A brickyard [in Sauk Lake] is carried on by Mr. Pangburn, which produces about 500,000 brick annually. An average of seven men are employed, and the brick are of a very superior quality. (History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, N. H. Winchell, Edward D. Neill, J. Fletcher Williams, and Charles S. Bryant, Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis, 1881, Page 462)
In Sauk Center brick-making by David J. Pangburn in the north part of section 34, three and a half miles south from the village and about a half mile southwest from the Sauk river, was begun in 1875. His yearly product is about 500,000, sold at $9 to $10 per thousand. Eight or ten men are employed. The clay used is yellowish, levelly stratified. No sand is required for tempering, and no limy concretions occur in the clay. About two-thirds of the kiln are red bricks; while one-third, subjected to greater heat in burning, are cream-colored. (A Report on the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, 1882-1885, Volume II, N. H. Winchell and Warren Upham, Pioneer Press Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1888, Page 470)
Contracts Awarded. Fergus Falls, Minn. – Armory & City Hall; 1 sty. Abt. 60x110. Sauk Centre, Minn. Archt. Lundie & Knowles, Fergus Falls. Owner State of Minnesota. Col. W. M. Parker, secy., Armory Comsn, & City of Sauk Centre, J. F. Cooper, elk., Sauk Centre. Gen. contr. let to David Pangburn, Sauk Centre. (The American Contractor, The American Contractor Publishing Company, New York and Chicago, Saturday, November 15, 1919, Volume XL, Number 40, Page 59)
Minn., Sauk Center – Water system improvements, distribution system to L. Goldstein, c/o L. P. Wolf, engr., 1000 Guardian Life Bldg., St. Paul, $38,302; concrete reservoir to A. Nelson, Sauk Center, $10,748; well to J. F. Coyle, Sauk Center, $4,400; pump house to D. A. Pangburn, Sauk Center, $7,000. Noted May 25. (Engineering News-Record, McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., New York, June 22, 1922, Volume 88, Number 25, Page 317)