Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-06-13
E'roai1 Fargo tO Bismarck. /.
Bismarck, Dakota, June IL 1884


Bismarck, Dakota, June Il, 1884.
Editor Of the tTranscri pit:
Iii my last and hurried communica-
zion I promised to furnish a more def
mite description OF the country be-
tween Fargo and Bismarck, First to
notice is Fargo with her l0, 900 sinhabi-
tants, 26 hotels, y churches, 4 banks,
5 newspapers, s public halls, United
States land Office, an opera house, q
theatre. a court house, car wheel
works, street railway, water works,
high school, gas aud electric lights,
three elevators, planning mill, a large
brewery, paper MILL $50 to 200 stores,
and all the various branches of trade
which make a thrifty and prosperous
city. Eleven years ago it was a dingy
little village, with three or four small
stores and as many poor hotels. The
Headquarters hotel was an exec ption;
it,then was home to the weary tray
eler, and now it has no equal east or
west. Travelling west nine miles we
pass the fourisi,ing villages Of Haggart
and Garfield and come to the village
Of Mapletou, which has, I jsdge. $50 or
more Inhabitants, = hotels, / church, a
school house, several stores, and here
you can see large fields of wheat which
has fine prospect ofAn abundant har-
vest. Next we come to the town of
Greene, three miles west OF Mapleton;
it lis a station with four or five houses.
Two miles further an west we come to
the Dalrymple farm with its $4,000
acre: under cultivation, mostly wheat,
which fayors an abundant harvest.
West two miles from the Dalrymple
farm is Casselton with it's population
$4,000 or more; Casselton has 6 ho-
tells, 4 churches, 2lschool buildings, 2
elevators, & bank, q weekly newspa-
per-, IL stores, andftwo public halls.
Here the traveller can view thousands
of acres Of wheat while in the car as
he wends his westward course. Six
miles west Of Casselton is Wheatland,
g fourishing village of 800 inhabitants,
three hotels, ! newspaper, l school
house, an elevator, 5stores,' 2 churches.
Going west ten miles from Wheatland
we come TO the Touring village of New
Buffalo, which has about 300 inhabi-
tants,s hotels, a newspaper, school
house, an eleyator end stores. Six
miles from New Buffalo is Tower City.
1t has population Of above 600, 3 .ho~
tells, 5 churches, an artesian we'll, pub
lie hall, newspaper, school house, an
elevator, steam Touring mill, bed
spring mandatory, brick yard, two
public parks and public library. Here
you can cast your eyes over tens of
thousands Of acres of wheat looking
hatterlng to it's owner. Another Ave
miles journey and we reach the town
of Oriska with its $50 inhabitants, two
stores, bank, elevator, hotel, one
newspaper and a school house. Five
miles west is the new town Of Alta with
few nice residences; another five
miles and we come to Valley City, ON
the Cheyenne river. It is tho county
seat Of Barnes county, has popula-
lion Glover !, noos $ hotsls (ons costing
$;So.oD), churches, : newspapers, q
public hall, school building. Touring
mill run by water power, two national
banks and 80 stores. This is 4 fine
grazing and grain growing country.
The small groves of. timber along the
Cheyenne give this city picturesque
appearance. Eight miles westward is
the beautiful city of sanborn, with an
enterprising population of.550, a news
paper, two public halls, two churches,
two hotels, one bank and an elevator.
Here you can view one Of tho finest
wheat districts on the line between
Fargo and Bismarck. Four miles more
and we come to Eckelson, q small
thriving town. Another four miles
and we reach spiritwood, a village Of
60 or70 inhabitants. This IL wheat
shipping station. Five miles further
westis Bloom, q small town, and in
six miles more we come to Jamestown,
on the James river. This is beauti-
full city of 1000 inhabitants and is the
county seat Of stutsman county. It has
7 hotels, churches, 2 daily and 2
weekly papers, 2 elevators, a public
hall, 4school buildings. a Touring mill,
brewery, brick and tile kilns, and 4
banks The Jamestown &Northern
railroad begins here and will soon be
completed to Minnewaukan at the
west end of Devils lake. This is fine
grain growing country; wheat, oats,
fax, barley andyegetables are success
fully grown here. This is the half way
point between Fargo and Bismarck.
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