Minnesota And Dacotah By C.C. Andrews





















































































































 -  LUMBERING INTERESTS.

Lumber as an element of wealth Quality of Minnesota lumber
Locality of its growth The great pineries Trespasses - Page 3
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LUMBERING INTERESTS.

Lumber as an element of wealth Quality of Minnesota lumber Locality of its growth The great pineries Trespasses on government land How the lumbermen elude the government Value of lumber Character of the practical lumberman Transportation of lumber on rafts

LETTER IX. SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

Description of the country around Lake Superior Minerals Locality of a commercial city New land districts Buchanan Ojibeway Explorations to the sources of the Mississippi Henry R. Schoolcraft M. Nicollet's report Resources of the country above Crow Wing

LETTER X. VALLEY OF THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH.

Climate of Minnesota The settlement at Pembina St. Joseph Col. Smith's expedition Red River of the North Fur trade Red River Settlement The Hudson's Bay Company Ex-Gov. Ramsey's observations Dacotah

LETTER XI. THE TRUE PIONEER.

Energy of the pioneer Frontier life Spirit of emigration Advantages to the farmer in moving West Advice in regard to making preemption claims Abstract of the preemption law Hints to the settler Character and services of the pioneer

LETTER XII. SPECULATION AND BUSINESS.

Opportunities to select farms Otter Tail Lake Advantages of the actual settler over the speculator Policy of new states as to taxing non-residents Opportunities to make money Anecdote of Col. Perkins Mercantile business Price of money Intemperance Education The free school

LETTER XIII. CROW WING TO ST. CLOUD.

Pleasant drive in the stage Scenery The past Fort Ripley Ferry Delay at the Post Office Belle Prairie A Catholic priest Dinner at Swan River Potatoes Arrival at Watab St. Cloud

LETTER XIV. ST. CLOUD THE PACIFIC TRAIL.

Agreeable visit at St. Cloud Description of the place Causes of the rapid growth of towns Gen. Lowry The back country Gov. Stevens's report Mr. Lambert's views Interesting account of Mr. A. W. Tinkham's exploration

LETTER XV. ST. CLOUD TO ST. PAUL.

Importance of starting early Judge Story's theory of early rising Rustic scenery Horses and mules Surveyors Humboldt Baked fish Getting off the track Burning of hay stacks Supper at St. Anthony Arrival at the Fuller House

LETTER XVI. PROGRESS.

Rapid growth of the North-West Projected railroads Territorial system of the United States Inquiry into the cause of Western progress Influence of just laws and institutions Lord Bacon's remark

THE PROPOSED NEW TERRITORY OF DACOTAH.

Organization of Minnesota as a state Suggestions as to its division Views of Captain Pope Character and resources of the new territory to be left adjoining Its occupation by the Dacotah Indians Its organization and name

POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS

LAND OFFICES AND LAND OFFICERS

NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN MINNESOTA

TABLE OF DISTANCES

PRE-EMPTION FOR CITY OR TOWN SITES

PART I.

LETTERS ON MINNESOTA.

MINNESOTA AND DACOTAH.

LETTER I.

BALTIMORE TO CHICAGO.

Anecdote of a preacher Monopoly of seats in the cars Detention in the night Mountain scenery on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Voting in the cars Railroad refreshments Political excitement The Virginian and the Fremonters A walk in Columbus Indianapolis Lafayette Michigan City Chicago.

CHICAGO, October, 1856.

I SIT down at the first place where a pen can be used, to give you some account of my trip to Minnesota.

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