The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-03-16
Editorial Correspondence OF the Du-
buque Times.
MCGREGoR, February 10.

In our notes of Clayton county, we
have not, as yet, spoken of Clayton
Center, a village through which We
passed two days ago, on our way from
Garnavillo to Elkader. 1t is five miles
east of the latter town, and on Dry Mill
Branch. 1t has saw mill, a Lutheran
church with European air about it, two
stores, half dozen mechanic shops, a
brick yard and lime kiln.
We left the hospitable village of Elka-
der very early this morning, coming
through to McGregor, distance OF
eighteen miles, before break fast. 1t ba-
ing extremely foggy most of the way,
we saw but little of the country, which
is reported to be fertile. Such we should
infer is the case from the fact that it is
we'll settled, and the farm houses, where
we could see them through the fog, wore
the appearance of thrift.
The first thing done here, after eating
a late yet excellent breakfast at the Nc
Gregor House, was to get into a buggy
with j. L. Stoncman, Esq, a member
! of high standing of the Clayton county
bar, and take n survey Of the country.
and more particularly of North Me
Gregor, a new town one mile north Of
the old. A road has been built from
one town to the other on the side of the
bluff, directly on the shore of the Mis-
sissippi.
North McGregor has sprung up as
palaces did, by enchantment, in the days
of the ''Arabian Nights.' 1t is about
eleven months old, yet has several bust
ness houses open, from twelve to fifteen
others ready for the spring trade, and
between forty and fifty dwelling houses
completed. Most of them are occupied,
and the infant town has something like
three hundred people. 1t has three
hotels. and one of them, the Mondell
House, owned by L. w. Mondell, is
large and fine looking. We also notice
warehouse more than hundred feet
In length, the property of Moncrief H.
DO. A large white school house, used
also for church purposes, is hugging the
bluff. few rods from the river. A
Presbyterian Church, we are told, is to
be erected in the spring. A large fouu-
dry, the property of Thompson q King.
is in process of erection, and steam
grist and saw mill, and steam sash.
door and blind factory, are already in
oper alton. There are also several me-
chanic shops, two stores, and good
livery stable. ......
The proprietors of North McGregor
are Brown & McCraney. Mr.. Orlando
Craney was once a resident of Du=
buque, and an old typo" at that. He
edited the Telegraph, a campaign paper.
in l848, and worked hard for "Old
ZACH" lie afterwards sold out to the
publisher of the Tribune. He has found
some ''fat matter at North McGregor
and It's good enough for him
Before his death, Alexander McGreg-
or willed to the proprietors of North
McGregor five thousand dollars to build
a road to Monona, twelve miles west,
and the first installment of that money
IS to be expended the coming spring
The Nc cGregor Railroad bears northward
one mile from the old town, and leaves
the river at North McGregor. A chan
mel is to be cut, Eve correct copy here)
through which boats will run from North
Nc cGreeor directly across the river to
Prairie du CHEN.
Eventually, North McGregor will be
swallowed up by the expanding corpo-
ration limits of the old town-old by
comparison, but young in fact. OF Nc
Gregor proper, fast aud 1ourishing, we
shall have occasion to speak in day or
two. From such smart town, and
from such social people as we find here,
it is simple to hurry away.