TABLE OF STATISTICS.
I. LIST OF POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS IN MINNESOTA.
II. LAND OFFICES, &c.
III. NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN MINNESOTA.
IV. TABLE OF DISTANCES.
I.
POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS.
I HAVE been furnished, at brief notice, with the following accurate list of the Post Offices and Postmasters in Minnesota by my very excellent friend, Mr. JOHN N. OLIVIER, of the Sixth Auditor's Office:
LIST OF POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS IN THE TERRITORY OF MINNESOTA, PREPARED PROM THE BOOKS OF THE APPOINTMENT OFFICE, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, TO DECEMBER 12, 1856.
Post Office. | Postmaster. |
BENTON COUNTY. | |
Belle Prairie | Calvin C. Hicks. |
Big Lake | Joseph Brown. |
Clear Lake | F. E. Baldwin. |
Crow Wing | Allen Morrison. |
Elk River | John Q. A. Nickerson. |
Itasca | John C. Bowers. |
Little Falls | C. H. Churchill. |
Royalton | Rodolph's D. Kinney. |
Sauk Rapids | C. B. Vanstest. |
Swan River | James Warren. |
Watab | David Gilman. |
BLUE EARTH COUNTY. | |
Kasota | Isaac Allen. |
Mankato | Parsons K. Johnson. |
Liberty | Edward Brace. |
Pajutazee | Andrew Robertson. |
South Bend | Matthew Thompson. |
Winnebago Agency | Henry Foster. |
BROWN COUNTY. | |
New Ulm | Anton Kans. |
Sioux Agency | Asa W. Daniels. |
CARVER COUNTY. | |
Carver | Joseph A. Sargent. |
Chaska | Timothy D. Smith. |
La Belle | Isaac Berfield. |
Scandia | A. Bergquest. |
San Francisco | James B. Cotton. |
Young America | R. M. Kennedy. |
CHISAGO COUNTY. | |
Amador | Lorenzo A. Lowden. |
Cedar Creek | Samuel Wyatt. |
Chippewa | J. P. Gulding. |
Chisago City | Henry S. Cluiger. |
Hanley | John Hanley. |
Rushseby | George B. Folsom. |
Sunrise City | George S. Frost. |
Taylor's Falls | Peter E. Walker. |
Wyoming | Jordan Egle. |
DAKOTA COUNTY. | |
Athens | Jacob Whittemore. |
Centralia | H. P. Sweet. |
Empire City | Ralph P. Hamilton. |
Farmington | Noredon Amedon. |
Fort Snelling | Franklin Steele. |
Hampton | James Archer. |
Hastings | John F. Marsh. |
Lakeville | Samuel P. Baker. |
Le Sueur | Kostum K. Peck. |
Lewiston | Stephen N. Carey. |
Mendota | Hypolite Dupues. |
Ninninger | Louis Loichot. |
Ottowa | Frank Y. Hoffstott. |
Rosemount | Andrew Keegan. |
Vermillion | Leonard Aldrich. |
Waterford | Warren Atkinson. |
DODGE COUNTY. | |
Avon | Noah F. Berry. |
Ashland | George Townsend. |
Claremont | Goerge Hitchcock. |
Concord | James M. Sumner. |
Montorville | John H. Shober. |
Wasioga | Eli. P. Waterman. |
FAIRBAULT COUNTY. | |
Blue Earth City | George B. Kingsley. |
Verona | Newell Dewey. |
FILLMORE COUNTY. | |
Bellville | Wilson Bell. |
Big Spring | William Walter. |
Chatfield | Edwin B. Gere. |
Clarimona | Wm. F. Strong. |
Deer Creek | William S. Hill. |
Elkhorn | Jacob McQuillan. |
Elliota | John C. Cleghorn. |
Etna | O. B. Bryant. |
Fairview | John G. Bouldin. |
Fillmore | Robert Rea. |
Forestville | Forest Henry. |
Jordan | James M. Gilliss. |
Lenora | Chas. B. Wilford. |
Looking Glass | Lemuel Jones. |
Newburg | Gabriel Gabrielson. |
Odessa | Jacob P. Kennedy. |
Peterson | Knud Peterson. |
Pilot Mound | Daniel B. Smith. |
Preston | L. Preston. |
Riceford | Wm. D. Vandoren. |
Richland | Benjn. F. Tillotson. |
Rushford | Sylvester S. Stebbins. |
Spring Valley | Condello Wilkins. |
Uxbridge | Daniel Crowell. |
Waukokee | John M. West. |
FREEBORN COUNTY. | |
Albert Lea | Lorenzo Murray. |
Geneva | John Heath. |
St. Nicholas | Saml. M. Thompson. |
Shell Rock | Edward P. Skinner. |
GOODHUE COUNTY. | |
Burr Oak Springs | Henry Doyle. |
Cannon River Falls | George McKenzie. |
Central Point | Charles W. Hackett. |
Pine Island | John Chance. |
Poplar Grove | John Lee. |
Red Wing | Henry C. Hoffman. |
Spencer | Hans Mattson. |
Wacouta | George Post. |
Westervelt | Evert Westervelt. |
HENNEPIN COUNTY. | |
Bloomington | Reuben B. Gibson. |
Chanhassen | Henry M. Lyman. |
Dayton | John Baxter. |
Eden Prairie | Jonas Staring. |
Elm Creek | Charles Miles. |
Harmony | James A. Dunsmore. |
Excelsior | Charles P. Smith. |
Island City | William F. Russell. |
Maple Plain | Irvin Shrewsbury. |
Medicine Lake | Francis Hagot. |
Minneapolis | Alfred E. Ames. |
Minnetonka | Levi W. Eastman. |
Osseo | Warren Samson. |
Perkinsville | N. T. Perkins. |
Watertown | Alexander Moore. |
Wyzata | W. H. Chapman. |
HOUSTON COUNTY. | |
Brownsville | Charles Brown. |
Caledonia | Wm. J. McKee. |
Hamilton | Charles Smith. |
Hackett's Grove | Emery Hackett. |
