Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-27
North and West.
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west of De troit. The principal products
| raised in this section are wheat, oats,
| barley and rye, and occasionally field
| here and there of potatoes. AT this
place there is some beautiful scenery.
The town lays on the north side of two
large lakes. On main street, where
the depot is, is quite park 50 yards
wide, by about 200 long, with shade
trees, an artesian well 1000 feet making
beautiful fountain, the column of
water being thrown thirty or forty feet
in the air and returning is caught in a
large sand stone (red and gray) basin.
The town is laid out very prettily, and
TO the passer-by is formed favorable
condition of people and place.
Lake Park, six miles distant, is a
pretty little village situated in the
midst of rolling prairie, and seems to
be quite business place. There being
a grain elevator, three churches, a fihe
two story schoolhouse, of sand stone,
and quite number of hardware,
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the public square were quite number
of blooded horses and cattle, all fine
looking. A little north of the lake is
an Indian camp of perhaps hundred
Indians, who, it is said, prefer to stay
there than 60 to a country free and
their own.
Muskoda is a picturesque place, the
Buffalo river runs along the southern
swiftly flowing stream fifty feet wide
or more, with high tim bered bluffs on
either side.
Red River of the North is formed by
more than 200 miles and empties into
Lake Winnipeg. Itmarks the boundary
between Minnesota and Dakota. The
valley is from 60 to 50 miles wide, and
is beautiful prairie apparently as
level as a garden. The soil looks very
much like our creek loan at Ironton,
and is very productive. Even in this
northern climate we see turtle doves,
Iul hS, anu iuuaSAo"S
other birds that we see in Missouri, be-
sides ducks and geese by the thousands
on the lakes and rivers. 1t is said that
most of tie tributaries of this great
river have their sources in higher
latitude than their mouths. Here we
| pass from Minnesota into Dakota, with
| no preceptible change, with the excep-
ton that the country is far less noun
groves of trees to be seen until before
we euter the bad lands in the western
part of the State (Which it is) or rather
will be after July 4th. Our route lies
in northern Dakota and from east to
| west, in almost direct line the length
being nearly 800 miles. Here is where
we see prairie farming in its utmost
capacity. Eight, ten and twelve double
plows can be seen plowing on one strip
one behind the other, pulled by six
horses each, and the burrows are as
long as the eye can see, taking in hum
dreds OF acres in one land. Behind
tIItSC COiHc Tic HallonS INAe eAAS
grain drills or corn planters, SO as fast
as it is plowed it is harrow ed and plant
ed. We saw several farms where they
were putting in oats and others just
planting corn. Harvesting they say
does not begin until the last of August
or the first of September.
Valley City is the county seat Of
county. 1t lies in a deep valley sur
rounded 10y an amphitheater of hills,
which rise to height of $50 feet on
every side. Circling round the city is
beautiful stream, the Cheyenne river.
The Northern Pacific Railroad enters
the town on it's eastern side by wind
ing passage through the bluffs for sew
eral miles and emerges on the streets
of the city.
Eckeson is $50 miles from st. Paul,
the land is high and rolling, soil rich
and productive, and the lake of the
same name is fifty feet below the level
of the town, is seven mi,ee long and
three or four miles wide.
| jamestown, twenty miles distant, is
a large city of some 5000 inhabitants,
and stands on the east bank OF the
river bearing the same name, and Is
surrounded by range of low, slopiDg
hills. The courthouse aud shoolhouse
are as good as you see in any city. also
the North Dakota Insurance Hospital
IS built on a hill overlooking the town,
at cost of 100000. From jamestown
our train was composed of fifteen sleep
ers besides a special car, az the first
section brought up the mail, express,
baggage, etc. West of the city we
crossed the river spanned by long
iron bridge and fifty feet above the
water.
Rismarck-we arrived here at II noon,
the train stopping 45 minutes gave US
an opportunity to see portion OF the
city. 1t is the capital of the State,
nearly 500 miles from st. Paul. The
capital building is on the top of quite a
hill overlooking the city. Also to the
east about mile is the penitentiary.
Five miles distant is to be seen Fort
Abraham Lincoln on the high bluffs
on the west side of the Missouri river.
The great bridge over the Missouri
river is 800 feet long besides trussel
approach on the west side of 5000 feet.
The height above water was about $50