Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-07-22
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CASSyILLE. W. T.
4 correspondent Of the New York CONNER
.,sI Advertiser, il wiring from Casssille, IN
his Territory, under date Of june 20, 1886,
u,yes glowing description OF that town and |
ne country adjacent. We make the following |
extracts. i
..'Ihis Town is situated On the east bank Of
The Mississippi riser, Eve hundred miles a. !
bore ST. Louis. sorty-hye by land above Ga |
lena. AMI about The same distance below the
meath Of the Wisconsin river. The site Is
upon a beautiful prairie, twelve or fifteen feet
above high water mark al the shore, and ex-
tending bck Ave hundred yards, ASCENDING in
his distance eish, to a precipiicus bluff two
HUNDRED feet high. The prairie is about four
miles long. slightly broken BY ravines above
and below the town plat; but the plat iiselfis
OF so uniform surface as aot to require the
eos, of dollar to grade either building lot
or street. The plat is four hundred yards
wide, hy si,s=sa hundred and and ninety
nearly one fourth of mile by two-shirds Of a
mile. In this bluff, about Fifty feet above the
surface Of the plain below, are two bold springs
which discharge water enough TO supply a
population of ten thousand.
The preseE: population is no: numerous, bot
emigran.s and settlers are daily arriving.
The carpenters wages were about five dol.
lars day; but the ply stefan. there being but
one in the village, does not make more Than
bis bread.
The few rowing Indians who still linger on
the east bank Of the river, supply the inha bit
ats with veniscn from the forests and fish
fiom the river.
The inhabitants are fashionable, liberal, and
attentive to strangers. They are chiefly from
Philadelphia and western New York. There
Is no church, though religious service is held
occasionally in private house by visiting
Methodist, and Presbyterian.
Such is a brief notice Of CassyilIe, as ii is
But ! look upon ii, as the germ ola great city.
Its commercial position is unques,ionably
the best in the Territory, on the east side Of
the Mississippi. 1t must become the empori-
um for all the trade above the latitude Of AZ
deg. 30 min. 1.-THE Illinois line,) and ex end
ing on either side one hundred miles into the
interior. Steamboats, are constantly arriving
at this point from st. Louis and other towns
on the nver.---During our visit of five days, the
arrivals Of steamboats, were daily, as no regu.
lar line had yet been established. One of the
first acts of the territorial legislature will h Ia
grant charter for railroad from Milwaukee,
on Lake Michigan, to Cassville, passing thro'
highly fertile region, the line of which, in
ten or twenty years, will resemble the tho
roughfares of New England. The greater
portion Of this land can now be purchased al
the Government, price--.l IS per acre. Fol-
lowing upon this improvement, canal will
be constructed from the waters Of Green Bay
along the Wisconsin to the Mississippi, the
trade of which will descend to Cassville as its
nearest market. Opposite Cassville, lying
along Turkey river, is one Of the most fertile
regions of the west. This river is navigable
for keel boats forty miles; and though the land
is not yet surveyed, and. consequently, not in
market, yet such areits attractions to the emf.
grant, that this whole distance of forty miles
is already s.taken up" by settlers---and this in
less tnan four years after its purchase from the
Indians. Indeed / see no reason why Cass-
vile shall not become the emporium Of as grea,
an inland trade as Boston, Albany, Buffalo, OF
Detroit, in whose latitude it is situated.
SHIP BUILDING AT MlLwAUKEE.--A large
Schooner, and steamboat, are now on the
stocks iu this town, and will be speedily com.
pleted and put aioat, for the navigation of Mil.
waukee River and Lake Michigan.
There are many facilities for ship buildine
at this place. An abundance of Oak, and 9th.
er hard timber, are found in our immediate
neighborhood; and there are three saw-mills
within four or five miles ofus---two on the Mil.
waukee, and the other on the Menominee riv.
or. So that our citizens have the means with.
in their own control. ofincreasing the mercan.
tile marine Of the Port, as fast as the expan.
sion Of the business of the town and the coun.
try shall render it necessary for them to do so.
Sentinel.