Reed’s Landing. On the Mississippi river and at the foot of lake Pepin is Reed’s Landing, a thriving place of 800 inhabitants. It is on the C., M. & St. P. Ry., in the northwestern part of Wabasha county, 2 miles from Wabash, the county seat, and 69 from St. Paul. Opposite the village the river Chippewa enters the Mississippi, and boats for that river make this their starting point. Settled in 1848, it has since been incorporated, and contains 2 breweries, a flouring mill, 7 hotels, a number of other flourishing business interests, 1 graded school, and 2 churches – Norwegian Lutheran and Methodist. Wheat, barley and lumber form the shipments. Telegraph, Northwestern. Express, American. Two mails daily east and west. (Minnesota State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1878-9, Volume 1, R. L. Polk & Co., and A. C. Danser, Detroit, Michigan, Page 462)