Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-11-17
Letter From Dakota.
YANkToN, Dakota, Nov. 9, 1886


EDITOR SENTINEL AND REPUBLICAN,
: 1t is nearly four years since turn
led my back On my Eastern home and
sought out the land of the west, the
great lsnd of promise. The years
have passed rapidly since i bade
adieu to my cd boyhood friends and
caught the last glimpse of the beau
tiful Juniata and watched mile after
mile of the most picturesque scenery
fade from view, and now gazing back
/ see sll the old faces of our boyhood
days and seem to hear the voices OF
those We loYed at home Since / babe
adleu to all these scenes the ravages
Of time have made many changes
The boys of my youth have been
scattered, and in these few short
years we feel as though our return
ing would be like the return of Rip
Van Winkle from his long sleep
that even the dogs to whom our
footsteps were once familiar would
snaTl at our heels and strange faces
appear at every window.
am at present travelling agent
for the Press and Dakotian Blank
Book Manufactory, at YaDkton, at a
salary OF $50. per month and all ex
penses paid have been located here
almost two years. Yankton is stu
ated on the Missouri river, 65 miles
west Of Sioux city, in the midst OF a
fine farming community. 1t has a
population of over 5000 inhabitants,
and is noted all over Dakota for its
extensive wholesale trade. The city
is most beautifully located on the
bluffs of the river and is laid out in
wide streets, lined by large two and
three story brick business houses; it : |
fine lawns and flowing fountains,
and palatial residences, surrounded
by the the finest shade trees in the
west, her wide awake business men,
honest society as you will find any
where make her the first city in Oak
ota She mas complete system of
water-works, being supplied with an
srtesian well, with a flow of $4,000
gallons per minute. The Territor
ial Insane Asylum, the Territorial
College are located here. Churches
of all denominations are here and
graded schools in abundance. There
is a pork packing establishment here
with a capacity of 500 hogs per day;
Il large three story woolen mill and
four steam -four mills employ 60 men
day and night, two breweries and
bottling works, brick-yards, machine
shops, founderies, broom-factory and
all other manufacturing establish
ments necessary for the support of
large city. Owing to our railroad
system and easy access to all parts
of the territory, large Wholesale
business is being successfully car
RED on The two greatest railroad
corporations in the world C. II. &
st. p. and G. & n W, both reach
Yankton, and other companies are
now stretching their long iron arms
for our trade and in the near future
we will have access TO all points of
the compass. Let those of your read
ers who think we are a slow going
people out here in the west, Just
come and view our already prosper
ous cit and learn the prospects for
the future. No finer location, no bet
ter class of business men, no more
congenial society, or no better town
would like to speak, but least l tres
pass too much upon your pace 1 can
only say that is all that can be asked.
The changes of the seasons are so
gradual that is difficult to tell where
they begin or end l close with the
promise of writing again concerning
our statehood and reservations.
Yours Respectfully.
FADE l.. HARKAN