The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-06
otss CITY.


The proprietors of this location are dsssr.
mined to make town there and for tnat
purpose ara sparing ssither exertions nor
expense. A large numbsr OF immigtant'
are already settled there and the agents are
veu careful not to dispose OF lots TO any
bu, the best citizens, so that an intelligent
and moral community may stonce be formed.
There are already agrist mill and saw
mill in operation at otoe City and a large
number of buildings in progress OF erection
Thu d;fsculties in Kansas will cause many
10 choose Nebraska Territory as aresidence
and il they do so the choicest spot they can
Sc lect is tina, OF otoe City. The New York
Daily Dispatch SAYS
can old acquaintance of ours, who is
familiar with country lille, and q good judge
Of soil and position. has writtea Us from his
nes home in the neigborhood Of Otoe City.
situated on the Missouri, a little below the
junction OF the Platte River, at what has
he re,o,ore Teen known a. Bennett's Ferry,
on the Great Western Emgrant Route for
Oregon and California. He 10 delighted
with the country. and espe cially with the
region round about Otoe City, which was
recently lad out BY the Union Settlement
| Company, whose Office is at 292 Broadway,
New York. Our friend writes
"A more beautiful country than Nebraska
| is, neser beheld. 1t lie far superior to the
1 lands in Illinois, because not so fiat, and il
i is better watered. There is scarcely a.
claim without spring or little brook omit,
! The only objection that any person can
have 70 the country is scarcity OF timber;
but there are groves of timber scattered
over the country and along the water
courses, though not enough to give each
] claim OF one hundred and sixty acres a
4 share. Still there 10 enough TO supply all
demand Along the Missourl.river and on
| The islands in the river, there is plenty OF
timber.
Il was all day yesterday surveying the
town site. II is rather uneven, but not di
erent from other prominent localities on
the Missouri, in that respect. IL has as
1 good landing place as can be ionnd--
quite equal TO any other on the river. This
Is very important consideration, for 1t is
not easy making an artificial landing, the
river constantly washing away one point
and building up another. Benefits Ferry
Is subject TO no such difficulty, as the
shore is protected by bed OF solid rock.
"They tell me here that there is not a
more healthy place in the world; and am
ready to believe them, Tor the whole APP
pearance Of the country indicates it. There
is plenty Of pure water, and no swampy
land--nothing but rich rolling prairie, with
| 4 l. -.
| chantment to the view"
Unlike the common prairie lands OF the
West, the rolling prairie stretching back
three hundred miles from the Missouri and
south Of the Platte river, is delightful and
: healthy. There is no decaying vegetation
on il TO breed cnils and fevers, as in ether
regions. for the reason that the grass for
centuries has been annually consumed by
ire. leaving the ashes 10 enrich the already
luxuriant soil beneath, adding layer upon
; layer, until these accumulatigg deposits
nov average the depth Of eight 70 ten feet.
Another important advantage possessed by
this region, is the fact that il the fire il
prevented from rum ng over the ground
! beautiful underground of timber instantly
. springs up, and it is in few years fit fol
fencing purposes.
The soil, By actual experiment, is fount
capable OF producing from forty to sixty
! bushels or wheat per acre, and from sixty
, TO eighty bushels Of corn, while all kind,
OF yegetabiesn6btain an almost fabulous
growth.
There has been discovered bed OF Goa
D Just North and one little South of Otto,
! CITY, while iron and other materials ar,
, known to abound in the vicinity
Already there is population on tn,
Union Settlement Company's land, sufii
Gent to support school the year round
and the Company huve erected a saw mil
/ aud grist-mIll on their tract, which cover
some four thousand acre; while addition
sle being continually made to il. A hote
is in process ot erection at the Ferry; an
from sunrise I'll sunset. the white-covere
wagons o. the emigranl are seen, as far q
the eve can reach in either direction, NOV
ing in grand caravane for the Pacific
: caravan, in comparison to which the OF
{ entail caravans, so much talked OF, dwindl
7 into insigniicsnce.
Some eight hundred city lots have alread
been sold by the company, and the sale
are rapidly increasing; and emigrsnts iron
the Eastern, but mure especially from tn
( border Western States, were pouring il
rapidly at last accounts"