Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-08-26
From the Oregon Spectator
CascadeAMiddle oregon.

An Eenterprsing company have taken
hold of. the, beautiful Town site at the Cas-
cades on the Columbia, and they, have had
itsuryeyed and laid out on q large and liber-
alscale. This is, beyond all question, one Of
the most commanding to.vn sites enthe Ore
gons Ii is situated a. the extreme head Of
navigation for Ocean vessels, and any yes.
sel,ihat can sailor the Columbia ,can r reaci,
the;town Of Cascade. 1t Is theught that
the amount of tillable land in the vicinity
Of The sewn, win be found to be much, more
extensive than has been usually supposed.
Persons who, have been on the ground, as,
sure US that all along the base of the noun
,ains, from Cascade, TO St. Helenss there
are many beautiful and fertile, though
small, valleys, emineniiy suited TO agrieul-
tural pursuits, while the adjacent high lands
are equally adapted to pasturage.s u There
are also ,extelsiys hydraulic privileges
connected with the town. site, giving a
chance, for extensive manufacturing opera
tioas. when the wants Of the country shall
reaqise itav gsrTss.iti ns,Gg 4ool s..EHssH! al
.bp, the, main hing whichlsads US to BE-,
leiye that Cascade viii be populous town
in a very fow years. is its position. as the
grand depot Of the whole trndel of middle
and upper Oregon, After the eportage1 Of
the Cascades, .hel Colnmbia, is nayigable
for steam boats 70 the Dalles, q distance Of
forty miles,, Cascade viii then be seen to
be the great heart through which two thirds
ofihe Iife-blooa Of Oregon must fow:a 81
We cannot mere app ropriateay than on
the present occasion fulfill purpose which
wei haze entertained for some time. sof re.
fesring TO tip resources and prospects ol
middle Oregon. This term is applied to
4hetpor.ion oftcoputsy lying; between The
Cascade and Blue mountains. "a region
suficisntly large, and possessed of q sut-
fisients amount Of natural resources, 10 con
,sti.ute it large and Pepuloas State;o Il
has one Of the most genial and heaven
blessed climates in the world. Us winters
are mild and its summers not sultry. l
is nossubiect to lths aogsand humid. atmos
phsre which characterized the lever region
The whole regions IS inierspersed witt
hiehlys fertile and productive farming dis
tricts, while nearly the whole is one mag
niGcents pasture held.s In the farming dis
tricts nearly all the productions of al
Anstican farm have been cultivated AM
found yield admirable in all, and i
some the yisld was extraordinary. 50
might properly, however, be, remarked
thsa dsFelope the agricultural and pastora
reaeprcss Of thiswhole region, g system Q
husbandary in many respects different frot
thes.practiced in the States, would necea
sarily have to be adopted. But the syster
adapted 70 this region is 50 well calculate
tolexpand the mind and inyigorate the bod,
that Il clothes il with a charm far tran
ceading that Of the ordinary farmer. An
a, 70 its settlement, we have entirely TO
much of the tsp.egressivs'' in our comp
silion to suppose, for one moment, that ii
mighty tide Of emigration which il destine
to- flow into. Oregon, will sleng renal
confined to the strip Of land lying betwee
he cascades and the Ocean. Indeed not