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VOL. XXIII. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, JUNE 30,1888. NO. 26 THE NOETH-WEST AND ITS EE- SOUEOES-NO. 1. A General View of the Country and its Present Status. The wldeness of the country, Js like the wldeness of the sea, And the grandeur of its prairies, As the slopes of Galilee. Kditorial Correspondence by J. B. C. By agreement, representatives ol the Xew England Farmer, Boston; American Agriculturist, New York; Farm Journal, Philadelphia; Ohio Farmer, Cleveland; Indiana Farmer, Indianapolis; Western Raral and Prairie Farmer, Chicago; Rural ".Yerld, St. Louis; The Farmer, St. Paul; Farm Stock and Home, Minneapolis; Western Farmer, Madison, Wis; and Northwestern Farmer, Winnipeg, Canada, met at St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 5th, (or the purpose of making an extended better idea of the country over which we traveled we give a map of it on this page, together with a time card of the trip. SPECIAL EDITORIAL TRAIN—TIME SCHEDULE. JuneSih.— Leave St. Paul 2 p.m. for North Oaks; returning at night. June 7th.— Lv. St. Paul 4 :*10 a. m.; arrive Benson 9:00 a. m. Lv. Ben'on 10:30 p. m.; ar. Hanccck 11 a. m. Lv Hancock 2:00 p. m.; ar. Fargo 7 p. m Lv. Fargo_:<)0p. m.; ar. Grand Fork3 4:2., June 8th.— T.v. Hillsboro3:00p. m.; ar. GrAnd Frrks4:20. Lv. G rand Forks 8:30 p. m.; ar. Crookston 9:30.p.m. June 9th.— Lv. Crookston 9.P0 a. m.; ar. Warren 10-JtO a. m. , Lv. Warren 11:90 a. m.: ar. Stephen 12:00 p. m. Lv. Stephen 1:00 p. m.; ar. Hallock 1:30 p. m. Lv. HaUock3::'0p. m.: ar. Winnipeg 7.(10 p. m. June loth.— Lv. Winnipeg 9:00 a. m.: ar. St. Thomas 12:30 p. m. By team St. Thomas to Graf con. Lv. Grafton 3 :E0 p. m.;ar. Grand Forks 4:30 p.m. Ar. Larlmore 5:30 p. m. Lv. Larlmore7:30p. m.; ar. Devils Lake9:30p. m. June llth.— Lv. Devils Lake 10:30.: ar. Towner 12 :!0 a. m. Lv. Towner 3:00 p. m.; ar. tainot 5:30 p. m. Lv. Mlnot5:_0p. m. June 12th.— A r. Glasgow 4 a. m. Ar.Assiniboine{'i5:«;|;S; Ar. Benton 1 :'0 p. m. Lv. Benton 4:00 p. m.; ar. Great Falls 5:00 p. m. is also shown on the map in smaller lines, from Duluth west. And yet the former road is but 14 miles longer from St. Paul to Helena than the latter, and the running time is about the same between the two points. It will be noticed that the road over which the party traveled, traverses the lake region of Minnesota to Fargo, thence down the Red River of the North to Winnipeg, Manitoba, 68 miles into Canada. Going west it crosses northern Dakota, entering Montana at Fort Buford, just where the Yellowstone river puts into the Missouri. It will be noticed on the map that the road runs north of ar.d almost around the Missouri river to Helena. Dakota over which we traveled most is larger than all New Kngland. It is a part of the North Western Territory,purchased under the administration of President Thomas Jefferson, in 1803, and from which so many grand States have been carved. 1801, Dakota was without legal name or existence. A bill "To organize the Territory of Dakota, and for other purposes" was introduced in the Senate by Hon. Graham N. Fitch, of Indiana, December 20, 1858, and referred to the Committeo on Territories. The line separating Dakota and Montana Territories was adjusted in 1873. The Louis and Clark expedition up the Missouri gave the first authentic account of this far western country. It also gave a very correct idea of the great river and its atlluents, and was no doubt instrumental in hastening the more perfect exploration and settlement of the country. It also gave a fresh impetus to the fur trade, and pioneered the way for numerous forts and trading posts. The great British and American fur companies were the first civilized people to occupy the Territory of Dakota. The earliest of these to establish posts on the upper Missouri river was the Missouri fur company, organized at St. Louis, Mo., in 1808. At the head of this company was Manuel