Minnesota and Dacotah"Minnesota and Dacotah" is a survey by an American soldier, diplomat, newspaperman, author, and forester Christopher Columbus Andrews. After the Civil War, Andrews was involved in the public state, which allowed him to spend time learning the economic and natural conditions of the land. The work presented here is the result of his observations. The book presents the survey, description, and appraisal of business possibilities in Minnesota and Dacotah made in 1856. |
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agricultural Anthony arrived banks beautiful boat Bois des Sioux camp Chicago Chippewas city or town Cloud crossed Crow Wing River Dacotah distance district Dunleith farm feet deep feet wide Fond-du-Lac Fort Ripley Fort Snelling Galena grass growth horses Hudson's Bay Company hundred miles Indians Lake Superior land office latitude lawyer LETTER located marshes Minnesota Mississippi River Missouri navigation number of acres occupation Otter Tail Lake Paul Pembina pine pioneer ponds population preempt preemption law preemptor present public lands quarter quarter-section railroad Red River region Ripley road rolling prairies Rum River Sauk Rapids scenery season selected settled settlement settler Shayenne side soil stage statute steamboats steamers stream Swan River Table of Contents territory thence three hundred timber town sites trade travelling trip twenty acres Upper Mississippi valley Victor Hirtzler village wagons Watab Weekly western wood