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.,i-., >n ( il\. the capital of Nevada and 

 Of Onnsbt County, in tin- western 

 State, in bglfl valley, a fertile and 

 116 region near the fool of the Sierra 

 "mountain-, "ii Car-oil river. 10 miles 

 Tahoe. -I from Virginia City, 31 from 

 no, ami 17* norihea-t of San l-'ranrisco. It 

 an altitude nf -l.liiid feel. is regularly laid 

 t, with altiuidaiice of shade-trees, and ha- a 

 r supply. It is the oldest town in the 

 te, the tirst pennaiient settlements in Nevada 

 ring been made in Kagle and \Va-hoe valleys 

 and was named for the famous Kit Car- 

 n. In I s.V.i a telegraph lino was built from 

 noa. and in 1869 connection by rail was estab- 

 with \ 'irginia City by means of the Vir- 

 nia and Truckee Railroad. The shops of this 

 at ( 'arson City, and consist of a foundry, 

 .chine shop, and round house in one building, 

 7 by l?o feet, of stone and iron, at a cost of 

 l.')O.(MM). The principal mining and mill ma- 

 inery of the Stale is manufactured and re- 

 ired here. The railroad owns also the large 

 -shaped Hume from the Sierras to the city via 

 lear Creek Cafion, through which thousands of 

 ls of wood and millions of feet of lumber 

 landed yearly. The population in 1890 was 

 o, showing a decrease from 4,229 in 1880. 

 the United Slates Mint here 162,509 gold 

 were coined during the calendar year 1890, 

 ued at $2,268.180, and 2,309.041 silver dollars. 

 1889 stock yards were established. The Capi- 

 1 building occupies four blocks in the center of 

 e city, and is surrounded by handsome grounds, 

 was erected in 1870 at a cost of $208,000. The 

 ha us' Home, erected the same year, cost $26,- 

 |. and occupies 14 acres. The State Prison, 

 ilt in 1864, cost $127,000. There is a State 

 inting establishment and a United States 

 ilding. Near the prison are Carson Warm 

 rings. The average attendance at the public 

 ools is 560, and 11 teachers are employed, 

 'or support of the Indian school in Ormsby 

 imty $10,000 were appropriated by Congress 

 in 1890. There are 2 daily newspapers, and 1 

 bank with a capital of $100,000. 



< lii|tpewa Falls, the county seat of Chippe- 

 wa County. Wis., on Chippewa river, about 100 

 miles east of St. I'aul and Minneapolis. It is on 

 the main line of the Wisconsin Central Railroad 

 running between Milwaukee and St. Paul, and 

 thus has connection with the Northern Pacific 

 Railroad. Its other railway connections are the 

 Chicago. St. I'aul, Minneapolis and Omaha, a 

 branch of the Chicago and Northwestern, and 

 the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. 

 y the former it has connections with the " Soo" 

 ie at Cameron Junction, and this line also 

 ings it within easy distance of Ashland and 

 perior. The city is beautifully situated 'on 

 th banks of the river. The falls of the Chip- 

 wa. from which the city took its name, were 

 riginally a series of cascades over hard granitic 

 ,p rock, having a total height of about '."> 

 t. This grea^ water power nas been utilized 

 commercial purposes. The lumber intciv-t- 



are the most important, and they have 1 n 



he foundation of the city's prosperity. Chip- 

 pewa Falls has one of the largest saw mills in 

 the world. Its capacity during an ordinary sea- 

 son is about 70,000,000 feet of lumber, not to 



enumerate the millions of shingles and laths 

 which are made as by-products. The saw mill j 

 connected by a steam-motor line with the large 

 planing mill and yards, wherein one may see 

 between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 worth of 

 lumber ready for .shipping. The Chippewa 

 Lumber and Boom Company, the Mississippi 

 River Logging Company, the Chippewa River 

 Logging Company, and several other large firms, 

 have their headquarters in the city. The first 

 company abo\e named is controlled by the Wey- 

 erhauser syndicate, which has several mills in the 

 lumber region of Minnesota, and has recently pur- 

 chased several hundred thousand acres of timber 

 in Washington. The Stanley ManufacturingCom- 

 pany, Leiiienkugel's Brewery, the Flour and 

 Milling Company, with 8 large mills and an ele- 

 vator, a woolen factory, a chair factory, and 

 an overall factory, are among the other* indus- 

 tries of the place. The city is lighted with 

 electricity, and has a complete system of water 

 works and sewerage. Chippewa Falls is one of 

 the most healthful places in the United States, 

 largely owing to the pure water. The supply of 

 water for the city is taken from a spring which 

 bubbles up out of the granite rock. Upon anal- 

 ysis it was found to be nearly pure, there being 

 but a very small fraction of 1 per cent, of for- 

 eign matter in it. Ex-Lieut.-Gov. T. C. Pound 

 has perfected arrangements by which he ships 

 this water to Chicago. Several tank cars hold- 

 ing 5,000 gallons have been built, and regular 

 shipments are made. Silver Springs Park, on 

 the east side of the river, is a beautiful little sub- 

 urban resort, which has been laid out for use 

 during the summer months. There are 8 fine 

 school buildings, a new one having been com- 

 pleted recently, which is claimed to be as fine as 

 any in the State. There are 175 pupils in the 

 high school and 1,500 in the public schools. 

 There are several parochial schools, and a busi- 

 ness college. Eight churches and a Catholic 

 cathedral provide for the religious wants of the 

 inhabitants. Two daily and 5 weekly newspa- 

 pers are published in the city. By the census of 

 1890, Chippewa Falls had 11,222 inhabitants. 

 There are many fine business blocks, hotels, and 

 private residences, an electric fire-alarm sys- 

 tem, and a good fire department. The prosper- 

 ity of the city has depended upon its lumber in- 

 terests, and it has long stood at the head of the 

 lumber towns of the State. 



Colfax, a town of Washington, county seat 

 of Whitman County, in the eastern part of the 

 Si aie. at the forks of Palouse river, on the Union 

 Pacific Railroad, at the junction of two divisions. 

 It is the commercial center of the extensive and 

 fertile Palouse country, and has fine water power. 

 The heaviest trade is in agricultural implement-, 

 sales being made to farmers throughout the 

 whole wheat belt north of Snake river. The 

 volume of business for the year ending Dec. 80, 

 lyio. was upward of $2,500,000. The imputa- 

 tion in 1880 was 444: in 1S!0, 1,649. Electric 

 lights are in use. Three banks (2 national) have 

 an agirreirate capital of $300.000. 2 with branches 

 in adjoining villages. Two weekly newspapers 

 are published. There are 2 saw mills, with daily 

 capacity of 75,000 feet, 2 foundries, 2 planing 

 mills, l' machine shop, and a cigar factory. The 

 Baptist College is a four-story building, with 100 