Lisa, a Spanish gentleman, and it is likely that some of the Choteau family were also connected with it. The company established trading posts in Dakota about 1808-10. The American fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor was president,was chartered in 1809. The Great Pacific Company was organized after the war of 1812, by Mr Astor, and business operations were resumed by all the companies, whose employees penetra- Pwt8of^r0adandcarriage8 over lar8e '"to M . innesota» Dakota, Montana, and T-6Wof".lt0ba' U was undertaken with a [orthlearning more about this region »ndabe"efit of the hundreds of thous- *ho a readers of these papers, of thn 6 also *-**- know more o[th,s newe«t and most fertile part *as 1nir?°IthWestem country. The party C th ^ at St Paul by H°°- N. J. Col- ^'«shin!t 8sioner of Agriculture, of Pr'vate» Dd Mr- °- -0- LaD-w, his C- A"ow!!reiary; and *n-route by Dr. J. M. Lic?«H nd Fork8> -D^ota; Col. W. fil*ncw! * Ben8on' Mlnn-; Mr. S. S. >o<i<-h r. B^nob--«a,Dak.; H. C. Hans- S-tnT?^6- Dak-i I- C Wade, Si ; and E- H- Thursby. 01 ^e tr*.r And the leader and prince •»thot0u^aaJlr- D. H. McGinnis, who p-«try.K^ fcmiliar with that whole at the reader may have a J"Lv. Grekt Falls 3:00 p. m.; ar. Helena 6.00 p. m. June llth.— Lv. Helena3:C0p.m. June 15th.- Ar. Poplar 6:00 a.m. Ar. Rugcya-ooi*. m- Ar. Bottineau 4:00p. m. I.v. Bottineau 6:00 p. m.; ar. Devils Lake 9:00 p. m. jDLnve.K*iTs Lake 4:0* a. m, «J^ore^. m. Ar. Fargo 10:15 a.m. Ar. Geneva Beach 1 :lo p.m. Lv. Geneva Beach 2:00 p m.; ar St.Cloud 3** p.m. Lv. St. Cloud 4:.0 p. m.; ar. St. Taul 6.,J0I>. m. The time card and map will enable the reader to better understand what we shall say in future articles on the subject, and it will be well to preserve this map for future reference, that localities may more readily be determined. The heavy lines on the map show the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba railway lines over which we traveled from St. Paul north and west. ThemainlinefromSt.PaultoHelena.Mon- tana, is over eleven hundred miles This road lies from one to two hundred miles north of the Northern Pacific road, which The Territory of Michigan was created June 28th, 1834, and included that part of Dakota lying east of the Missouri and White Earth rivers, in addition to the present States of Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and Minnesota. July 3d, 183(5, Congress established the Territory of Wisconsin which included the eastern half of Dakota. The Territory of Iowa was organized June 12th, 1838, and a part of Dakota was contained within its boundaries. March 3d,1849, Minnesota Territory wases- tablished which covered the eastern part of Dakota. Until the organization of Nebraska Territory May 30th, 1854, of which it became a part, that portion of Dakota lying west ofthe Missouri and White Earth rivers was known as "Mandan Territory." From May llth, 1858, the date when Minnesota became a State, up tothe organization of a territorial form of government, April 2d, ted all parts of the present Territory of Dakota, excepting the Black Hills. The oldest f ui- company in America was the Hudson Bay companv,whioh was chartered by King. Charles IIin 1070. About 1811 Lord Selkirk, a Scottish Nobleman, was granted by this company a lartre tract of land lying on both sides of the Red River of the North, snd extending as far south as the mouth of the Red Lake river. Lord Selkirk built a fort at Pembina, a short distance siuth of the present International line, about 1812. The first settler in this region was a French trader, who settled at Pembina about 1780. The authority for this statement is Mr. Keating, the Historian of Major Long's expedition, which visited the lo-ality in 1823 and found the trader still living there. This was the first actual settlement by white men within the present limits of Dakota. And so the "star of empire" has taken its way, till this great country is now entering upon its wonderful future in agriculture, live-stock growing, etc. In future articles on the trip and country, the resources, grain and stock raising, climate etc., will be noted.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1888, v. 23, no. 26 (June 30) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA2326 |
