Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-20
Great Sale Of Lots
FLORENCE. Nebraska Territory

III
FLORENCE. Nebraska Territory.
nyE HUNDRED LOTS have beer selected. and
meneing ii O'Clock A. NJ, the First Day Of De-
tossr nsx, and continuing from day 70 day untl ali
sold TERMS, haifca 81, and the balance In four
months, with approved security.
Is sit aated the wes bank Of the Missouri River,
miles Shove Council Blsas city, and edistey
opposite ,he Pigeon Valley, The sufv'd route ofthe
MISSISSIPPI a. Missouri RAILROAD.
yhe sight is of the NEST eligible in Neorasks be-
ias located beautiful bench sixty feet above
high water marx gently ri.ing hin the back
ground, the whole length ofthe Plat: there two
ceil.sst WATER PRIVILEGES, one of which
there Ars nov In progress Of erection, FIGURING
MILLS, and =
SAW MILL,
tseaih Of nexi month. Adjoining the town site,
the North. there is Grove Of about eight thousand
TIMB Err
OAK. WALNUT and ELM suitable for al kinds Of
baiiding purposes. There isiikewise great amount
three miIes. and in the immediate vicinity there
svsersi sxosesa LII NE SION qaarrss- IL Of hitch
the best qualify Of Gr.vel, Sand. Mari and Clay
bls for Masking brick and other purposes. Brick
Making !. 20. es,nE carried 90 quite s.'sn,,s.s T.,
there four hundred Of Prairie Broke d
Fenced. aBc the most Of II under cultivation. The
feetiy clear snaxs sand bar any other otsrae-
tons, y IT'D Rock Bound shores, and
Rock Bottom,
all the way seross ut depth lin an ordinary stage
The Riyerj offom two 70 ten feet-in low water the
rock Is bare considerable distance from the shores,
rendering il but . sr.sslsii zilssf - euilda
at this psir, (fer which q very liberal Charter was
rranied by the Legislature OF Nebraska, last winter
compared TO that OF bridging the ST. Lawrence, al
Monireal. the Mississipyi 81 Rock Island. and many
other bridges which have been erected III Aorth
America.
SOUTH Of the GERAT BEND, Of the PLa II ri "
ER. and ef ELK-HORy CITY, at the great crossing
Of the Xix Horn River, distant thirty miles from the
former, and eighteen from the latter place. There
STEAMBOAT LANDINGS
on both shores-the best, perhaps, on the Missouri
sngth Of the Town Site. and Ferry crossing, IL
e.rtain as is ore Of the very best the River.
STONE COAL
NJ ,uner5of quality ha. lately been discovered
miles North Of Florence and /. the opinion OF those
te.s arqaaintd sib the article that here large
deposIies Of it IN that vicinity.
With ali these advantages land easy grade up
Mil creek, Of The streams running through the
Town there scarcely doubt but that this will be
the crossing OF The Great Pacific Railroad should 1;
cross Noria Of the Platte River.
new and conmodtoas Hotel, iale'y erected 10
Propreiors Of ts T"sn Site is open aud ready
20 receive guests. Tboss wishing 10 visit the place
b4fare Purchasing, wiit mad Mr.. r. e.. GHApsAk, and
his sstamable lady prepa red eAiertslb Them
fsr.ably and make iheit say a, f,s,s1e pas OF
see'y. FioreHes Land Company.
slorenee, Aog. 18th, lss5
REFERENCES:
GseEsE PNssAs, Esq. St. Louis, Mo.
BossHI kEsR, Co..
RosrsT Dosssti. Esq St. Joseeh,"
u NJ Hrshgi., Esq, a 4"
y. FEkfGsE : pssk. Banker Chicago, lhs.
Atlas TokLIs. ESD. Galena- Illinois.
CooEa sAHsEsr q bossgY, Banker, Iowa
GitA. Iowa
Hos. JAHgs GKaNr, Davenport, Iowa.
PLArr SAITH, Esq. Dubuque,
J.Hs n. SAAos. Es4., tlgns. Ohio.
II. b. CH4PaakY Esq.,
sept4dsw