St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-02-24

BRECE--5: - N .=-oIDGE.
Il HIS town is 1>itpa. ed u: the silu1
/ Wood river, @a. AZ TIE W.sler,, tel IA.
nus Of TIE Minnesota and Pacific r.:;,v.,:
the point laid down ty CAPT; Pope on his
map as TIE head O.; s;esus E.3iga,ion on tn.
ked river: the Valley Ct the Aes; RIVER il
ABOUT twenty miles va. OF, ei:ier SIDE -: IL,
81 rt= ll-14t=a4 ~
streams Which are skirted -ith e;.,:, >-n; bass
wood, white wood anu pi9e O. t,.c ia4gss:
growth, the remainder oG th:1a!!s. 10 tc..r.s,
composed OF rich, tiack loan Il sc ft3n ,s.nCi
h:rrens :=.n'rs. Red rive. IS :. dep, SLOW
stream has no j:,i>nas, sand ba,, o. alag, 10
oh>srucr nav; gator. Ee bank .>re STOUT g
feet hign. and l.u: subject to o, .rtio~: many
ii the tr,}.t.arie OF :.e Red ii yer a,e 81, ong
Is imps.snatsd with sat, AID inGl:at ..rs .:
iron alu coal are numerous in he vicinity.
The farmers Of tie valley of tie ks'' i've:
gave to Ma or VI cod as the average u riei.
crops; wheat 81: to a. barley j.. to 80; c;-,s
40 81 and po;:. oes 80 10 81: ;,;:s.sls to he
acre. At fer,b,rs, -. miles ;.or :. vf .''ecA~
enridge. cx-Cov. E.uasp. says. or ti= ri
October, !so), T-ier melons :sl1 esf:-.GE -
were served - Tor dessert, ard ,he h,,' :, ~
that occurred was On the ngLC Ct la. dag
lsee address before the Min,. cso:s :. g1.,a !
raj Society, Oct, 10th, 1856. 80 is,se >.t
Elements have long existed o., i,4d ri,er~-
Pembina and Selkirk, both {. ~:ic!l yearly
raise a large surplus Of the pro,t,ais ri We
farm the whole valley Of tie FED river :.
rapidly filing up with al energe1ic an.: inc!
ligent population the country beng exe.s,;
ingly healthy, and should the iAl.ca5isn:, :;
iron and coal lead to the discovery OF ::c.
minerals as large as is anticipated, This vale,
will soon be swarn';ng with population 81
gagged in agriculture, mining anu manuts.t.r
ing. supplying eastern Minnesota. Nisccn s.n,
Iowa and Missouri with the products OF .le,
labor a3ld skill; the Minneso:. ard Pacific
railroad viz DC placed ;rcTaessiately under
contract as b. the terms Of its charter !: must
be finished from Saltwater 10 ST Anthony .;:h-
il tw" years, anu completed &c Ere~s e,:.idge
within ten years from the III sf Mare. :c.7,
or forfeit its franchise as W. a. the i:..s 10
nat ed to it.
breckenridge IS also at tEc point nS:s:s Cav
oStcven's survc. az route for tie In. AZ, al.
road crosses the sioux Eoosi :,irer an G.: -:
nation Of the Wesi err States, ard q rc;vsvlc q,
the writings Of Coy. Stevens, ex-Co v. AN
say OF the Congressional documln:s cc,ita al; =
the reports Of Maj. lung and capt Pope, cea
not fail to convince that such is thu e .;,a. a
ical position OF Breckenridge; tia a.: that
portion of the Territory oi the Uni States
which lays west Of the Mississippi su& .orth
Of the head waters Of the Minnesota rivers
must forever be tributary to the city, aid
that Breckenridge is to be rot only the COM
mercial centre for the north West, but viii
forever be the gate city o,.the great northwest
highway Of nations
breckenridge is now being improved By It's
Proprictcrs, who are erecting dwellings, for
themselves, hotel, grist mill, s<w mill. a
single and lath machine, sc. rs
For further particulars enquire of
. H. HENRY 4. WELLS. Minneapolis.
r. CHUTE. St. Anthony,
CH41S. N. N'KUBD!E. st. Paul.
Executive Comm ittcc,
Or to GEO. F BRUTT, Eeeckinridge.
Nav 10. 1853. ~