The New International Encyclopædia/Faribault
FARIBAULT, fâr′ĭ-bō. A city and the
county-seat of Rice County, Minn., 52 miles south of
Saint Paul; at the junction of the sStraight and
Cannon rivers, and on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and Saint Paul, the Chicago and Great Western,
and other railroads (Map: Minnesota, E 6). It
has a fine location, in a region which abounds in
beautiful lakes. Faribault is noted as an
educational centre, having State institutions for the
deaf, blind, and feeble-minded, the Seabury
Divinity School, opened in 1859, the Shattuck School
for Boys, Saint Mary's School for Girls (Protestant
Episcopal), and Bethlehem Academy for Girls
(Roman Catholic). There is a public library,
founded in 1874. Among the industrial plants
are piano, wagon, and furniture factories, and
flouring and woolen mills. Faribault was settled
about 1850, and incorporated some twenty-seven
years later. Its present government is
administered by a mayor, elected annually, and a
unicameral council. The city owns and operates its
water-works. It was the home of Bishop Whipple,
well known for his labors among the Indians.
Population, in 1890, 6520; in 1900, 7868.