Hokah | Edward Thompson. |
Houston | Ole Knudson. |
Loretta | Edmund S. Lore. |
Looneyville | Daniel Wilson. |
La Crescent | William Gillett. |
Mooney Creek | Cyrus B. Sinclair. |
Portland | Alexr. Batcheller. |
Sheldon | John Paddock. |
Spring Grove | Embric Knudson. |
San Jacinto | George Canon. |
Wiscoy | Benton Aldrich. |
Yucatan | T. A. Pope. |
LAKE COUNTY. | |
Burlington | Chas. B. Harbord. |
LA SUEUR COUNTY. | |
Elysium | Silas S. Munday. |
Grandville | Bartlet Y. Couch. |
Lexington | Henry Earl. |
Waterville | Samuel D. Drake. |
McLEOD COUNTY. | |
Glencoe | Surman G. Simmons. |
Hutchinson | Lewis Harrington. |
MEEKER COUNTY. | |
Forest City | Walter C. Bacon. |
MORRISON COUNTY. | |
Little Falls | Orlando A. Churchill. |
MOWER COUNTY. | |
Austin | Alanson B. Vaughan. |
Frankford | Lewis Patchin. |
High Forest | Thos. H. Armstrong. |
Le Roy | Daniel Caswell. |
NICOLLET COUNTY. | |
Eureka | Edwin Clark. |
Hilo | William Dupray. |
Saint Peter | George Hezlep. |
Travers des Sioux | William Huey. |
OLMSTEAD COUNTY. | |
Durango | Samuel Brink. |
Kalmar | James A. Blair. |
Oronoco | Samuel P. Hicks. |
Pleasant Grove | Samuel Barrows. |
Rochester | Phineas H. Durfel. |
Salem | Cyrus Holt. |
Springfield | Almon H. Smith. |
Waterloo | Robert S. Latta. |
Zumbro | Lucy Cobb. |
PEMBINA COUNTY. | |
Cap Lake | David B. Spencer. |
Pembina | Joseph Rolette. |
Red Lake | Sela G. Wright. |
Saint Joseph's | George A. Belcourt. |
PIERCE COUNTY. | |
Fort Ridgeley | Benjn. H. Randall. |
PINE COUNTY. | |
Alhambra | Herman Trott. |
Mille Lac | Mark Leadbetter. |
RAMSEY COUNTY. | |
Anoka | Arthur Davis. |
Centreville | Charles Pettin. |
Columbus | John Klerman. |
Howard's Lake | John P. Howard. |
Little Canada | Walter B. Boyd. |
Manomine | Joseph A. Willis. |
Otter Lake | Ross Wilkinson. |
Red Rock | Giles H. Fowler. |
St. Anthony's Falls | Norton H. Hemiup. |
St. Paul | Charles S. Cave. |
RICE COUNTY. | |
Cannon City | C. Smith House. |
Faribault | Alexander Faribault. |
Medford | Smith Johnson. |
Morristown | Walter Norris. |
Northfield | Calvin S. Short. |
Shieldsville | Joshua Tufts. |
Union Lake | Henry M. Humphrey. |
Walcott | Joseph Richardson. |
SAINT LOUIS COUNTY. | |
Falls of St. Louis | Joseph Y. Buckner. |
Oneota | Edmund F. Ely. |
Twin Lakes | George W. Perry. |
SCOTT COUNTY. | |
Belle Plaine | Nahum Stone. |
Louisville | Joseph R. Ashley. |
Mount Pleasant | John Soules. |
New Dublin | Dominick McDermott |
Sand Creek | William Holmes. |
Shak-a-pay | Reuben M. Wright. |
SIBLEY COUNTY. | |
Henderson | Henry Pochler. |
Prairie Mound | Morgan Lacey. |
STEARNS COUNTY. | |
Clinton | John H. Linneman. |
Neenah | Henry B. Johnson. |
Saint Cloud | Joseph Edelbrook. |
Torah | Reuben M. Richardson. |
STEELE COUNTY. | |
Adamsville | Hiram Pitcher. |
Aurora | Charles Adsit. |
Dodge City | John Coburn. |
Ellwood | Wilber F. Fiske. |
Josco | James Hanes. |
Lemond | Abram Fitzsimmons. |
Owatana | Samuel B. Smith. |
St. Mary's | Horatio B. Morrison. |
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 INMINNESOTA. | ||||
LAND DISTRICTS. | Name of Register | Name of Receiver. | Number of acres sold during the fiscal yearending 30th of June, 1856. | Amount of purchase-money receivedtherefor. |
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 |
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| 1,002,130.67 | $1,280,867.81 |
Since the 30th June, 1856, the followingoffices have been established and officers appointed. | ||
Buchanan | Saml. Clark | John Whipple |
Ojibeway | Saml. Plumer | Wm. Sawyer |
III.
LIST OF NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED INMINNESOTA. | ||
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 |
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Point Douglass | 24 |
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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 |
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Black Dog Village | 4 |
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Sixe's Village | 21 |
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Traverse des Sioux | 50 |
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Little Rock | 45 |
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Lac Qui Parle | 80 |
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Big Stone Lake | 66 |
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Fort Pierce, on Missouri | 240 |
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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 | |