
,,,,, I,,ar 80, o,'r;', oil, ~ s,',, VIII
eio, ''i. J,.'; VS. i'',a T.. a., auny sa.is-
u. 1000 ,,.o 90 Ia, T.. summit ,t,
ioo was a,tistu 70 SUI III 'Sc or n1iln
pacfiao ~ Rod R;Yor corr,rv Therefore I
frs, visited thai norton. found acme very
nice towns there. Fargo. Grand Forks.
Jamestown and bismarck are all growing
towns I did not like The country there. ii
nav have heen beconsc the crons were not
innIinH vorv nrom,sing or IN acconnt of
,ho Iarao foyeign nonnlation made nm min.
c;n.liv If Rnssians Norwecians Swedes.
Epp',i;,,, and ranad;nns ala not mote anv
,nros,maon,. then tool. tho stage nj lanes.
,n,n fnr H.. So,,,h and found n verv nice
conntrv along Inc lanes river in what is
tnnu,n no tbn ,sIim River Valley We've.
,a,;o, ,ook cJ croen md Grams nromisod well
Tho cond;,ion Of The crons and of The
canr,tv ;mnroved no we went south and
r.iu;ny,, in fSn;nt county first bcca me- en-.
thnsiasiic over Dskotn. and invested in a
,',,h"r ~ ouor,or soc,iors Of Land and 10
do u am, U ", H for onnor,nniiie. tn Inv
mnrs a." ,housI nsonIc Nara do not seem tn
wars ,o so,i Tho crons h.re were far ahead
Of an,,h;nn hoI sean and while corn
oa,Ia nn, ,n r-awn in Tho I'D River
eouiu nos e , .". ,ho ,,,os
,oo, ~ orn ,ras uarv nrnTisino ana
arn,ors 90 ,,,d ,no ,ha, ,hev Sod rasnd az hi"b
,h;r,y hnsh o ."" nor acre on sod the nrr.
a.; init 'u n p.i ". ~, no S az p "a
IVY. 1en'. Os, o"'.e5, - 49, oa,
L L.. I hav
oo Wv '',,s,, I;I'a !, 7, ia No, mnoonn,on
Sor tha faru,nr y, ~ ro, a., avn,oao of ~ hush
Ia NJ LIE. IS, u" naoh &c ~ Ground
US, oo.a;t "nSa. tLa ,,n,,ar ~ aosns ,hot
,hn $1,000 a,,iS7,ua,s ,his Ia l., NV oni,ion
ro,,,a.i,ni,,e - 49,
En.; ~. d horo an ,,r,e scs,e
al uon' I'LL So .o ~ Ino
aeuy 10Y ia' aron A" r,,iio anv of them
80 So, m" Snn ., Innn oorns 7, r,.v ha in
a.so i,oni 'vo 70 w aI Sn ,hasa H i,,,onso
sa,i" W SUu w nua t ,ho orons carad fnr
N.Y. ~ Gu.';s ~ ahu .nu ,nra;nr
49,. 10 ~ sSn So to,r horsas
smo VI 'aiee it M earm ANU oor rio,v
uS ahu ~ ..iis way on d. mai ,ho o" so pr"
IN nv W 'e.en ao N 81, nrh;oh nns,
.uen uoue ny maos on VIZ" IN mnSn d Ur'
an In ~" nun ~ " " Iii ~ ~ ui :,
, accoluing 10 INC wluln Vi .ne WILL .mu s.a,n
70 WIN maIio"a a',a. ISL 49,. -
go - ~ s',h ,oaIa nnon
uuJ I'on h anu ine nanotu soa IT, "pV ~
n, H.. - Wv aS ',,ai,, ~ onn,nora
na,, shon, ian; amo"u' Vi s'a'n ~ 'on'p"'"'
u ' non, hnrnos, TINA and horros,;no Ia
dono ,,'o aa ,n S go nnN Ta,a ,s
,sad or t ,h eais s'am , sI III, !,
useu az ,h .nu sen p;ns ,oapeas, any viii
I;nd os anaas ns 49,, "n T., '"u CIV uT IT,
Iarao farrnar0 have saveraI ~ thoso ,asc,,;nas
I 90 That /, ia hnt few Iavs, worL ~ harves,
INN ao o.o 10 ous ,e" u'SS wo'H " ~
sHOol, ,hrosh;n ommanoos ,ho Iar a 10 m,
havn 'V ,hn;r own ,Srosh no ia" "chinns
Tbosa ,,,oo Jum o"s, frnn sItoo ,n Sanoc
5 eSrh and arn r,n hv s,o.n, ro,yer Tsc an
a zinc has ,hn ann u ~ If roi,road locomo
s,n,;ua 30, ond NJ T." rnpr"naIaJ hv s,non' rom on,
sarn, 10 ann,i,ar dro,y;no thc ,hrcshine
;. ,Mach;no ond s'nn,;es Wien nj worl, in the
aeId straw ia ;,Sad Tor f,ei and each macbin,
2 will ,hresh and Clean from ioOoto is0o hush
+ ale ot 1,haa, dar NAV ali ,b;s wheat has I,
e he 1norLe,ad and iLe farmer has 10 Inv hi
sor;nui,nrJ " ;,nrIamen,s nrov;sons am