Kansas weekly herald., 1854-11-03
Toscn Of Kickapoo, sale of Lots-country
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Toscr Of Kiekapoo, sale Of Lots--country
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II on 6ndag .lastssFsS seeait with a party
I % visit she tpvn 9fKlekapod, and to make
Ipbseryaalons, and slsg llsaglUarmation of the
fcountryfof the benefit OF our readers. We
arrived at Kickapoo, about IL o'clock, and
found quite alafge numhernff persons cob
lected. We passed xover some beautiful
land, rich and fertile. The country as far
as we could see, was rolling and occasional
] u litae biolkenls presenting picturesque
and romantic New The distance we ira
veled was about eight miles, and a ,prettier
and more lovely country we never saw.
| Here and there could be- seen in the dis
lance, beautiful clusters Of trees, long grassy
undhlating, slopes and lovely valleys. The
log cabin and the tent of the squatter,, could
be seen in every direction AT times we
could see asmany as perhaps a dozen build
ings, while we were never out of sightof one:
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No settler is allowed to build in less than
half mile of, another. This rule is inYa7
riably observed, and. it seemed to Us that in
many instances it would require exact mea-
surernn,eant to ascertain whether or not some
one had not eneroached upon his neighbori,.
This will cause some difficulty in the .settle-
ment of the country = 6o3so3 n ss,i.
The country prer which we passed is
beautifully interspersed with timber and
prairie; we crossed two or three streams Of Of
running water, where we noticed, rock, it
was generally Of lime stone, springs make
their! appearance all along the route, the
timber is not generally large, we noticed
the oak linn, elm, blackberry and persiimmon. p i l
( On the Missouri River at Kickapoo, is
a fine body of timber. The town COM
mi1ences in the bottom, on a strip about
quarter Of a mile wide. At the upper end
of thetown the bluffs recede from the river,
leaving the; bottom in the shape somewhat
Of half moon. The town runs back on the
high lands. A rayine passing. through the
centre of the town tract, affords an easy az ae- :;
cess to the river, one or two fine springs
making their appearance along this ravlne.
Some energetic business men have taken
hold of this place, who will contribute
greatly towards building the town. A brisk
and spirited sale of lots took place on the
premises. The lots generally brought from
thirty to seventy, eighty and ore hundred
dollars each, and one or two we think were
as high as -$110.. We understood there
verse some forty OF fifty lots sold. .e- u
The upper part of the town has been an
old settlement: As long ago as thirty years,
the Catholics established a Mission at that
place, on the manual labor system, but as
the Indians were not fond of work, they
finally abandoned it to great extent, and
removed further back. An old log building
two stories high, part of the Mission build
ines is still standing, and has been fitted up
for Hotel, which is kept by Mr.: Hayes
In one room of the up stairs, we found
printing office, all in good order, materials
entirely new with good Bourgeois and Min
ion type, to print paper called the exam
sas Pioneer,Ys by Sexton and Hazard.
They will have out a paper IN about two
weeks. Mr.. Sexton showed us some very
fair specimens of bituminous coal obtained %
on Plum creek, about two miles distant
from Kickapoo.-We heard of mines OF
coal on the Delaware lands, not far from '
Leavenworth, that is said to yield abun; al1
dainty. .-.,...l e..e =. zzisss. sts, go ~
Atchison is the name of another town, re-
Gently laid off on the Missouri River, about
twenty miles by the meandering course oil
the river, above Kickapoo. At the sale oil
lots which recently took place there, they
averaged about ninety, dollars. Six miles
above this, is another town called Donl-
phan, at the muoth Of Independence creek.
A sale of lots will not take place there we
learn, before next spring. It has very fiat
tering prospects. .ge. IL. zdg5i2 ssaeE
b Late In the afternoon we wended our
way back, In company with Judge Fienl-
ken, and Mr.. Phelan, two Pennsylvania
gentlemen, and stopped at the Fort short
time. This Fort was located in an early
dag, and the Government has determined
never to abandon it. But for this 1t might
make great city. It is situated on
high eminence, with a gradual slope OF
three or four hundred yards from the river,
affording commanding view ofithe sur
rounding country, which is unsurpassed
for fertility of soil and beauty of scenery.
Two miles below on the same range OF hills
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