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and stage coach, there will always be an abundant supply 

 of necessaries at the settlements, which was not the case 

 when the chief means of communication with the outer 

 world lay through York Factory. Opportunities may now 

 be embraced for furnishing distant outposts, which did 

 not exist before Georgetown in the State of Minnesota 

 was connected by steam with Fort Garry, and by stage- 

 coach with St. Paul on the Mississippi. 



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