(Tl'IKS, AMKKICAN. (FAIKHAVKN, FARIBAULT, GAINESVILLE.) 



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i. wliicli owns a race track ninl driving 



There :liv -i-MTIll pleasure resorts (HI I lie 



which forms nearly a semicircle armnnl the 

 ami mi \vliicli a small excursion ste.iim-r 



in Miinmcr. [n consideration thai Decatur 

 the birthplace of the Grand Army <>t the 

 .iililie, the lirst eiicaiii|nnriii having been 

 here April (5, l*ti<;. the I went \-liflh 

 i:mii\(T-ary encampment was held there 

 nl. |s!M. A large memorial hall is also to be 

 ted. The city is named for Commodore 

 rplieii Decatur. 1'. S. \. 



i haven, a ciiyoi' Washington, inWhatcom 

 County, on Bellingham Hay, an arm of Pngct 

 Sound, foiindeil in iss 1 .). |',y the census of 1MK) 

 it had a population of 4.07<>. and the assessed 

 nation was $7,438,300. It is the Pacific coast 

 iiinus of the (Jreat Northern Railroad, and, 

 the Fairhaven and Southern and the Fair- 

 en and New Westminster Southern, connects 

 h the Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific 

 ms. The (iivat Northern Railroad has con- 

 cted ocean wharves on the fine harbor at a 

 $100.000. Steamers ply between it and 

 adjacent cities, and the port is visited by Pacific 

 -iiips. A large hotel of stone and brick 

 opened September. INDO. which cost $150,- 

 and a large brick block was constructed 

 ing the year valued at $50,000. Two schools 

 ut a value of $70.000, and in addition to 

 more than 200 buildings completed, 100 were in 

 cour-c of construction Jan. 1, 1891. Four banks 

 national) had a combined capital of $300,000. 

 re are telegraph, telephone, and express facili- 

 : street improvements completed and under 

 tract Jan. 1, 1891, were placed at $391,000 ; 

 a sewerage system was under way, to cost 

 00,000. There is a paid fire department, while 

 vity pressure of the water in the hydrants is 

 ient protection in the lower portion of the 

 y. Water is conducted from Lake Padden, 2 

 iles from the city, with a fall of 418 feet, and 

 is i ondnctcd through a 12-inch steel pipe. Gas 

 and electric lights are in use, and 'an electric 

 street railway is in process of construction. Five 

 churches have been completed, and there is a 

 pital erected by the Sister&.of Peace, costing 

 000. Eighteen teachers are employed in the 

 blic schools. A daily and a tri-weekly news- 

 per are published. An opera hoxise is under 

 struction, to cost $100,000, and there are sev- 

 I public halls. The city has no debt, and the 

 ipts of the treasurer 'for 1890 were $108,- 

 '!"); disbursements, $144,201.92. In addition 

 the immense timber resources, the county con- 

 ins deposits of coal and iron yet undeveloped, 

 gol I and >ilver. and building stone of fine quali- 

 . which last is being quarried south and ca-t 

 the city. Seattle was almost entirely rebuilt 

 the blue sandstone from the southern extremi- 

 I'airhaven town site, and the Portland post- 

 office and other buildings of. Portland and San 

 Francisco have been constructed from it. Graph- 

 ite and asbestos deposits lie in sight of the city. 

 and are being developed. For 2 miles along the 

 water front stretch 8 saw mills, with total capa- 

 of 700,000 feet a day. A $2,000,000 steel 

 company was formed in 1890 to erect smelting 

 works at the city, being engaged in developing 

 the iron iv.iurces on the Skagit river, and coal 

 bunkers are being erected to load directly from 



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railway cars to vessels, with capacity of 1,000 

 tons daily. A foundry and machine shop are in 

 (literal ion. costing $75,000, and there are 2 shin- 

 gle mills, '> sash. door, and blind fa<-t"i 

 prc--ed-brick works with capacity of 15,000,000 

 per annum, :t stone quarrying and cutting plants, 

 a furniture factory, a galvanix.ed-iron cornice 

 works, a lent and awning factory, carriage works, 

 potteries, and car and steamship repair shops, 

 with minor industries. The scenery of the sur- 

 rounding country is picturesque, and there in 

 abundance of game and fish. 



Faribault, a city of Minnesota, county seat 

 of Kice County, on Cannon river at its junction 

 with the Straight, 5:} miles south of St. Paul. It 

 is built in a valley, and the large school edi- 

 fices on limestone bluffs overlook the landscape. 

 The Iowa and Minnesota division of the Chica- 

 go, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad and the 

 Cannon Valley division of the Minneapolis and 

 St. Louis enter the town, and seven good water 

 powers afford facilities for manufacturing. The 

 population in 1870 was 3,045; in 1880, 5.415: 

 and in 1890, 6,520. The streets are shaded with 

 maples and elms, and the lawns and gardens are 

 tastefully kept. It is the business center of one 

 of the most fertile agricultural districts of the 

 State, in which a change from wheat-growing to 

 dairying during the past decade has brought re- 

 newed prosperity. There are 8 flouring mills, 2 

 grain elevators, a woolen mill, a furniture fac- 

 tory, and a manufactory of windmills. Quarries 

 of limestone afforded the material from which 

 the institutions of learning were erected. These 

 are the State institutions for the blind, the deaf 

 and dumb, and for feeble-minded children, and 

 three Protestant Episcopal schools. Shattuck 

 School for boys was founded in 1861, to which 

 have been added Shumway Memorial Chapel in 

 1872, which cost $30,000, and Shuraway Hall, 

 built in 1886-'87 with a portion of a legacy of 

 $200,000 left to the school by Mrs. Shumway. of 

 Chicago; Morgan Hall (1888-'89), the gift of J. 

 S. Morgan, of London, England; and the Smy- 

 ser Memorial (1889): an armory and gymnasium ; 

 Whipple Hall ; the Lodge; and several cottages 

 occupied by professors. Two hundred pupils are 

 trained under military discipline and wear uni- 

 form. This school is controlled by the IJishop 

 Seabury Mission, as is the Divinity School, found- 

 ed in 1859. with 10 professors and instructors 

 and HO students in 1887-'88. St. Mary's Hall, 

 for girls, founded by Bishop Whipple in 1866. is 

 a handsome stone edifice, with about 100 pupils. 

 There is also a Roman Catholic academy and 

 convent. Two national banks have a capital of 

 $130.000. Four weekly newspapers are published. 



Gainesville, a city of Texas, county seat of 

 Cooke County, in the northern part of the State, 

 (i miles south'of Ped river, the boundary bet ween 

 the State and Indian Territory, in a rich agricult- 

 ural country. The county has an area of 933 

 square miles, or 597,120 acres. Of these, 36,091 

 acres were in cotton in 1890, 40,686 in corn. 21,- 

 308 in wheat; oats, barley, millet, and other 

 grasses are raised also, and, in addition to stock- 

 raising, the fruit crop is large and increasing 

 yearly. About half of the county is timlxr. In 

 1890, 1.867 farms owned 13,r>st; hones, 39,240 cat- 

 tle, and 14.699 hogs. The population of Gaines- 

 ville in 1880 was 2,667, and in 1890 6,594, show- 



