Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-18
bellevue, snrpy County.


with uncufbed license bound quicker 10
the Joyous influence of spring ; !, Is then
ths, Sarpy County clothed in her hapPiest
vesture, rings forth her merry welcome
to the burdeued thousands who are so
anxious to cscare from the smoke and
mist of the Eastern cities.
In the coming spring a large emigra-
ton will flow in upon us; Americans can
not long remain idle, and the great de-
preston Of business of all kinds in the
East will cause thousands 10 gather to.
gether their effects. and hasten to IA coun-
try as inviting as this. KgiI.
There is no point upon the Missouri
river that possesses the same commanding
and attractive situation as the town Of
Bellevue il is oil hat its name Implies;
Built upon a plateau which overlooks the
the river, and the fertile bottom lands Of
Iowa, and surrounded by handsome groves
which impart n living fragrance to the
air; back Of the town looms up proudly
the high swell that stretches off into a
beautiful undula,ing prairie towards the
Elkhorn river. The handsome, sufe and
permanent landing is not only the pride
OF the town, but the subject of comment
aud admiration Of travellers upon the river.
The upper portion of the town plateau
rests upon n solid bed of limestone, which
crops out ut the western edge. in one
long, unbroken ledge, forming as it does
this unrivalled levee and landing. -.
The existence of coal upon the town
property md vicinity has caused this point
to be favorably recommended to the no.
iice of the Government by the Engineers
in their Pacific r. II. Reports.
Bellevue bids fair to become one Of the
most important towns upon the great
Missouri slope, within sight, and nearer
than any other place, to that point where
the Mississippi and Missouri, Cor Daven.
port r. R. debouch from the Iowa
bluffs. the natural terminus for the South
ern Iowa r. R., and situated at the
mouth of the Pappillion, the valley Of
which is the only practicable roule fer a
railroad leaving the Missouri. In view
of these and numerous other advantages,
il is not surprising that Bellevue will
eclipse the rery te,o towns whose specula.
tive, unwarranted and unnatural growth
are now paying the debts, with interest
Of their folly. .ar .alr.s.I ng,a.
With an industrious farming eommuni'
~ surrounding us, and an enterprisine
people who boast Of the town as hei,
home, the assurance of our prosperity i.
thus made "doubly sure !" being proc
against speculative madness, and the per
severance in a moderate, legitimate am
bnsiness-like course, has done much 70
this place but much as has been done
more Improvement is every day beinl
!, planned. These great requisites of
community are the healthy seeds whicl
have been sown on cool ground, and no,
|, our increasing energy will cause them t
/ Weld an hundred fold. .
5 But few towns in any country can boa,
of the same beautiful harmony which es
: lists here ameng the citizens; untramme
ed, and unalloyed by party strife. an
party chickering's, free from the contamir
ating influence of evils which exist, nor
d or less, in all communities. we do not pr,
: sen, the magnificent spectacle Of a disc
gained and bankrupt people closed store
or empty shelves, or overworked sherii
and u case hardened constable III
i, town pride and modest prosperity is n
confined 10 the town people alone, but Il
: inhabitants of the whole of Sarpy coun
share in II.
Since Douglas county was divided, Il
IS growth Of Sarpy county has been marve
i Gus; the whole face Of the country, fro
, Bellevue to the western boundary of 4
County, is dotted with lourishing farm
: the suficiency Of timber, good water, al
the particularly beautiful and rich surfa
makes ii by far the most desirable farr
ing region in the Territory.
to In a short time spring, with the balm
!. breath OF the South. will drive old Bore
"a 10 his northern cavern, and Sarpy coun
will be clothed in her richest verdure,
eager eye of the emigrant will be W,