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From: "Cheryl Hemingway" <>
Subject: [ILJODAVI] Concerning Jo Daviess: MIDWEST PIONEERS: LETTERS FROM MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 18:21:46 -0400


Violet Sunderland just sent this information to me from the Ancestry
website. Because Ancestry owns the copyright, I can't put it on our
website, but I did want to share the information with you all.

Violet - our thanks for passing this on to us.

-Cheryl Hemingway

http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/HomeonWeb.html

Jo Daviess Co., IL USGenWeb: http://users.rootsweb.com/~iljodavi/index.htm
Jo Daviess Co., IL Marriage Index:
http://members.tripod.com/~Chemingway/Mrg.html


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http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3994.htm [type in 'Galena']

MIDWEST PIONEERS: LETTERS FROM MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA

Description:
Future Civil War general, diplomat and state official, Christopher
Andrews traveled through Minnesota and Dakota in the fall of 1856. This
database is a collection of twenty-six letters he wrote during this
trip. In them, he describes the area's economic and institutional
development along with opportunities available for pioneers, land
speculators, and entrepreneurs. He includes information regarding public
lands, the Minnesota bar, area railroads, and the Red River Valley.
Additionally, Andrews anticipates the creation of a separate Dakota
Territory and reviews differing proposals for territorial boundaries.To
those seeking information regarding Minnesota and Dakota in the 1850s,
this can be an illuminating narrative.

Extended Description:
Bibliography: Library of Congress. Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books
from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910. [database
on-line] Washington: Library of Congress, 1999. Andrews, Christopher
Columbus. Minnesota and Dacotah. Washington, D.C.: R. Farnham, 1857.

Converted by: Library of Congress. Conversion Information: Washington,
DC, 1995. Preceding element provides place and date of transcription
only. For more information about this text and this Library of Congress
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Card Number for Original Document: 19-8595 General Collection, Library
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accuracy of 99.95 percent or greater and is not intended to reproduce
the appearance of the original work. The accompanying images provide a
facsimile of this work and represent the appearance ofthe original.
1995/12/261998/07/30
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Excerpt:

Letter XVI
St. Paul, October 1856

"Note: The following highly instructive article on navigation, I take
from The Pioneer and Democrat (St. Paul), of the 20th November: Growth
of the Steamboating Business.--The Season of 1856.--About ten years
after the first successful attempt at steamboat navigation on the Ohio
River, the first steamboat that ever ascended the Upper Mississippi
River to Fort Snelling, arrived at that post. This was the "Virginia,"
a stern-wheel boat, which arrived at the Fort in the early part of May,
1823. From 1823 to 1844 there were but few arrivals each year--
sometimes not more than two or three. The steamers running on the Upper
Mississippi, at that time, were used altogether to transport supplies
for the Indian traders and the troops stationed at Fort Snelling.
Previous to the arrival of the Virginia, keel boats were used for this
purpose, and sixty days' time, from St. Louis to the Fort, was
considered a good trip. By a reference to our files, we are enabled to
present, at a glance, the astonishing increase in steamboating business
since 1844. The first boat to arrive that year, was the Otter,
commanded by Captain Harris. The following table presents the number of
arrivals since that time:--

Year First Boat. No. of Arrivals. River Closed.
1844 April 6 41 Nov. 23
1845 April 6 48 Nov. 26
1846 March 31 24 Dec. 5
1847 April 7 47 Nov. 29
1848 April 7 63 Dec. 4
1849 April 9 85 Dec. 7
1850 April 9 104 Dec. 4
1851 April 4 149 Nov. 28
1852 April 16 171 Nov. 18
1853 April 11 200 Nov. 30
1854 April 8 245 Nov. 27
1855 April 17 560 Nov. 20
1856 April 18 837 Nov. 10

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Additional text further on:

"In 1851, three boats went up the Minnesota River, and in 1852, one boat
ran regularly up that stream during the season. In 1853, the business
required an average of one boat per day. In 1854, the business had
largely increased, and in 1855, the arrivals of steamer from the
Minnesota, amounted to 119. The present season, on the Mississippi, has
been a very prosperous one, and the arrivals at St. Paul exhibit a
gratifying increase over any preceding year, notwithstanding the season
of navigation has been two weeks shorter than last season. Owing to the
unusually early gorge in the river at Hastings, upwards of fifty
steamers bound for this port, and heavily laden with merchandise and
produce, were compelled to discharge their cargoes at Hastings and
Stillwater. Navigation this season opened on the 18th of April. The
Lady Franklin arrived on the evening of that day from Galena. Previous
to her arrival, there had been eighteen arrivals at our landing from the
head of Lake Pepin, and twelve arrivals at the foot of the lake, from
Galena and Dubuque. During the present season, seventy-eight different
steamers have arrived at our wharf, from the points mentioned in the
following table. This table we draw mainly from the books of the City
Marshal, and by reference to our files."

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My Note:
Others not specific to Galena not included in this excerpt. [V.S.]
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FROM GALENA AND DUNLEITH
Lady Franklin 23
Galena 30
Alhambra 21
Royal Area 6
Northern Belle 28
Banjo 1
War Eagle 17
City Belle 30
Golden Era 29
Ocean Wave 28
Granite State 12
Greek Slave 3
Total from Galena and Dunleith, 228
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Follow-up until the text goes away from this topic:

"It will be seen from the above, that ten more steamers have been
engaged in this trade during the present year than last; while in the
whole number of arrivals the increase has been two hundred and
sixty-seven. "The business on the Minnesota has greatly increased this
year. This was to have been expected, considering the great increase in
the population of that flourishing portion of our Territory. "A thriving
trade has sprung up between the southern counties of Minnesota, and
Galena and Dubuque. During the greater portion of the summer, the War
Eagle and Tishimingo run regularly to Winona. "On the Upper Mississippi
there are not three steamers, the Gov. Ramsay, H.M. Rice, and North Star
(new). During the season these boats ran between St. Anthony and Sauk
Rapids."

"It may be well to pause here a moment and inquire into the causes which
contribute so wonderfully to build up empire in our north-western
domain. [SNIPPED]

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