Swavesey
Andrew J. Bell.
Wilton
David J. Jenkins.
SUPERIOR COUNTY.
Beaver Bay
Robert McLean.
French River
F. W. Watrous.
Grand Marias
Richard Godfrey.
Grand Portage
H. H. McCullough.
WABASHAW COUNTY.
Greenville
Rodman Benchard.
Independence
Seth L. McCarty.
Lake City
Harvey F. Williamson.
Mazeppa
John E. Hyde.
Minneska
Nathaniel F. Tifft.
Minnesota City
Samuel E. Cotton.
Mount Vernon
Stephen M. Burns.
Reed's Landing
Fordyce S. Richard.
Wabashaw
J. F. Byrne.
West Newton
Austin R. Swan.
WAHNATAH COUNTY.
Fort Ripley
Solon W. Manney.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Cottage Grove
Stephen F. Douglass.
Lake Land
Freeman C. Tyler.
Marine Mills
Orange Walker.
Milton Mills
Lemuel Bolles.
Point Douglass
R. R. Henry.
Stillwater
Harley Curtis.
WINONA COUNTY.
Dacota
Nathan Brown.
Eagle Bluffs
William W. Bennett.
Homer
John A. Torrey.
New Boston
William H. Dwight.
Richmond
Samuel C. Dick.
Ridgeway
Joseph Cooper.
Saint Charles
Lewis H. Springer.
Saratoga
Thomas P. Dixon.
Stockton
William C. Dodge.
Twin Grove
Oren Cavath.
Utica
John W. Bentley.
Warren
Eben B. Jewett.
Winona
John W. Downer.
White Water Falls
Miles Pease.
WRIGHT COUNTY.
Berlin
Charles W. Lambert
Buffalo
Amasa Ackley.
Clear Water
Simon Stevens.
Monticello
M. Fox.
Northwood
A. H. Kelly.
Rockford
Joel Florida.
Silver Creek
Abram G. Descent.
II.
LIST OF LAND OFFICES AND OFFICERS IN MINNESOTA.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
December 8, 1856.
SIR: Your two letters of the 6th instant, asking for a list of the
land offices in Minnesota Territory, with the names of the officers
connected therewith, also the number of acres sold and the amount of
fees received by such officers, during the fiscal year, ending 30th
June, 1856, have been received.
In reply, I herewith enclose a statement of the information desired,
save that the amount of fees for the fiscal year cannot be stated.
Very respectfully,
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
Commissioner,
C. C. ANDREWS, Esq.
LIST OF LAND OFFICES AND OFFICERS IN MINNESOTA.
LAND DISTRICTS.
Name of Register
Name of Receiver.
Number of acres sold during the fiscal year ending 30th of June, 1856.
Amount of purchase-money received therefor.
Stillwater
Thos. M. Fullerton
Wm. Holcomb
103,141.31
128,930.23
Sauk Rapids
Geo. W. Sweet
Wm. H. Wood
49,712.44
65,355.41
Chatfield (late Brownsville)
John R. Bennet
Jno. H. McKenny
238,323.26
298,920.90
Minneapolis
Marcus P. Olds
Roswell P. Russell
139,188.96
186,651.77
Winona
Diedrich Upman
Lorenzo D. Smith
264,777.38
335,845.66
Red Wing
Wm. P. Phelps
Chr. Graham
206,987.32
265,173.84
1,002,130.67
$1,280,867.81
Since the 30th June, 1856, the following offices have been established
and officers appointed.
Buchanan
Saml. Clark
John Whipple
Ojibeway
Saml. Plumer
Wm. Sawyer
III.
LIST OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN MINNESOTA.
PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT
St. Paul
Daily and Weekly
MINNESOTIAN
St. Paul
Daily and Weekly
TIMES
St. Paul
Daily and Weekly
FINANCIAL ADVERTISER
St. Paul
Weekly
UNION
Stillwater
Weekly
MESSENGER
Stillwater
Weekly
EXPRESS
St. Anthony
Weekly
REPUBLICAN
St. Anthony
Weekly
DEMOCRAT
Minneapolis
Weekly
FRONTIERSMAN
Sauk Rapids
Weekly
NORTHERN HERALD
Watab
Weekly
INDEPENDENT
Shakopee
Weekly
REPUBLICAN
Shakopee
Weekly
DEMOCRAT
Henderson
Weekly
COURIER
St. Peter
Weekly
DAKOTA JOURNAL
Hastings
Weekly
SENTINEL
Red Wing
Weekly
GAZETTE
Canon Falls
Weekly
JOURNAL
Wabashaw
Weekly
ARGUS
Winona
Weekly
REPUBLICAN
Winona
Weekly
SOUTHERN HERALD
Brownsville
Weekly
Carimona
Weekly
DEMOCRAT
Chatfield
Weekly
REPUBLICAN
Chatfield
Weekly
RICE COUNTY HERALD
Faribault
Weekly
St. Cloud
Weekly
OWATONIA WATCHMAN AND REGISTER
Owatonia
Weekly.
IV.
TABLE OF DISTANCES.
TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM ST. PAUL.
MILES
To St. Anthony
8 3/4
Rice Creek
7
15 3/4
St. Francis, or Rum River
9
25
Itasca
7
32
Elk River
6
38
Big Lake
10
48
Big Meadow (Sturgis)
18
66
St. Cloud (Sauk Rapids)
10
76
Watab
6
82
Little Rock
2
84
Platte River
12
96
Swan River
10
106
Little Falls
3
109
Belle Prairie
5
114
Fort Ripley
10
124
Crow Wing River
6
130
Sandy Lake
120
250
Savannah Portage
15
265
Across the Portage
5
270
Down Savannah River to St. Louis River
20
290
Fond-du-Lac
60
350
Lake Superior
22
372
Crow Wing River
130
Otter Tail Lake
70
200
Rice River
74
274
Sand Hills River
70
340
Grand Fork, Red River
40
380
Pembina
80
460
Sandy Lake
250
Leech Lake
150
400
Red Lake
80
480
Pembrina
150
630
Stillwater
18
Arcola
5
23
Marine Mills
6
29
Falls St. Croix
19
48
Pokagema
40
88
Fond-du-Lac
75
164
Red Rock
6
Point Douglass
24
Red Wing
Winona's Rock, Lake Pepin
30
60
Wabashaw
30
90
Prairie du Chien
145
235
Cassville
29
264
Peru
21
285
Dubuque
8
293
Mouth of Fever River
17
310
Rock Island
52
362
Burlington
135
497
Keokuk
53
550
St. Louis
179
729
Cairo
172
901
New Orleans
1040
1941
Mendota
7
Black Dog Village
4
Sixe's Village
21
Traverse des Sioux
50
Little Rock
45
Lac Qui Parle
80
Big Stone Lake
66
Fort Pierce, on Missouri
240
TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM ST. CLOUD.
To Minneapolis
62
Superior City, on Brott and Wilson's Road
120
Traverse des Sioux
70
Henderson
60
Fort Ridgley
100
Long Prairie
40
Otter Tail Lake
60
The Salt Springs
120
Fort Ripley
60
Mille Lac City
60
DISTANCES FROM CROW WING.
To Chippeway Mission
15
Ojibeway
50
Superior City
80
Otter Tail City
60
St. Cloud
55
PART IV.
PREEMPTION FOR CITY OR TOWN SITES.
PREEMPTION FOR CITY OR TOWN SITES.
AT a late moment, and while the volume is in press, I am enabled to
present the following exposition of the Preemption Law, addressed to
the Secretary of the Interior by Mr. Attorney-General Cushing. (See
"Opinions of Attorneys General," vol. 7, 733-743 in press.)
PREEMPTION FOR CITY OR TOWN SITES.
Portions of the public lands, to the amount of three hundred and
twenty acres, may be taken up by individuals or preemptioners for city
or town sites.
The same rules as to proof of occupation apply in the case of
municipal, as of agricultural, preemption.
