White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-31
From the N. Y. Tribunal
Doniphan COUNTY

Doniphan County, with
200.O 900 acres, is the third in ws. Ia Of
population in Kansas Territory a anil
ted in the North East corner Of ~ L &C
ritory, it possesses nearly one halls re, ter'
Missouri River front. The CONT . u lie
well watered. both by the Nilsson; p Tclng
and small streams-all Of which ls''e'
more or less bottom land-,s MEN, sITe
supplied with timber and wood stOns!
building being abundant. The soil 10.
two kinds-the bottom-land sdiacansS Of
the streams and below the elevation y. %
high prairie, which is called in w zoe
England intervale or meadow, ara Wv Wv
loan. very rich and usually timbS'I15
Owing to the loan being of s,ndS ~
ture they do not suffer from eTc.s. "a
rains. Their depth is from four % tTsi
feet, underlaid with alternate Lave eve !;
sand and clay. The prairies are rolli,u VI
or rather broken, and sometimes knobTs'
along and near the bluffs, overhapg;no ~
streams. but become gently upSnIs,;.e
as you leave the streams, and can La a-fs
tivated with all kinds of agricultural -. '
chimes. the bluffs along the stream, =.
generally wooded, with stone cron,;-
out of them. Cottonwood, elm and ~
amore are the principal growth of ms.
though oaks, hickory, black walpu, cot
fee-bean, blackberry, mulberry, honpv.la
Gust and ash are found in some loeal;f..
All the land in the County is epterpd~
mainly owing to the old California ov.,
land route, which crosses the yIissOpr;,,
Elwood, and via which the Sal, IL.
mail and Pixies Peak gold seekers now
travel, running through it; but improv.I
lands can be bought at prices vsrvins
from SO to S25 per acre, and unimprovsG
from "a to Sl2 per acre. The lands IN
this County are more universally yalr,.
BILE than in any other County in the Ts,.
ritory, as none are further from the rive,
than fourteen miles, and wood is cbe,nsr
than in almost any other County; 10.
sides, the homo market is more than or.
dinarily good. There are twelve live
towns in the County, to say nothing of
paper towns al liJitum, 10 wit on rho
Missouri River, White Cloud, at tho
North Eastern extremity of the County
has a population of 400 Iowa Point
FIVE miles below, has population Of 500:
Lafayette, a little further down, has $50
inhabitants; CharleStOwn, three miles be.
low. has 200 population ElwOod, i'm.
mediately opposite St. Joseph, Mo-, tie
Western terminus of the Hannibal and
st Joseph Railroad, is located in the cen.
tire Of the North and South Eastern line
of the County. with 1000 inhabitants;
Palermo, seven miles below, has 400 in.
habitants Geary City. further down,
has 800 inhabitants and Doniphan CITY,
is the Sonth- East extreme of the County.
has 500 inhabitants. of the river arc,
Highland. four miles back of Iowa Point,
the seat of the Old School Presbyterian
College, with population Of $50 souls
Columbus, back of Charlestown, with
300 inhabitants ; Wathena, three miles
West of Elwood. has 200 inhabitants
and Troy. eight miles West Of Wnthcu,
has 100 inhabitantS-it is the County
seat. The vote of the County is 1000
Free State and 500 Pro- Slavery. There
are five papers in the County-White
Cloud Chief. Free State; Iowa Point En-
quirer, Pro- Slavery; Troy Democrat.
Democrat and Pro- Slaveryish; Palermo
Leader. Free State and the Kansas
Weekly Press, published at ElWOOi,
Republican.