Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-06-20
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.f'il ssalll faf 4 lanes river, Ne md
81 rolling oiitirit ialr miles, and
passing se e.,sal wheat Us,
arrive 1t Ells lriisi So aourislling
village 30 iiiIaallstl hts, GOOD hotel,
eilnTcIl and schopll house and q store.
Zen miles west OF sidl iietlge We come to
Windsor a nav stttion Just opened
itieal,ont twenty s,eople#ana Il hotel.
Here We find several large wheat
fields, tina prem Sc lin abundant har-
vest. Tllren3mile sWest of Windsor we
come to1 leVeland % new station witt,
three Of foar buildings aud .solne fine
farms That have raeehtlg been brought
under uiti.ation; wheat is she. princs-
pal prndnet. Seven miles FROM Gleve-
land We reach Medina, another new
town and station, which although
young has. bright future ); TEN miles
further west is Crystal Springs, situat-
ed on the west side Of Crystal lake
HereSis where in 1873 we found the
only house between. jamestown and
BismaBck.# 1t now has about 100 in
habitalfts !. two hotels, one store and a
school house. Crystal Springs is noted
torlts pure springs OF water. which to
the traveller was & rich treat, as your
handle servant can testify. IT was
here that We found the lone shanty
and lone occupant by the name Of
Johnson; afkind, noble pioneer with a
heart as Large apparently as that of an
OK. But alas for this noble man;
while carrying the mail from James
town to Bismarck intlie winter of 1874,
he froze bothlof his. feet and had one
of them taken off. III did not learn
whether he is now living or not 1t was
here that / formed acquaintance with
q Mr.. Pye from Alexandria, Mimi,
who is now one Of the old settlers of
Bismarck. lie, like myself, was a
western adventurer, seeking. the West
TO recupefate lost fortune He is now
in Bismarck and has a competence
enough and to spare.
Leaving Crystal Springs we next
come to Tappin, eight miles west. 1t
has sixty u eighty inhabitants, an
elevator, hotel and store. Here as at
all other points along the Northern
Pacific between Fargo and Bismarck,
the large wheat fields arein splendid
condition. In this vicinity is a good
grazing country. FIVE miles from
Tappin is Dawson. q village with 400
Inhabitants, !; hotels, 6 stores, a lumber
yard. one school house, one church
and s. newspaper. Good water is OBJ
tanned at a depth of fifteen feet, AL
though it is a good VII at district, vet
oats, fax and potatoes are successful
ly grown here. Another miles and
we come to the pleasant village of
Steele, with its population of 500 or
more. an elevator, court house, two
hotels, newspaper and school build
ing, large fields of wheat, thousands Of
acres are here to be seen, looking as
we'll as at any point between Fargo and
Bismarck. This is good stock coun-
try, plenty ofwater and hay with but
little cost. Another seven miles west
and We come to the town of Geneva, q
telegraph office and hotel. with sever
al houses. It is new town situated
in fine wheat growing country. Five
miles from Geneva is DriscoIl, and
eight miles farther westward we ar
rive at the town of Stirling, a flourish
ing town ofl00 Inhabitants, a hotel,
store, school house, and several nice
residences, another five miles west
and we come TO the town Of Mckenzie
a new town with few residences,
station, and q store. The surround
country here is one of the best east of
Bismarck. 1t is a wheat and grazing
country combining all the natural adj
vantages for large city, and is twenty
miles east Of Bismarck. Between Nc
Kepzie and Bismarck are Menoken
ana Apple Greek. From Apple Creek
-four miles from Bismarck) we pass
over one of the finest plateaus OF the
valley. Two miles out from
Bismarck just north Of the Northern
Pacific railroad, on a high level, we |
pass the Territorial prison, q fine |
structure costing nearly $4,000 lis
iome is just being completed. The
.Wo miles from the prison to Bismarck |
IS occupied by fine dwellings We now
arrive at Bismarck, the capital Of the
serritory, having noticed thirty-one
thriving towns, villages and cities be-
,ween Fargo and Bismarck, = making
hirty-three hourishing towns and !
;ities, including the last two named, |
where eleven years ago but four of
hose business narts had existence,
hat now give employment to tens Of t
thousands Of enterprising citizens. In |
ny next and concluding article I will I
Tisit the line Of the Northern Pacific |
IS far west as Sims, a point 40 miles
vest Of Bismarck. MI. J. @. S. *
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