St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-03-18
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THUS town is situated on the Sioux
/ Wood river, and is the Western terni.
aus OF the Minnesota and Pacific rai'roat|:
he point Lid down by Capt. Pope on his
nap az 'he head Of steam navi alton o.
ne Red river; the Valley oc the Red
i 9r '$>ahont twenty miles wide on either
Idle q sha; strean,, and about i've hundred
o les long lie surface is level and drair-
2o Nv nunc"oNT streams whic', are skirted
WITH elm. ash. bass wood, white wood and
s'na 0. tie 'argest growth the remainder
If he valley ia prairie, composed of rich.
''acS 'am t""e from sanl barrens or
awamps: Rid rjv%r is deep, slow stream.
has no r, aids. sand bars or snacs to oo-
strnct n'e' ration Tao banks are about %
Ese1 hgo anil not sab jcct t. overflow {:
many OF The tributaries of the Rel river are
strongly l'npregnate1 with salt and indi.
':a''o $ Jf :r''' and coal are numerous ia
l." vrl ty. The farmers Of the valley o.
he l<eN river ave TO M:ior Wood a. the
average "f t'tir crops: wheat 80 to 40 ::
1asleY 40 to so: na'> 10 to so AMI pota-
hes, ~ f., SOD hn his 10 ,he acre. At
'rfnA ma, 2n3 n,;l"s north Of ErccI:en-
.M~. exc ". Ramsay says, 81 on the 90
Dtober, 1871 water m.,lons ard cante
! pes were <r'v d t. Us for iesert. ard the
first ost la! ncc ,rad " - m the n;cht Of
mat tay.' Sse address before Tie MIMI
sofa Agricultural :>oci,ty. O>,. 10Th,
1896 Two large settlements haze ionr
TX sted on He'd r!yer--Pcmb;ra and Sci
kirk. both Ct which, yearly raise large
s"rplrs OF the products # he farm the
"ho'e valley o. tba Ped river il rapidly
b'lin: up with au3.euerge:ic and Intelligent
poinlat on; the country being exceedingly
healthy and should the indications of iron
ana coal lead % the discovery Of those
numerals H!lia' as larga as is anticipated, this
valley will soon DC swsrrning with popu-
'"'ion engaged in agriculture, mining and
manufacturing, Supplying eastern Mime
sosa' Z" 'sconsln, Iowa and Missouri with
TUG products Of their labor and skill the
Minnesota and Pacific railroad will be
placed immediately under contract, as by
the terms of its charter !, mus, be finished
srom Saltwater 70 St, Anthony within two
years, and Completed 10 Breckenridge
within ten years from H.. Sd OF March,
1857, or forfei, lis franchises as we'll as the
lands donated to it. F
Breckenridge is also at the point where
Gov. Stevens survey Of a ronte for the
Pacific railroad crosses the Sioux Wood
river, all examination Of the map Of the
Western States, and reference TO the
writings Of Gov. Stevens, ex~Goy. Ramsay
or TO the Congressional documents con.
tanning the reports Of Maj. Long and
Capt. Pope, cannot fail to convince that
such IS the geographical position of Brock.
enrdge ; that all that portion Of the Terri.
tory of the United States which lays west
Of tho Mississippi ard no'th Of the hea:
waters of the Minnesota rivers. mus, for
ever be tributary to that city, and .ha
Breckenridge is 10 be not ouly the com
nerciol centre for the north west, but VIII
forever be the gate city on the .eat north
west highway OF nations
breckenridge is now being improved b,
the Propricsors, who are erecting dwell
'ngs for themselves. hotel, grist mill, saw
mill, shingle and lath machine, &c. -,
For further particulars enquire Of
HENRY T. WELLES, Minneapolis,
R. CHUTE, St Anthony,
CHAS. N, NIX UBBIN, St. Paul,
Executive Committee,
Q, TO GEO. T. BROTT, Breckenridge