Abbott, Clay County, Minnesota, 1891
The village of Abbott is situated near the geographical center of Clay
County, eleven miles northwest from West Point, the county seat, and eight miles
from Muldon on the Mobile & Ohio railroad, which is the nearest railroad point.
That a railway will be built here at an early day seems probable. There has been
a line surveyed from Muldon station, and an excellent route, affording easy
grades and but few bridges, has been located. It is believed that the Mobile &
Ohio railroad company will recognize the necessity of building this important
branch soon. When it is borne in mind that at least two-thirds of the twenty
thousand bales of cotton annually shipped from West Point come from the country
around and naturally tributary to Abbott, some idea of the importance of a
feeder into this district becomes apparent.
At present the population of Abbott scarcely reaches two hundred. There are
three mercantile houses doing an annual business of 135,000, a saddlery and
harness shop, a wagon shop and blacksmith shop, gristmill and gin. There is also
a double daily mail.
Abbott was named in honor of Capt. F. M. Abbott, its founder, a native of the
state of Pennsylvania, who located here immediately subsequent to the war, has
since that time devoted himself to making a home worthy of the name, and to
proving by living witnesses that not only can a Northern man live, be respected
and prosper here, but also that improved modes of farming and diversified
agriculture can be carried on as successfully, and even carried to a higher
point of perfection, than ia any of the Northern or Eastern states.
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Source: Biographical and Historical Memories of Mississippi, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1891
