The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-02-19
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
TOWNS OF LIE CLAIRE & PARKHuRST


TOWNS or LIE CLAIRE & PARKHuRST.
Mr.. SASpERs:-l propose to give you >
briet description Of the above named villa
ges, in conformity 10 my promise to YOU in
ms last Ny object in doing this is for
the purpose Of informing those at dis
lance that there arc such places in the far
west, and in the region too called central
Iowa; the most inviting portion Of the
beautiful State that you have SO frequent
IL had occasion 10 allude 10, in your valna
bic journal.
Parkhurst was laid out on Congress land
il 1887, hy Messrs. P.rkhurst s. Etds.
from the former of whom il derives its
name. This beautiful and healthy site is
sil1aled above the head ofthe upper rapid>
Of The Mississippi, on beautiful gently
rising hill on the west bank Of the river. in
Sco,t county, Iowa. Owing to difiicallic
caleuIated 10 reiard the growth of th,
r,ace, beyond The control u the proprietors,
i. has been in .sstatu quo" anil within the
last two wears. from which time VIC ma $
date It's birib.
lie Clsire was laid out in 1888 or 8 h'
Antoine lie CIaire, Esq, on par, Of GiO
acres OF land owned by that gentleman.
lir whom the town was named. The pro
sress. loo, Of this place was impcded b.,
circumstances beyond The control Of the
proprietor, and save some four lots, non,
were offered Tor sale until the last two or
three years, from which time il has been
improving with unparalleled rapidiy.
These places being only separated by 3
reserve Of land some two or three hundred
ieet wide, and their interests as well as
situations so closely allied. shall speak Il
them as one place, under the name Of l.
Claire, that being much the largest, and a,
present the most furnishing OF the two.
Le Claire is located Immediately al the
head Of the upper rapids. No river town
IN the State, Davenport excepted, on the
Father Of waters" is so beautifully si,ua.
ted. Who that has pissed up this might,
Syer the 6fsI time; was not overwhelmed
with the grandeur and sublimity Of The
scene that burst upon his enrapiured Wis
lon, as the boat turned from an east TO a
north course. Hill aud dale, glen and groi.
are acre con,mneled upon a scale so sur
PassingE beautiful as TO rivet al once the
Undivided attention of the teholder. Here,
farms the eve can reach on either side Of
the tiver, "Ilills peep over hills" aud swell
ag prominences at suitable distances for
private residences. covered with majestic
trees thick in places, and in others so scat
'ering as 10 strike the beholder at once.
mat here the nobleman Of by-gone ages
mao his park, and here was the ancient,
mode Of gardening We read in ancient
history Of the "yale Of Tempe and Arcadian
pains; we sing in song Of The ''green bills
@ iyrol and the banks Of the blue Mo-
se''e," bat let any one accompany me 10
'he top 0! a certain prominence, in the
'own OF Parkhursl, when the hills nre cloth
sd IN green, aud ! will engage to show
am or her, as lovely vale, plains as
beautiful, aud hills as graceful, and as ma
lsic river as any Of those alluded 10
above; and should faiI, then ! will con-
eua him TO the top Of the bluff above your
's'uiiful city. and if this does not satisfy
"l0, will coQclude that taste for all thn,
"srand, beautiful and sublime, forms no
portion Of his COMPOSITION!
Immediately a,Nthe beginning Of the
''a strong water at the head Of The upper
rapids, and where the riyer forms almost a
'sht angle, is situated onNtwo fats or lev
es' ' The beautiful aud growing town Of lie
''a're Many regre, that the original pro.
p''etor has disposed Of all, or nearly all of
US interest in the place, aud exeriing all
as well known zeal, expendng all his well
"''ed Golfers in the Improvement Of Daven-
pe'' "One blast upon his bugle horn,
"'re worth thousand men," toward build,
'os town. But We have still men Of 60.