teen thousand five hundred and seventy-seven (13,577) from St. Paul to Mankato, to Fort Randall, in Dakota Territory; an initiatory step to a project ardently desired by both sections; that is, a railroad connecting the large pine and timber forest of Minnesota, with the rich and fertile prairies of Southern Dakota.
And your memorialists will ever pray.
- Approved May 5, 1862.
CHAPTER 102.
MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS FOR A MAIL ROUTE FROM SIOUX FALLS CITY TO VERMILION.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled:
The memorial of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Dakota respectfully represents, that the convenience and interests of a respectable portion of the population of Southern Dakota Territory demand the establishment of a mail route from Sioux Falls city to Vermilion. That the distance between said points is about fifty-five miles; that the route is practicable, and may be travelled without serious difficulty at all seasons of the year; that without such mail route a large settlement on the Missouri river in this territory will be destitute of a direct communication with Sioux Falls city, and important points in Southern Minnesota. Your memorialists would therefore pray your honorable bodies to establish a mail route as above, and that the mail be transferred at least once per week.
- Approved April 5, 1862.