Date of Original | 1888 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Title | Page 1 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | VOL. XXIII. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, JUNE 30,1888. NO. 26 THE NOETH-WEST AND ITS EE- SOUEOES-NO. 1. A General View of the Country and its Present Status. The wldeness of the country, Js like the wldeness of the sea, And the grandeur of its prairies, As the slopes of Galilee. Kditorial Correspondence by J. B. C. By agreement, representatives ol the Xew England Farmer, Boston; American Agriculturist, New York; Farm Journal, Philadelphia; Ohio Farmer, Cleveland; Indiana Farmer, Indianapolis; Western Raral and Prairie Farmer, Chicago; Rural ".Yerld, St. Louis; The Farmer, St. Paul; Farm Stock and Home, Minneapolis; Western Farmer, Madison, Wis; and Northwestern Farmer, Winnipeg, Canada, met at St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 5th, (or the purpose of making an extended better idea of the country over which we traveled we give a map of it on this page, together with a time card of the trip. SPECIAL EDITORIAL TRAIN—TIME SCHEDULE. JuneSih.— Leave St. Paul 2 p.m. for North Oaks; returning at night. June 7th.— Lv. St. Paul 4 :*10 a. m.; arrive Benson 9:00 a. m. Lv. Ben'on 10:30 p. m.; ar. Hanccck 11 a. m. Lv Hancock 2:00 p. m.; ar. Fargo 7 p. m Lv. Fargo_:<)0p. m.; ar. Grand Fork3 4:2., June 8th.— T.v. Hillsboro3:00p. m.; ar. GrAnd Frrks4:20. Lv. G rand Forks 8:30 p. m.; ar. Crookston 9:30.p.m. June 9th.— Lv. Crookston 9.P0 a. m.; ar. Warren 10-JtO a. m. , Lv. Warren 11:90 a. m.: ar. Stephen 12:00 p. m. Lv. Stephen 1:00 p. m.; ar. Hallock 1:30 p. m. Lv. HaUock3::'0p. m.: ar. Winnipeg 7.(10 p. m. June loth.— Lv. Winnipeg 9:00 a. m.: ar. St. Thomas 12:30 p. m. By team St. Thomas to Graf con. Lv. Grafton 3 :E0 p. m.;ar. Grand Forks 4:30 p.m. Ar. Larlmore 5:30 p. m. Lv. Larlmore7:30p. m.; ar. Devils Lake9:30p. m. June llth.— Lv. Devils Lake 10:30.: ar. Towner 12 :!0 a. m. Lv. Towner 3:00 p. m.; ar. tainot 5:30 p. m. Lv. Mlnot5:_0p. m. June 12th.— A r. Glasgow 4 a. m. Ar.Assiniboine{'i5:«;|;S; Ar. Benton 1 :'0 p. m. Lv. Benton 4:00 p. m.; ar. Great Falls 5:00 p. m. is also shown on the map in smaller lines, from Duluth west. And yet the former road is but 14 miles longer from St. Paul to Helena than the latter, and the running time is about the same between the two points. It will be noticed that the road over which the party traveled, traverses the lake region of Minnesota to Fargo, thence down the Red River of the North to Winnipeg, Manitoba, 68 miles into Canada. Going west it crosses northern Dakota, entering Montana at Fort Buford, just where the Yellowstone river puts into the Missouri. It will be noticed on the map that the road runs north of ar.d almost around the Missouri river to Helena. Dakota over which we traveled most is larger than all New Kngland. It is a part of the North Western Territory,purchased under the administration of President Thomas Jefferson, in 1803, and from which so many grand States have been carved. 1801, Dakota was without legal name or existence. A bill "To organize the Territory of Dakota, and for other purposes" was introduced in the Senate by Hon. Graham N. Fitch, of Indiana, December 20, 1858, and referred to the Committeo on Territories. The line separating Dakota and Montana Territories was adjusted in 1873. The Louis and Clark expedition up the Missouri gave the first authentic account of this far western country. It also gave a very correct idea of the great river and its atlluents, and was no doubt instrumental in hastening the more perfect exploration and settlement of the country. It