Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-09
HISTORICAL LAM MARKS.

Yankton delegation will reach home to-
night. Bowen.
HISTORICAL LAM MARKS.
In the Old settlers History Passing
And Pnssed-Other New Facts CON-
ing to h Front.
The first bridge over the Jim river was
one constructed opposite the house on
81. FL. Smiths farm. It washed away
twenty-one years ago. 1t was a toll
bridge. IL stood the tide only four years.
The next was q gov nment bridge,
where the present bridge now stands. by
the Gen. Todd place. F~orty-fve thous-
and dollars had been appropriated by
the government for the building Of three
bridges. One oyer the Big Sioux, an
other over the Vermillion and still
another over the Jim river, fifteen
Thousand dollars for each. The ttuod
carried this away and the other two
shared the same fate. The Milwaukee
railroad bridge on the old road was plso
carried away by me flood. The present
bridge for general travel was built by
she county of Yankton for 81 800. Your
correspondent had pointed out to him
the first house built on high prairie,
east OF Jim river. The house is now the
residence of o. j. Fox. One of the sur
yeys runs near this old land mark
Manitoba railroad. The writer was in
formed that local trade through that
region woald De no small item if the
road should run through that part OF
tho country; hat there " Q q very pep.
ulous ne hborhood where the nearest
contact OF railroad advantage was.
Marion junction twent, miles north
sixteen miles to Wskonds on the North
western, and about the same number of
miles to tho Scotland & Yankton road.
Facts have como to hand which show
that although the wagon trade of grain
and pork is large by the Jim river bridge,
yet it would be vastly more if the road
was treated to several @ oalings of gravel,
or better yet-macadamized all the wsy
from the Milwaukee railroad depot to
Jim river bridge. AS it is now many
farmers go down to GayvilIe to market
their grain and sell their pork and steers
by the level road, to evade the deep
drifts which have been serious obstacles
to travel, rendering the road, with load
ed teams, almost impossible. AL honor
30 u nav md e%nterprising commits
sioner who put men to work with shovels
to cut q straight way on the laid out
road and brig the travelling public
from the horrors Of the corn field route.
Yknkton owes i. to herself
to keep this road in running order to
Jim river brid go. II this is done she
will rsAp the benefits in o great increase
of trade. For farmers will not 20 to o
town to sell their production where there
is but q single store where they can have
the choice Of the trade of q whole city.
1t is a curious fact on the Jim river bot
tom where the land yields like the land
OF Egypt on the Nile that large groves
of willows and cotton wood have sprung
up. greatly to for the advantage of the
settlers. without any labor ON their part.
MIR. Violin told the writer that jus. north
OF his barn yards sue a grove of cotton
wood had sprung up, from which in a
single season 4 1000 trees had been pulled.
He further said the ground had only to
be plowod in june n then nature
would do the rest. The seed of the elm
was equally productive when scattered
by the wind.
Special service has been held in that
neigbborhood with meetings every night
ana prayer meetings eacn aiterno n,
which have been well attended and pro-
duotive of great good. Rev. WIS. Bell
from Sioux Falls, in the employ of the
Sunday school and publishing society Of
Boston, Mass, has been with Rev D. B.
Nichols engaged in theze meetings. MIR.
Bell has made many friends in this re-
gion in his earnest efforts to plant the
truth. Nor has his efforts boon without
fruit. OF those who gathered at these
meetings az many 90 nine were teachers
in the surrounding districts. School
houses, school teachers and school chill.
dren abound in these parts. Where land
could be bought on this bottom for six
dollars per notrs = will now take six null
tiplled by twelve to buy the same land
l know Of no region which reminds n
of the Florida bottom lands more than
the Jim river bottom land. The seeds
cast In here yield y hundred fold.
Maskers' tickets for the Turner's an
nual masquerade sre on sale at Kahn's,
Tammen'r, and Max's. Tickets $1.00.
| Spectators 80 ce to.
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