Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-18
Great Sale of Lots
FLORENCE, Nebraska Territory

FLORENCE, Nebraska Territory.
nNE HUNDRED LOTS have been selected and
" viii be sold IN said Tout q, Public vendue. com
mencng at II O'Clock A. NJ, on the First Day OF De-
soses next, and continuing from day day until all
sold. TERMS, half sh. and the balance in -four
~oush.' Win approve, . .sss,,,s,
Is situated on the wes bank of the Missouri River.
opposite Pigeon vsfey, on the survd route q the
MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI RAILROAD.
The sight IL Of the NEST iigibe In ebruska
Ing iocaied on beautiful bench some sixty feet above
high water marx With rBty rising hill in the back
ground The whole ieng III ofthe Plat: there two
fse streams running through the Town anordnx eI-
eeilent WATER PRIVILEGES, Of which
there nov IN progress Of erection, FIGURING
MILLS, and
saw MILL,
which will be plssed and In operation by the ff
teents Of next moath. Adjoining the town site, on
The North, there Is Grove Of about eight thousand
acres ofhard wood
TIMB Err,
OAK, WALNUT and ELM suitable for al kinds Of
building purposes. There i.likewise a great amount
OF nue large rowth C0TTONNooD. within from one
TO three miles, and in The immediate vicinity there
several excellent LIME STONE quarfies OF which
sre row being worked. there Is also abundance OF
the best qualify Of Gravel, Sand. Mari and Clay sniia
hie for making brick and other purposes. Brick
Making Ia BOW being carried On quite extensively
there four hundred acres OF Prairie Broke &
Feneed- and the most Of II Under cultivation. The
RIVER at tAis points only about 80 feet wide. per-
feely clear OF snags sand bar or an! other obslrGe
tons, VIII Rock Bound shores, and
Rock Bottom,
all The way across at depth fin ordinary stage
the River of from two To ten feetin low water the
rock /. bare considerable dIsta from the shores
rendering it bat small affair To bsiida
BRIDGE
a, III. point for which very literal Charter we.
granted by the Legislature Of Sebrsska, last winet
compared 30 that OF bridging the 81. Lawrence. nj
Montreal; the Mississippi at Rock Island and man,
other bridges which have been erecied Ia Norti
FLORENCE Is situated nearly due Eas, IA ,t,l.
fts nj IA q n u sd-ll
Err, and Of ELk-HoRN CITY. 1T The great crossing
Of the Ell Horn River, distant Ih, miles from ihe
former, and eighteen nom ihe latter place. There
STEAMBOAT LANDINGS
on both shofes-ihe best, p~rbspe. on the Missouri
Ri,eu; thss sebrasks SIDE eaieDding he waste
ehSih Of the Town SITE aud a Fern crossing Il
eeriaiBl Is one Of The Yer, best on the River.
STONE COAL
efa superior quality has lately beer discovered f.
miles Sorih oftiorsEes, and i is the opinion those
best acquainted with the article, that u large
det.osiies OF 10 10 that vicinity
With all these advantages land as easy grade up
Town there is searce, doubt but Nat this IN b.
the crossing ofiae Great Pacific Railroad, sbould il
cross North OF ine Platte River.
REV aud com rodoas Hotel. lately erected by
the ffoprieiors Of he issn Site !s open aud ready
70 receive gae.ls rhose isli.g yisii the place
befre purchasing, siii mad Mr.. p. G, CH.rsEs, and
his ssiitoabe LADY. prepared 10 entertain ihem com
feriaei., and make their stay at Florenee pass of
pleasantly. JAMES e. MITCHELL,
Florence, Aug 18Th, 1855.
REFERENCES:
GkORaH PEssAN. ESQ. ST. Louis Mo-
bosERr kEss.h Co.
honsRr boSSrLI, Esq, 81. Joseph"
D. VI. hboaEL, Esq
r. FRAsstE Dams, Bnuker Chicago, IIl,.
ALLAN JossIs. Eco. Gaiena. IiinoI.
CooE, SARGENT n DoEh.r, B.nksr. Town
Cts. lows.
Hon. JAsEs GEAsT, Davenport. Inwa,
PLATT ssnTH, Esq., Dubuque,
JoHs ID. FAEon, ESQ. Eiyus. Ohio.
b. \. CHApAAs, Esq, a.
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