also gave a fresh impetus to the fur trade, and pioneered the way for numerous forts and trading posts. The great British and American fur companies were the first civilized people to occupy the Territory of Dakota. The earliest of these to establish posts on the upper Missouri river was the Missouri fur company, organized at St. Louis, Mo., in 1808. At the head of this company was Manuel Lisa, a Spanish gentleman, and it is likely that some of the Choteau family were also connected with it. The company established trading posts in Dakota about 1808-10. The American fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor was president,was chartered in 1809. The Great Pacific Company was organized after the war of 1812, by Mr Astor, and business operations were resumed by all the companies, whose employees penetra- Pwt8of^r0adandcarriage8 over lar8e '"to M . innesota» Dakota, Montana, and T-6Wof".lt0ba' U was undertaken with a [orthlearning more about this region »ndabe"efit of the hundreds of thous- *ho a readers of these papers, of thn 6 also *-**- know more o[th,s newe«t and most fertile part *as 1nir?°IthWestem country. The party C th ^ at St Paul by H°°- N. J. Col- ^'«shin!t 8sioner of Agriculture, of Pr'vate» Dd Mr- °- -0- LaD-w, his C- A"ow!!reiary; and *n-route by Dr. J. M. Lic?«H nd Fork8> -D^ota; Col. W. fil*ncw! * Ben8on' Mlnn-; Mr. S. S. >o. m. The time card and map will enable the reader to better understand what we shall say in future articles on the subject, and it will be well to preserve this map for future reference, that localities may more readily be determined. The heavy lines on the map show the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba railway lines over which we traveled from St. Paul north and west. ThemainlinefromSt.PaultoHelena.Mon- tana, is over eleven hundred miles This road lies from one to two hundred miles north of the Northern Pacific road, which The Territory of Michigan was created June 28th, 1834, and included that part of Dakota lying east of the Missouri and White Earth rivers, in addition to the present States of Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and Minnesota. July 3d, 183(5, Congress established the Territory of Wisconsin which included the eastern half of Dakota. The Territory of Iowa was organized June 12th, 1838, and a part of Dakota was contained within its boundaries. March 3d,1849, Minnesota Territory wases- tablished which covered the eastern part of Dakota. Until the organization of Nebraska Territory May 30th, 1854, of which it became a part, that portion of Dakota lying west ofthe Missouri and White Earth rivers was known as "Mandan Territory." From May llth, 1858, the date when Minnesota became a State, up tothe organization of a territorial form of government, April 2d, ted all parts of the present Territory of Dakota, excepting the Black Hills. The oldest f ui- company in America was the Hudson Bay companv,whioh was chartered by King. Charles IIin 1070. About 1811 Lord Selkirk, a Scottish Nobleman, was granted by this company a lartre tract of land lying on both sides of the Red River of the North, snd extending as far south as the mouth of the Red Lake river. Lord Selkirk built a fort at Pembina, a short distance siuth of the present International line, about 1812. The first settler in this region was a French trader, who settled at Pembina about 1780. The authority for this statement is Mr. Keating, the Historian of Major Long's expedition, which visited the lo-ality in 1823 and found the trader still living there. This was the first actual settlement by white men within the present limits of Dakota. And so the "star of empire" has taken its way, till this great country is now entering upon its wonderful future in agriculture, live-stock growing, etc. In future articles on the trip and country, the resources, grain and stock raising, climate etc., will be noted. |
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