St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-11-11
ffKIS Town is situated on the Sioux

n HIS Town is situated on the Sioux
L Wood river, and is the Western ternli-
nus Of the Minnesota and Pacific railroad
tie point laid down BY Capt. Pope on his
map as 1he head of steam na'i cation OF. the
Red river; the Valley Of the Red river is
about twenty miles vide ca either side Of the
stream, and aboul five hundred miles long;
ihc su:iacc is level and drained by numerous
streams which are sl;irtcd vi; elm. ash, bass
wood. White wood aA,l pine Of the largest
.1c"ii, The remainder o. the valley is praiIic,
composed CT rich, black loan free from san,
oarrens or swamps. Red river is q deep, slow
stream, has no islands, sand bars or snags 20
cbstrnct navigation; the banks are about q,
feet l.ig!' and not subject to overflow many
Of the tributaries OF the Red river are siloug-
y impre2na;cd with salt, and Indications OF
iron and coal are numerous in tie vicinity.
Ihc farmers Of the valley OF the Red river
gave 70 Maze, Wool as the average of their
crops; wheat 81 to 20: barley 20 to SO; oats
40 90; and potatoes cGi, to $40 bushels to the
, acre. 1T pe:nhi1a 200 miles north Of Breck-
cnr;dgc.; cx-Gov. Ialnsey says, "on the =.
October, 1854, water melons and cauteopeS
were served 10 lis tordesscrt, and the first if, ::
that occuIcC was Oh the night CT that day.
see address before the Minnesota Agricultr-
raj Society, Oct, 10Th, 1867 Two large set
Elements have long cx:3: ed On Fed river
Pembina and SelAirk, 10th CT which yearly
| raise large surplus OF TIE products of the
farm the whole valley Of the Red river is
| rapidly filling ur win an energetic and intel
ligent population; tie country being exceed
ingly healthy, and should TIE indications OF
iron and coal lead to TIE discovery of those
minerals as large as is anticipated, this valley
will soon be swarming with population en-
Or q al min ,ct,.
ing supplying eastern Minnesota Wisconsin,
Iowa and Missouri with the products Of their
! labor and skill; the Minnesota and Pacific
railroad will be placed Immediately under
| contract as by the terms Of its charter it must
| be finished from Saltwater 10 St anthony with
in two years, and completed to breckenridge
within ten years from the Sd Of March, 1857.
or forfeit its franchise as well as the lands do
mated to it..
Breckenridge is also at the point where Gov
oSteven's survey Of a route for the Pacific rail-
road crosses the Sioux Wood river. an exami-
nation Of the Western States, and Il reference
0 the writings of Gov. Stevens, cx-Gov. 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-
zeal position Of Breckenridge; that all that
portion of the Territory Of the United States
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 on the great northwest
highway of nations.
Breckenridge is now being improved By the
Proprictors, who are erecting dwellings for
themselves, hotel, grist mill, saw mill,
single and lath machine, sc.
Eor further particulars. enquire Of
HENRY T. WELLS. Minneapolis,
| R. CHUTE. St. Anthony,
CHAS. N. M'KUBBIN. St. Paul,
Executive Committee,
Or to GEO. F. BROTT, Bceckinridge.
! May 10, 1858. If