Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-04-07

Extends from Lyons, on the Mississippi,
through the counties Of Clinton, jackson
Jones, Linn, Benton, Tama, Marshall
Story, Boone, Green, Carroll, Sac Ida and
Moaona, to the Missouri, at a point sixty
miles below Sioux City.
The tier of counties through which this
road passes. is not exce!!ed by any region
of equal extent in the State. With soil
unsurpassed for fertility, well watered and
timbered, and dotted over with hourishing
towns and villages, no section Of Iowa is
superior to il iu beauty or facility for bust
ness.
The Counties Of Clinton, Jackson, Jones
and Linn, were among the first settled
counties in the State, now embrace as
dense population and as much wealth as
any other fonr contiguous counties in the
State. The number of thriving towns
scattered along the route of this road and
in the tier Of counties mentioned exceeds
the number along any other railroad pro
jected in the S,ate.
The Iowa Central, as well az every other
East and Wes, railroad in the State, passes
over the coal fields which extend fr m the
southern llnits Of the State nearly to lati
tude 43 deg. North.
1t crosses in its course the Wab. ipini-
con, Cedar, Iowa, Skunk. Des Molnes,
Boyer and little Sioux Rivers.
The principal towns and cities along its
route are
Lyohs Its eastern terminus. place Of
several thousand Inhabitants, tinsiy situat
ed upon the Mississippi opposite Fulton,
the western terminus OF the Chicago and
Fulton Railroad
-iaia2keta-An Incorporated city of
some fifteen hundred to two thousand in
habitants, on the Maquoxe,a River, and
the head o! navigation.
InaW0sa The Wabesirinicon, a
town of thousand inhabi,ants. and a
thriving business. The river affor.ss abun
dant water power which is well improved
With fne agricultural country around il,
and the junction Of three railroads, Aaa-
mosa will in few years become one of
the largest and most fourishing inland
towns in the State. 1t is the couaty seat
Of Jonas county.
Narioa-The county seat of Linn coun.
ty, ia one Of the most beautifully located
towns in the State 1t is situated on high
prairie; can be seen at distance of sey-
eral mites as the trrvg'eE approaches IT,
and although there Is no water power con
tigious to the town, yet by the aid Of
steam, manufacturing is carried on. A
v"llabe trade centers here from the coun
try around, and with The addition of Rail-
road facilities, Marion will be always an
important inland point
Ceiar Rapids s. Beautifully and adyan
tageously located On Cedar L yer, is the
third inland city in size in the State rha
population is about $500 aud steadily in.
creasing. The CEDAR furnishes extelsiye
water power which is well improved. and
manufacturing is an important feature IN
The business OF the citv. Il is the natural
center of a very large trade. and is the
terminus OF the Chicago Iowa and Nvbraa-
IA Railroad. it is rapidly increasing.
Cedar Rapids way wei! be rrgariei o.
one Of the most promising inland cities Of
the State, and viii, we doubt not SOON be
second IN size only to Des Moines.
Fiaon, Also on the Cedar. is the
county seat Of Benton County, ana is
handsomely located thriving town. Il
numbers about one thousand 10 population
and as the market for one Of the IN = fer.
tile aud beautiful counties in the STATE.
does a hourishinx business. This busi-
ness, with the settlement and improve nent
Of the country, will increase, ana when
Railroad faciiit,es are added, Vinton will
be ore oil tho most prosperous towns ia
Iowa.
But brief as the mention Of the towns
and cities along our projected iaes of rail
road are, we must make them still briaier.
West Of Ninton the priacjpal towns are
Marietta aad Boonshoro, both Of which
ara fine hourisi,ng places, doing no iucou
siderable amount OF trade.
The Iowa Central terminates at Gnawa.
opposite Decatur. in Nebraska