Four New States
March 20, 1889North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington.
On February 22, 1889, the President signed the bill creating South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Washington states of the Union. South Dakota,—The great Prairie State, to which the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway has three main lines, reaching Ellendale, Aberdeen, Huron, Watertown, and Sioux Falls- Go to South Dakota via the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway and pass through St. Paul and Minneapolis en route.
North Dakota,—Where is grown the No. 1 Hard Scotch Fife Wheat; whose healthful ell mare nurtures the vigorous and brainy civilization on earth; where single counties raise more wheat, oats, and barley than entire states; the soil of whose fertile prairies is richer than the valley of the Nile: where the Turtle Mountain, Minot and Devil’s Lake land districts invite the home seeker to secure a free home. Magnificent daily train service to Fargo, Grand Rapids, Grafton, Devils Lake, Bottineau, and all other important points.
Montana, The Golden.—Treasures in her mines of precious metals; wealth in her 4,000,000,000 head of livestock; profit in her fertile fields, producing a larger yield of crops than any other state or territory; the richest country per habitant on earth; where prosperity is universal; which has best paid labor in the world a balmy winter climate, caused by warm winds from the Pacific. The St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway is the only railroad passing through a continuous agricultural country from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Rocky Mountains. It runs through the Great Reservation of 18,000,000 acres of land, free to settlers in the Milk River Valley. Wood, water and coal in abundance; no irrigation required: the only line passing through Great Falls, with its 1,000,000 horse-power cataract, immense coal veins, and surrounding farming country of free land; though Helena the capital city and commercial center of Montana, and Butte, the richest mining camp on earth, to San Francisco by the Columbia River Valley, Portland and Shasta Route, or Ogden, Utah, to California points. Remember this is the only line running dining cars, sleeping cars, and free colonist sleepers of its own from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Great Falls, Helena, and Butte. It is also the shortest line to Butte.
Washington.—The country of tall timber, inducted by Puget Sound, the Mediterrenean of the Pacific. Do not forget that the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway is the only line which offers a choice of three routes to the Pacific coast. The Manitoba-Pacific route is the only line by which passengers en route for Tacoma, Portland, and San Francisco can pass through Port Townsend and Seattle. Free colonist sleepers run through without change or delay. Distance to the Pacific coast is same as by other lines, but prices of tickets are five and ten dollars less. Take the Seattle route.
For further information, maps, rates, and publications in regard to the resources of the four new states, write or apply to F. I. Whitney, Gen’l Pass and Tkt. Agt., St. P., M. & M. R’y. St. Paul, Minn.
source: Waterloo Courier
location: Waterloo, Iowa
