Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-06-27
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- Descriptive Letter by One
Who Attend sd. 53#i
,4ittle Falls June 90 1874.

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Ats o'rlock 4 cheerful pa ty 81 go
citizens Of Little Falls and vicinity
find themselves comfortably seated IL
the cars sd gene rously provided for.
them Nv our eeiillial depot agent. MI.
Martin. TAI aboard y and off Of, We We 90.
The first Ga Yen miles we mass over s
dive rsified countrv of timber II nrairi
and meadow. cross;no pike crea,; f,,,rs
miles from Tho M;ssi \ PHI.
creek valley Is one ofthe many fine
grazii no and meadow districts IN MGR
r;sonz comfy Ia,u;no \ ) fn,,d No
next como 10 the lf1nurisl,inc town of
swanv,lla sixtaa, = +,n;las so,,t hwast If
Little Falls \ From 5Tafond the, first
civ n,;les we +rave1 thro,,oh ,1ensa for
est s IT o,k n,ran,e tamarack nocn,ar
/, s,,;S5 i. sxr y, ana ol,, %Tban u,a como
a. q the Swan river :, v,,l,ev1 Win Win its tina
meadow and I, arrab,a lands FIRST
) ftat ; LEAVING tho timber ', VIZ come -.
tha calel,r,tad farms of 1obn Work :.
,,,,,, o,a 3,Y w :p,;,, uara ,y,, IA
fret. satt,arss.nt orToddI oo,,,,ty} all
MON etohh;rs .ra f,,,;,v o.crn,;ed
tha Mari, n1ace al;oin;no Work MANS
G, ~, ona ,s,ot.br,.r h,, +bo na,na. of
K err occnn;ed the Rain farm Tn Time
1s57 .t,,asa ,,era tho on1v settlers he-
tween the Misssiss;nni and Long Pra;-
rio th;,tv miles west If Jittla Falls as
the writer can testify from nersona,
observation Tn 1873 Mr. Camnhcll
inccnn;ed fro Pboda farm, mart NJ
which ;s now swanvg;,,e Teav;no
swanv;,,e wa strava, was+wasd tan
miles tbronoh . timber co,,ntrv gently
,o,,;no with nnmorons lakes and &C.
casionallv nice farms that sneak we'll
for the veoman1y effort Of the nioneer
farmers. Before we reach Sank Cen
ire we pass the small villages of Gray
Eagle and Spauldine, and several very
beautiful lakes. Here the band boys
are becoming iubilant, occasionally
whooping forth in strains of excessive
iov, perhaps eminating from the sight
of the lovely lakes and timhered seem
cry that we have passed through
since We left Swanville. Sank Centre
with :, 900 people, is beautiful place
situated at the foot Of Sank lake. which
is ten or twelve miles long, Here we
find enterprise and wealth, 2 large no.
tells. S churches, 3 banks. 2 Touring
mills. manufactures and novelty
works, 20 or more stores and two
large schoo, houses, etc;
Leaving Sank Centre we pass on to
the great wheat belt of Minnesota, a
vast prairie, dotted with fine groves of
oak and LARGE grain fields. Wheat and
oats are nrosnectinc q hountiful har-
vest for the farmer We are now ap-
nroooh;no Willard bay;no nassed the
t,r: x,;,,.ao nc Uastnort Willard
hos = ,onu,o+;o, ~ 95o and 10 orow;ro
r,,>;d,,, r. 10 n Tho beart If tb.
araa+ nhoot ho,+ If N;nnesot, and its
1ooat;on f.vors wealthy c;tv IN the
nea, f,,tnro PASSING westward over a
a ro,l;nt, n,r,aa;r;a wa reach G,enwood
H. ooo1 ~ orr davis n,,rnose. hera wa
1eava tho ears and wen, our way down
. s+oon hi, far one milo COMING to the
bao,t;f,,l o;+u ~ ,.,anuood Tho comm
- SCOT ,fpono county ~ q descr;n-
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1ann M;anomos,,a oon faat he]ow tho
Ivy, .o 1e.l $500 ; ~ aanntur =, q
~. = ~ ! b.,t1;oh l>,ras Sow
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~, +he nnrth ahora at few minutes
haforo nom MO find onr nartv inter-
oho = :; = = now ora+,,,at;ons IF friendship
u;th 10 ,aon1e of c,anwood who
Nv 80 houn+;f,,,lv oxtendad their
,;taI;t,, I'd fr;o,a,u sentiment
Nat1,;na l. 1ao1-;nc ~ +bo;r nort -
,as1.a:.ho ,o,,..;o,, ~ ~ ,,ns 1,ovad
49,, - y $3.50 =,
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