Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-04-09
THE OLD UP COUNTRY ROUTE.
"A Traveller on the Road to Xani>io
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HE GID UP COUNTRY ROuts.
a Traveller on the. Road to yankton
Asency-Changes wrought by Ten
Years of Agricultural Thrift.
M. il. Baker, Woo has just made the
overland trip to Yankton agency and
return, was asked to-day if there was
anything especially noteworthy along til
route which in the ante-railroad days
was Dakota's main artery of commerce.
In a general way he could say that the
/, affairs of man were progressing through.
out this garden spot Of the west, and the
old-timer saw many Important changes
in the lace of the country as he drove
along the we'll bea:en track. The
development had been something to
marvel at. 1t was one continuation of
well kept farms and handsome farm
buildings all the way to the line of the
Indian reservation and on the reserve-
ton the Indians had kept tolerably well
up to the progress of their white neigh.
bors. Ten years had witnessed the
transformation and the traveller of that
period would not now recognize the
country, then an open, uncultivated
plain, with only an occasional setback to
mark the opening efforts of the pioneer.
The road was not now the highway of
stage travel. as in days egone, railroads
having invaded the upper country and
drawn the tide of movable humanity
into their channels. The four horse
concord was resting its wheels and the
wayside stop ranch was a thing Of the
past, not to be mourned in every.~.in-
stance.
Many of the old-timers who delved
during the ancient times are yet to be
found. Anton Pfeiffer occupies the old
Star ranch and is preparing for farming
operations this year which will
give him eighty acres of corn,
thirty-five of wheat, seventy oil
flax, forty of oats ana the usual other
products. Mr.. Pfeiffer's extensive stock
growing interests will fill the balance
of his time. Barney Cole, the veteran
boomer of Bon Homme.county, has quit
the law business and ably represents the
granger Industries of the county. He
Is farming and doing it WELL.
81 M. Ell. Gardner is quoted as one of
/ the most extensive farmers and stock
growers along the road and no is one of
the original Dakotaians. He has a val
liable farm between Bon.kHomme and
Springfield and is giving his attention
y largely to pork and poultry growing this
year. Fifty young porkers Just ushered
into the world are enjoying life's iDitia.
Use as many as three hundred more as
the seasons crop. Spring chickens are
already visible about his coops and as
he has a hundred and fifty old ones, the
] hatch for this year will be large. Mr.
: Gardeners cattle herd shows health and
l plenty of feed and he is preparing fol
their future by making ready Il hun.
dred acres of corn ground.
John Eoring, the gardener of that
region, prepared for al early supply o.
Injuries and after everything was PLANTED
the heavy snow fall came and buried his
) incipient crop q foot deep
+ George Trumbo, the pioneer of the
Choteau creek valley, and the man who
in early days earned, with the able
assistance of his wife, a reputation fol
= keeping the best ranch on the road, still
holds forth at the old headquarters. The
house under the hill is still his abiding
place, but q larger and more pretentious
mansion in process of construction or
y the hill shows that Trumbo's industry is
bringing him prosperity. He has a large
herd of cattle and they have lived auc
~ fattened the winter through or the buf
falo grass of the Chotesu bluffs and have
not asked for the hay prepared last fal
against contingencies.
The reservation OF the Yankton In
dams is developing under the slow pro
cess of training which is Transforming
the red man into q creature who begin
to feel the weight of Adams curse. il
that he earns his bread by the sweat 81
z, his brow. Ten years have wrought
change for the better in the condition Q
2, these Indians and their agenc
buildings have also .ery muc
z, improved. The ness house, viii
Is kept for the accommodation OF wear.
o travellers, has not kept pace with th
progress Of its surroundings and re
mains about as it was.
el MIR. Baker happened in Springfield o
election day and saw all the good pet
pie of that landmark of olden time
~ Mr.. Wood, who was a Judge of electio
), on that occasion, told him he was
Judge at the first election held in d
ILL kota, back in 1861, at Elk Point. t
ld has survived the ravages of politics al
ST 10 still on deck.
on Baskin's hotel is, as of old, q featul
and q pride of Springfield. So 1t seer
N an occasional landmark remains, pr
IN. served by its excellence and hand
ate down to posterity unlmpaired.
Seed Oats for sale. G. w. ROBERTS
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md For sale-Two new milks COWS.