316 GEOLOGICAL EXCURSION TO THE KOCKY MOUNTAINS. 



MINNEAPOLIS TO MOORHEAD. 

 By I'i.y 8. Grant. 



Station. 



Distance. 



- 



M [nneapolla . 

 l'ridley Park 



Anoka 



ItaBka 



a 



Klk River.... 



Baileys 



Big Lake .... 

 Becker 



Clear Lake . . 



St. Cloud .... 



Sauk Rapids. 

 Rices 



Royal ton 



Gregory 



Lit tie Falls.. 



Darling 



Randall 



Cashing 



Lincoln 



Pliillirook.... 

 Staples 





 11 

 20 

 40 

 48 

 56 

 61 

 76 

 85 



Elevation. 



Popula- 









9 



tion. 



1 







fe 



3 









Station. 



18 



25 



30 



35 



38 



47 



53 



65 105 



86 108 



79 ; 127 



86 138 



92 148 



97 | 156 



101 161 



107 170 



112 180 



118 100 



125 201 



131 211 



847 258 



878 268 



885 270 



893 272 



913 278 



935 285 



972 296 



991 302 



1,025 312 



1,005 306 



1.062 324 



1,080 329 



l.lOo 3:;:. 



1,117 340 

 1, 154J 352 

 1,178, 359 



4,252 



679 



1 , 080 



1. 185 



528 



1.281 

 1,274 



390 

 338 



2, 354 



Aldrich 



Verndale 



Wadena 



Wadena Junction 



Rlutl'ton 



New York Mills . . 



Richland 



IVrliain 



Frazee 



MoHugh 



I'd iuit 



Audubon 



Lake Park ' 



Hillsdale 



Winnipeg Junct'n 



llau ley 



Muskoda 



Qlyndon 



Tenny 



Dilworth 



Bfoorhead 



Distance. 



l'.h'vation. 





50 









O 









U 















i 



O 



5 

 







% 



8 



^ 



* 







138 

 142 

 148 

 150 

 153 

 101 

 166 

 172 

 183 

 1,-s 

 193 

 200 

 200 

 211 

 211 

 217 

 221 

 230 

 283 

 235 

 239 



222 

 228 

 288 



241 

 216 



268 



267 

 277 

 295 

 308 

 311 

 322 

 331 

 888 



3-11 

 349 

 866 

 870 



37'. 

 378 



::*t 



1,327 404 



1.349 411 



1.350 411 

 1,352 412 

 1.323 4(13 

 1,410 480 

 1,396 425 

 1,370 417 

 1,389 423 



1,864 416 

 1.31(1 B99 

 1 , 8861 407 

 1.1071 365 



1,181 1 360 

 1,151 :;:,i 

 1,090 822 

 925 282 

 922 28] 

 909 207 

 905 276 



Popula- 

 tion. 



035 



95 



260 



761 



1,510 

 156 



270 

 275 



2, 088 



Immediately after leaving- the Onion Station at Minneapolis the rail 

 road passes through a small out in the upper beds of the Trenton 

 limestone, and a small area of this is also seen just after crossing the 

 river. A mile or two distant on the right, low-lying morainic, hills are 

 distinctly seen. The road then enters a level sandy plain of modified 

 drift, and no more Paleozoic strata arc seen within the State. This Hat 

 land is more or less covered by small scraggly oaks, commonly known 

 as "scrub oaks," and continues until after passing Anoka. 



At Anoka the Rum river, a small but important lumber stream, is 

 crossed; but no rock is visible, as the river bed is confined entirely to 

 Pleistocene deposits. Between Anoka and Bast St. Cloud the road con- 

 tinues in an area of modified drift, more or less rolling; but at Elk 

 River, Baileys, and Becker hills of morainic accumulations are seen at 

 the right of the track. 



The first of the Archean rocks are entered a few miles southeast of 

 St. Cloud. This area is only a few miles in extent, but a much larger 

 area is seen at and near Sauk Rapids and Watab. The rocks are en- 

 tirely granites, syenites, and gneisses, and are quarried quite exten- 

 sively, especially at the former town. 



