Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-28
Great Sale Of Lots
FLORENCE. Nebraska Territory.

IN
FLORENCE. Nebraska Territory.
oyE HUNDRED LorS have been selected, and
Oviiise sn,a IN sid Fowt Al Pubic Vendue. com
mencing II o'clock A. NJ on the First Day o. oS,
are soid TERMS, haifca 4, aud The baisncein -four
noashs, viii approved ssesraiy.
4. s,tua,ed on The West tank Of the Missouri River,
six mile. above couneii Elu6s city and i'm nedaatsls
opposite The Pigeon Valley On The surrd route ofth
MISSISSIPPI 4 MISSOURI RAILROAD.
The slxhi is oae Of the eligible in Nebraska. be-
inr Located beautiful bench some sixty feet above
high saier marx, viii gently rising I'LL ia me back
fne streams runniaeshreush the Town, ahording ex-
ealIenl WATER PRfytLEGEs, Oh one q which
their are nov n progress Of erection, FIGURING
SAW MILL,
whsch viii be completed and In operation by he e.
ieensh Of next motth Adjoining the town site, on
the North, there i. Grove of about eight thousand
acres Of hard wood
TIME ER.
OAK WALNUT and ELM snitzhe for AL kinds OF
building purposes. There is likewise great amount
OF aue large growth COTTONWOOD, within from ons
20 three niles and In the immediate vicinity there ara
sryeras excellent LIME SToS quarres, two Of hch
ere now being worked, ihsre Is also ibundanee OF
w ersa au anis 10y "a .,e, ng,neses Brick
Making IL now being carried on quite eSiensively--
On the South and West adjoining the Town SITE
there are four hundred Of Prairie Broke
Fenced and The MOST o. II anaer cultivation. The
RIVER ihis poinl i. eny about $50 feet vide per-
II.
tons, with Roek Beusd shores, and
Rock Bottom,
all The way across. depth lin Ordinary stage
the River Of from tw 10 ten feetn low water the
rok !. bare eonsiae rasle distance the shores,
rendering 4 bal snail z, !, 80, " e : gGiida
nj ts.s point ifor which very liberal Charter vas
rrauied b lie Legislature Of Nebrssks, fsst winter
compared that of bridging the s.. Lawrence, a!
Montreal; me Mississippi at Rock Island. and many
other bridges which havs been erected In serth
America.
SOUTH Of the GERAT BEND. Of the PLA TIE ri "
ER,snd Of RLK-BoRN CITY al the great crossing
Of the EIk Horn River distant thius miles from The
former, and eighteen from the latter place. There
STEAMBOAT LANDINGS
on both slores--tle best perhaps, on the Missouri
River that the Nebraska SIDE eksn ding the sbels
ehgih Of the Town size, and as Ferry crossing It
sofi4iais IL one 81 tas very be Al on the River.
STONE COAL
osa superior anslity has lately been discovered E
mile. NORTH of Florence and is the opinion Of those
hest acquainted With The article that tfere iarg
depssi,s, Of IL in that vicinity
With al these advantages and IN easy grade az
Mil creek Of ihe stf-Htns running through the
Tonu9 there IL scarcely doabt but that his Sil be-
the crossing ofthe Great Paeihe RaIl,esd, should i
cross Norsh Of the Platte RIVER.
new ind eohms8ion. Hotel. LACEY erected b.
the Prepreiors Of the Town site is open sud read,
before pa yrhasinz will and Mr.. p. C. CnkpxAs and
his sstsnbie lady, prepared 20 ettertain them com
fenaes and make the, ',sy = f,2ts@ss pass Of
sec'y, FioreEee LABd Company.
florence, Aug. 18th, 1855
REFERENCES:
GloHsK PgosAn, Est. -. Louis, No.
BoBEgf KKRR. 4 Co. - -
RosssT poskKLi, Esq-, s.. Joseph,.
B NJ H6sHgf. ESQ. Z"
p PrArsss pa ~. Banker, Chicago, Ills.
ALIAS Tost1s, fs9., GaieBa, Illinois.
GooE, saks.sr b DossgT, Bxnasrs, low,
Cts, Iowa.
Hon JluEs GEAsr, Davenport, Iowa.
PLATr SstTH. Esg., Duhp4ae, -
JAM H. FANes. ESQ, EEyasi ohio.
h. b. CHAPMAN Esq