Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04
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of stllii flsclsii ].
isi1a & csnii taai t,ff illle II
and theeotiaafy seat Of Bt,f Sea l.tl-
~, ~, il one II tlle s.,dst fioufishiisg cities
OF the gre at fsort Il ii pleas
/ H.an1tlp locate sseltfi roliin raj
.iese'll lie from the 81
Missouri with a 4 30 81
Eve tosi sand . II has ] s85ihytels,
ss5 e|larc & school buildings,
Mary s ut Sc iainarv, a chamber
ofscoii,t, rec, nitetl STATE tes llan office,
four banks, 4 public hail !, two daily
and two weekly news 81. y. col;rt
ilt1tlse and town hall Fronting TIE
moth part of the city ofi. the bank ct
the Missouri are the oikuoW Wned Man
t.an Bluffs. Surrounded by=an earth
fortificatiantt bat Is attracting ae atten-
=tinn Of ttleseiealeific world many spec
e1lationsia are rife as to- by whom and
when these fortiticatit1lls were built.
Seven acres Of land%is enclosed Wifh
sarl earth wall and trench, the front
being the Missouri river. f. Here is
where the specimens Of pottery are
found that are attracting the attention
Of historical MINDS. Atthis place the
AIandan tribe Of Indians lost thoir. usl-
tio:aaiity hy the r;,yages of small I,ox
ins1 1888. ana here the great explorers,
Lewis & Clark, winsereiin 1902, Il
At this pointyou can view the Mis-
sofTfi in its winding way for twenty five
miles, Ft. Lincoln, and The great
Northern Pacific iron bridge, ana Can.
non Bail Butte on tise Cannon Bail
river. distance Of forty miles. 20
those who love seenery5 5sp. tri ip TO the
bluffs wonll%bc enjoyable. s.., ..s-
We now leave Bismarck and cross
the Zig Muddy, cfossine q three pier
bridget hat span the river we come TO
hfandan, the county scat Of Morton
ce11nty. Here we find fourishing
.city.of twenty-five hundred people.
.1the Northern Pa:jfc have vheir ma
chine shops here, and commodious
de pot. which have COST $3.50 900, an ell
ecant hotel that. cost $50 ,O0) or. more,
also several large brick business
blocks, constructed from brick made
here. Mandan has 9 hotels, 8 banks.
daily and weekly newspaper 4
chnrchos, a public hail, good school
buildings, and several large stores. It
has. All enierprislng, eo-ahead people,
wltl fine future prospect for a large
city. From AIantlan we follow the
Northern Pacific on the Valley Of the
Pig Heart rivernine miles and reach
The thriving little town Of Marnlot.
Still on seven miles and we come t1
Sweet .E}rier station, another eight
miles through a ricl, valley and we ar-,
rive at sSedalia, i miles west is New.
Salem and west Of New SALON. four
miles is Blue Grass, another three
miles and we reach Sims, q flourisFine
VILLAGE with some s5A people, and 65
buildings most af which are brick. The
brick vare} at this place is the finest in
the Northwest, there are also terra
Gotta works which are furnishing the
finest specimens Of terra Gotta. The
company haye nine furnaces for man
ufactl1ring brick and terra Gotta. Here
is the great coal bed that supplies the
n. 2. railroad-12 to 20 car loads being
taken ont daiIv. Sims has q brick.
hotel costing $1,000, q $500 church:
Just being completed and q coed school
house, Il bank and twn stores. One
year agn5tbere were hnt two or three
small buildings, occupied 5y the min,
ers- .ga sy.H,s. ~ .,# .ss I:
( .Here is tire end Of MY ioaruey vest
having given = pertinent description
Of the country from Fargo 10 Bis
raarce, arid to Sims, forty, miles west
ct Bismarck T here state THAT nv
object eti Ii being pertinent was to- cor
rect, if;possible, errors that have crept
ii into trt tl,e minds of many people .rel.,-
to this country. It has been repre-
sented as a great desert, a barren
waste. etc, From the facts as nearas 7
have been able to ou;n Statistics it is
one of the oreafest wheat co,ntrias ii
the world. # is also fa;r e,razinr conn
try f7ne herds Of catt)o and saocAs If
sheer, are not5coab,o IN tle trovo1ar go
ha ,azas fron, the car vincovss whije
being trsnsnortea from Fargo to Bis
,oarcl- = To those cor, yii,, 3, nos -
ti,s yyesE y recon, mend t,1is cn,, !, t,v.s
a farm can Be had On ina greatest line. No,
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