St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-03-03
observation-disclosures

BE2ECESE1 EoI-OGB-
f'hiS town is situated On tie Sioux
L Wood river, and is the Western ,ern,i-
nus of the Minnesota and Pacific railroad :
the point laid down by Capt. Pope on h.:
map as the head of steam navigation On the
Red river; the Valley OF the BED river il
about twenty miles wide on either side Of IL"
stream, ar! about five hundred miles long
the surface il; level and drained by numerou:
streams which ere skirtcd with elm, ash, has.
~oo0, willie wood and pin: of the larCcs,
y:owt;., the remainder Of lie valley ia prairie
>'cnroscd Of rich, black lo&r free from san,
harrens G. sy7~,,,rg. Red river il a deep, s!o;.
s:rca&, ~. - islands, sand bars or snags |,
ot,s'suct u:.7:: satlcn; the banks are about 2;
-cot high, s:ni not suhiec, to overflow n::::..
Of t::c tri,u; aries CT the Ee>! river are st! ons
Y :!nrregnatcd with salt, ard Indications {,
ron ana coal are numerous in tho v;r!ri7!
Tie farmers OF tho valley OF tie fed :slet
gave q N,*j OF oot2 rs tie average .; ;:.*-1
crops; "::aet 81 to 81; barley 4t TO Sc; o.>:
~ SO ANU potat oes 2GC to 800 bushels 20 =:
acre. 1T pembina, 200 miles north Of b, IS
:lri'lgc, cx-Gov. Ramsey says, "cn the "a
October, 1851, water melons an! cant. lopez
were served us fer dessert, and the iir=' :.
that occurred was o., the night of tl:t,. g..
|sce address before the Minnesota i girl: =.
I'll Society, Oct, 10th, 1856. Two large g.
dement's have long existed on Red river
'Pembina and Selkirk, both Of which yea1!:;
raise large surplus Of the products of IT, e
farm the whole valley of tic Rel river !:
rapidly filling up with al energetic al; iDte:
.!igcnt population the country being exceed!
:igly healthy, and should the indic4 ions .;
iron and coal lead to the discovery OF tl.u>
minerals as large as ia anticipated, his va:.e;
will soon be svarming with q rcrula, ion -:
gagged in agriculture, mining AZ, 1n.sui:.;;>,
ing, supplying eastern Minnesota. Wis.,; Ds;'
Iowa and Missouri witt. lite products ii ,l.c.:
labor and skill; the Minnesota and ia. i:r
railroad will be placed Immediately IL, >.e=
contract as by the terms Of ;:s ch..ter i; n,u''
be finished from Saltwater to S. ..EtAcny VII.
in two years, and completed to Ireck:,n :;
within ten years from the Sd OF .s'."S , Isl,
or forfeit its franchise es well as tie .,i.:,, :,
mated to it,.
Breckenridge is also OF the point wt,c~: Co.,
oStevcn's survey CT q route for the la>;::c = ;!
road crosses the Sioux Woo. river, al e.or,:
nation Of the Western States. and referee T.;
the writings Of Gov. Stevens, ex- Gev. Ram
say or the Congressional docu n,ents c.,,ta:ni &:
the reports of Maj. Long ana Capt. Pope, c.5:
rotfail to convince that such is the gee .rar'l-
ica, position Of Breckenridge; that Ill tict
portion of the Territory OF the United SAFES
which lays west OF the Mississippi AID re, III
of the head waters Of the Mii:esot.. rivers
must forever he tributary to tia city, arc
that Breckenridge is to be not only tie eci::-
mercial centre for the northwest, but will
forever be the gate city or the great nerti- west
highway of nations.
breckenridge is now being improved by the
Proprietors, who are erecting dwellings for
themselves, hotc', yrist mill saw mill, 8
single and lath ,nachiro &c.
For further particulars enquire Of
HENRY T. WELLS. Minneapolis,
2. r. CHUTE. St. Anthony,
CHAS. N. NIKUBH!N. St. ran!.
Executive Cor,mittee,
Or to GEO. F. Bh0TT, Beeckinriige.
May 10, 1858. #