St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-16
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wood river. and is tie Western tel nj.
nus d Ties Mimi Sofa and Pacific laillOad
F,he points j :i,i downoty Capt., Iope5 on hi.
mapas tht iieae Oh steam navigation on tx
l.tu2r:ver; the Valley ,!ot tile led river is
abcu, ,wcnty miles w.ue on eitl er siGe Of Il,
s,re1ni,' ana about i've hundred miles long
Tie surface is level and drained ty nunerou
streams Which are skir1cG with elm, ash, has
Noyds .sxANe Wool AID l.ne OF the larges
81 dw+a}, TIE rtnainaerAos tie valley raiiie
>omI osId o1tIich, black losmotrse ,flom saLa
barl.ns, or swamrs., FED river is q deep, s}o,
stret.,t tas sl,UJ islsnds, sand bars snags
obstract navigation : tie banks are about :.
,tett high oanc no, s1bject,to SyeNfpw;;o mar:
81 tie liSbu aries OIL + ed river are ST org
y i1aIues1Iated with salt, and indications, G
iron and coal aleD nuMsrGns in IA, Vicinity
Tie tq,l.ets Of tie valley -.ot lie Eed ri,e1
gave fu~Ms.u r v oea~as eJayEta N -tIei'
cro.4s E1tat Il, 10 &c; barley i4tto 6tf;1 oa.
IL 5ui;; sHa potatoes 3tss to- asslbrsisels TO tbs
;Icre A2st fenlDina,i 2DG miles nortAaot Arecl
tnridge, ex Gov. Iamsey soys,Is I, on The rs.
&c cbef;le5l,- water melons and caEteloEes
were selvsd to1sstol dss< er1, and the fgst tlos,
that os c,iIied was on tie sn;eht offstl6t day,
lsee.a, dress be3ure I'D MinnesSls7A SEeulrg<
IL Society, Oct; 3ltfh,s 1861 I've large sci
,lem. MS lave long Existed on Red river
Fcmbina' and 2Selk:rk,s both Of which 81 81 ~
raises large surplus: of tie products Of he
ta,m:itLe whole valley of the Fed river il
rapidly filing up wlti,ian energetic and intel
igcnt population; tls country being e1eeed
,ngly tsealti y, land should, 1.-The Indications 8;
iron and ncoal lead to the discovery Of Il ost
minerals as ln,ge as is anticipated. his valley
will soon be swarm:ng with population en-
gagged ingagri. vi, lure mining ana maE utactur;.
ing supply ing eastern Minnes6tSs WsoonsiD.'
Iowa and Missouri with the products Of their
labor land skill: the Minnesota Fand Pacific
railroad will he rlac;d Immediately under
contract as yfhc terms ohits charter it must
be finished ii ON StiEwatertoA Anthony with !,
in two years, and completed to Ereckc nridge
within len years iron, thesGdl Of March, 1851.
or forfeit its franchise as we'll as the lands dc
Waterfront. u sst&>s.6sas3& .a3an!nyi o. go.+-5+fg
I; breckenridge is also at the point where ,GoNa
oS,even's sh,yey of a route for tie. Tactic "a
!, DAD crosses The Sioux Wood river, an exan,i
ration Of, the Western States, and 4 reference
Q The writings Of Gov. Stevens, cxsGov. RAM:
say or lie Congressional documents containing
OF Maj. Long and Capt: Tores cans
not fail TO convince thar such is the geograrl-
zeal position Of breckenridge: that all that
portion ofEtheS Territory 81 The Initra States
whiehfl lays west Of the sMississipP - nd north
Of the head waters 81 the Aiinnesota rivers
nus, forever re tributary to that city /. and
flat breckenridge is'toa be hot only the COM
mercial entire for the north west, butt win
forever be the vnte city onthe great northswes
highway Of nations. III III lsta ~ s4.lG II ,,yt,i
breckenridge IL now being improved by the
Frorrietors, who, 1rer ersctinF dwellings for
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