St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-21
A CITY OF THE HILLS.
Sturgis, the Principal Railroad Point
for Northern Black Hills.
A PROSPEROUS YOUNG CITY.
Has Seminary, Stately Buildings,
Water Works and Solid Banking
Institutions.
Special CORRESPONDENCE to the Globe.

Special correspondence to the Globe.
STURGIs, Oak, April 1S.-This pros
porous little city of 1000 people seems
to be entering upon season of notable
improvements, and possibly one of re-
markable growth. 1t is located in the
eastern part of Lawrence county, of
which DeadwOod is the county seat, and
is distant about fourteen miles from that
place. SturgiS is the principal railroad
point for the Northern Black hills,
though WhitewoOd, the next station
north, and the terminus of the Eikhorn
valley line, is three miles nearer the
mines.
sTURGIs Is CONSIDERED
one OF the most available points on the
line for any Eastern road that builds
through to the Northern hills.
A splendid farming country surrounds
SturgiS which is being we'll cultivated
and is very productive, though the
greater portion of the land has been used
until very recently for grazing pur-
poses. The cattle companies that held
possession are being crowded back to
the high ranges, and the rich soil will
be titled, as it should be. The farmers
generally carry 40 to so head of cattle,
which are well cared for and very
profitable.
Among the more important of i'm
proyementS contemplated is a seminary,
the funds for which are promised by
Chaplain Wilson.gof Fit. Meade. The
institution will be started on $4,000;
the finest block of ground in the city
having been donated for the pur-
pose. The building will be under way
within few weeks. A system of
WATER WORKS
is being constructed at a cost of $4,000.
y fire department has already been
established. A street car line, extend
ing two miles from the Elkhorn Valley
depot up the main street to Fort Meade,
Will likely be built this season. Several
large handsome brick business blocks
are just being completed. In some of
these buildings may be seen the fine
marble that is found in such great
abundance near the town, the quarrying
and shipping of which will soon become
one of the chief industries.
SturgiS owes none of its present pros
perity to outside capital or enterprise.
Her own citizens have accomplished,
unaided, all that has been done. Two
good newspapers, alive to the best in
tereStS of the community, are working
hard to bring SturgiS into prominence
and to still more important position
among the principal towns of South
western Dakota. Their efforts will not
go long unrewarded.
SturgiS may be considered particu-
larly fortunate i'll having established
there iirst-class
BANKING INSTITUTION,
whose interests are purely local and
whose managers are ever ready to lend
their assistance in the furtherance of
any proper, laudable enterprise. The
First National bank of Sturgis has q
handsome two-Story brick building and
spacious banking room fitted in
modern style. Its officers and directors
are among the foremost men of South
ern Dakota. 1t may interest many
readers to know who these men
are: ID. A. Mcpherson, pTes-
dent; is also president of the
Lead City bank and cashier of
the First National bank of DeadwoOd.
Charles Francis, vice president, is a
capitalist of Sturgis. j. j. Davenport,
the cashier and managers a New York
man of much experience and wide ac-
quaintance. X. G. Lake is president of
the First National bank of Rapid City,
and James Holly is cashier of the same.
w. II. Stebbins is stakeholder in nine
other banks in the Southwest. E. f..
Lyman is capitalist of Troy. Charles
A. Thompson is a capitalist of Long
Island city, NY, and Henry E. Bailey,
of Rapid City, is the representative of
the COrbin Banking company, of New
York, and is leading man in finance
in the West. James f. Summers is
cashier of the Bank of Spearfish, OAK,
and this combines the banking inteli-
gence of the Black Hills all in this one
institution. The bank has always done
safe, profitable business. 1t makes
specially of transactions for nOn-resi-
dents. j. G.. III.