Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-10-16
Lands In Morrison County.

Morrison county, of which Little Falls Is the
county seat, occupies central position In the
great and fertile State of Minnesota. The county
we'll watered by it and the tributaries within its
boundaries, which also embrace large number
Of lakes The road of the St. Paul & Northern
central position Of the nothern boundary. with a
newly Constructed line extending from Little
Falls in a northwesterly direction to Staples, IN
Paciac railroad, and the Little Falls & Dakota
railroad extends from Little Falls in south
westerly direction to Norris in Stevens COUNTY;
The Lines
of its great trans continental highway to inc
Little Fails centrally located in the county; is,
luth ninety five miles from Minneapolis ana 100
from St. Paul. the capital of the state. Otner
lines of railway have been surveyed through INC
in the near future. The best settled and the best
improved agricultural districts in this country
can not be seen Immediately along the lines OF
in any AGRICULTURAL district than those found in
Rich Prairie and Buckman townships, from ten
to fifteen miles east Of the river and railroad.
Although Morrison county gained In populatlon
only about one.e eighth Of its more than eight
hundred thousand acres of the land Is occupied.
While much of the land near the railroad on the
east side of the Mississippi river Is owned by non
residents, nearly ali Of the railroad lands in the
county are owned by the St. Paul g. Northern
Pacific railway company, for WHICH a. u IL IT tho
land commissioner. There remains however.
in the most easterly and northerly OF the
country considerable government land that Is
snd. 70 81 the st. Fas Pacific
railway company arc mainly wooded lands.
They are we'll adapted for general farming and
stock raising and have the aovaniaee Q. Delng
but the markets afforded by st. Paul, Minneapo::
| lis and DuIuth. The country IS interspersed
| with many fine naturaF meadows, put some ot
must first be cleared OF the growth foak. poplar,
maple, etc. In this connection It Is proper TO
| state that pulp mill at Little Falls consumes
S' wood psr s day. ADDED to this market il the de-
mand for wood in the brick yards, and for fuel
in the cities and towns, and in the prairie coun-
There are many desirable locations for stock
growers, and the Land adapted for this business
can be had at very reasonable prices. All things
cheap varying, according to location, from gov.
ernment price to SIS per acre. Excellent nnim;
proved land can be had in the vicinity Of good
Settlements, from the railroad company from from
While, as before stated. most Of the land Is
timbered there is still much prairie land 70 t pS
had, and settler going into this county gets al
the advantages Of an old settled community
without undergoing all the hardships ana prive.
| tons Of the first settlement and opening up ola
new country. Educational ana church 1ntei-
ests are cared for beyond the average Of new set.
Elements. This is due to the fact that the ARMS
taken up are of medium Size, ranging malny
o% e naeis and But m
tied nuneer containing over los acres: Gne b.
Paul 4 Northern Pacific railway company 1loi.e
has made about three hundred ana n1y n'eS .Sst ~
land during the past two years. indicating tnst
the county IL npldly filling up with an indus
tff0us class OF Citizens , .,,,,v