St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-07
BR,E3CK--E1lNE2 IDGE-
KiAIiIS town. is situated on the Sioux

n NILS town is situated on the Sioux
+ Wood river, and is the Western termi-
nus OF the Minnesota and. Pacific railroad;
the point laid down by Capt. Pope on his
mapSas the; head of steam navigation on the
Red river; the: Valley Of the Red river is
about twenty miles wide on either side Of the
strean,- and about five Hundred miles long !;
the surface is level and drained by numerous
streams Which arc skirteG with elm, ash, bass
wood, white wood and pine OF the largest
growth tic remainder Of She valley is prairie;
composed Ct rich, black loan free from sand
barrens rsswamps 8 ketlsriye is . deep, slow
stream. l,as. no islands,. sand bars or snags to
obstruct navigation the banks arc about Is
feet high and not subject to- overflow; many
Of the tributaries of the Red river are strong
" impregnated with salt, and indications Of
iron and coal are numerous in the vicinity.
The farmers Of the valley CT the Red river
gave to Major Wood As the average of their
crops; wheat 80 to 40; barley 4G TO 81; oats
40 SO ;; and potatoes 2u) 10 3e0Eusi,els to the
acre.. AT Pembina, 1900 miles north OF Brech-
enridge, e1-Goy. Ramsey says, son the I'd
October, 1851, water melons and cantelopcs
were served to us for dessert, and the first frost
that occurred was on the night Gi that day"
[see address before the sNincese:ae 4 gricultu-
raj Society, Oct, 10th. 1856. 1--WE large set
Elements have long existed on Re-. river
Pembina and Se!kirk, both Of which yearly
raise large surplus Of the products Of the
farm; tho whole valley of the Red river is
rapidly filing up with a., energetic and intel
ligent population; the country. heing exceed
ingly healthy, and should the indications of
iron and coal lead to the discovery OF those
minerals as large as is anticipated, this valley
will soon be swarming with a population en-,
gagged in agriculture, mining and manufactur.
ing, supplying eastern Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Missouri with the products Of their
labor and skill the NItlneso,a and Pacific
railroad will be placed Immediately under
contract as by the terms Of its charter it must
be finished from Saltwater to st Anthony with,
in two years, and completed to breckenridge
or forfeit its franchise as well as the lands do
mated to it. s@ f,*:i 4, So .Tg# 5@ 49,
Breckenridge is also at the point where Gov
osteven's survey of q route for the Pacific raiI
road; crosses the Sioux Wood river, an exami-
nation Of the Western States, and q reference
70 the writings Of Gov. Stevens, exGov. Ram.
say or the Congressional documents containing
the reports Of Maj. Long and Capt. Pope, can
not fail to convince that such is the geograph-
ical position Of Breck enridge; that all that
pOiGlOn VI tHc AcIIACOIy VI tno OAAIcU OS0tso
which lays west Of the Mississippi and north
Of the head waters Of the Minnesota rivers
must forever be tributary to that city, and
that Breckenridge is to be not only the COM
mercial centre for the northwest, but will
forever be the gate city onthe great northwest
highway of nations.
Breckenridge is now being improved by the
Projectors, who are erecting dwellings for
themselves, a hotel, grist mill, saw mill, .
(shingle and lath machine, &c.
s For further particulars enquire Of
/ HENRY 7. WELLS. Minneapolis,
r. CHUTE St. Anthony,
!. CHAS. N. MKUBBIN. st. Paul.
ID Executive Committee AZ
Or to GEO. r. BROTT, Beeckinridge. i
May 10, 1853. tt w. s..ss