Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-04-07
Frcm the Dubuque Herald.
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In many important particulars the Stat
of Iowa ia most advantageous and favora
bly, situated Extending from 40:24 south
to 43:30 north latitude, and from 1910 /,
l9:45 west longitude, it may be said to b.
located in the very center Of the grea
basin stretching from the Alleganes t.
the Rocky Mountains. On the east, from
the extreme northern TO the extreme south
ern limit the Mississippi. the most masni,
ticent river in the world, forms its bounia
rv, bearing on its bosom comm srce
greater than two-thirds of the powers o
the old world can boast On the west
from 42:30 north to the southern linit o
the State iloys the alnos. equally grea
Missouri, which will ere long rival th,
Father OF Waters in the commerce anG
business along its borders and hoatin!
upon its surface. The Big Sioux river
flowing into the Missouri at latitude 42:3C
completes the western boundary of the
State. giving it what no other State in tn,
Union can boast, two boundaries of suci
majestic streams. Internally, no State il
the Coniederacy is so well waterea.
The Yellow, Turkey, Volga, Maquoketa
Wahesipiuicon, Cedar, Iowa, Des Moines
Boone, Skunk, Boyer, Maple and Litil,
Sioux Rivers traverse the State from tn,
inertrol aud nnri,.sr, nnnn,ia. bar.ina :arf
] he Mississippi and Missouri rivers at dif
/ erent points from the extreme narth tc
c extreme south. Besides these rivers
- Iahousand streams m meander the State
ttishing an unparalleled and mover fail
'nnmeunt Of water power. innuners.
: bieprings also pour forth their limpt
streus.
NState in he Grea, Valley surpasso,
, lowaa fertility Of soil or ia the possession
OF ailtose native elements OF real w-aItt
"hieh,then developed. render govern
ment fiat and prosperous. Its surface
unoroke by mountains, or by M lrsh or
axe oi q magnitude; an inexhaustibe Z
supply q oal scattered along its interio,
n streams nipnaanee of the finest buildinq
roek; sucisncy of timber for farming
purposes, VI many bodies of rs fne tim
: Der as eau e found on the continent
large deposabf lead, iron and other min
erals, togethe,wi,h extensive bodies o
gypsum, afford Geld for enterprise unpar
alleled in the gre, No. tn West. The con
t'guiiy of vast bsie. of pine in Wiscon
sin and Minneso aud on the tributaries
Of the Upper Mis,uri furnish the State
with ample quanti,. of building material
at reasonable prices
With all of this IS, capacity for rro-
drctioo, its locatonisuch as to command
facilities for markstlg its production.
equaled By but few q ,s Western S,ates
, and exceled by none.
The rivers boundine;ts easter, and
. western limits and trasrsing its centra
counties from north to solh afford natura
highways to the marketsef the SoutAsrr
States, the tropics, and nose northern
regions in Minnesota. Daks. and Nebras
ka, where development and loduc.on vii
,, always be many years b.niIs Iowa in set
$ tlement.
The new States and Terri,oses between
the Missouri River aud SEEN Neval,
;, Mountains must continue for many wear,
to draw their supplies from The Valley o
the Mississippi, and as Iowa staals up IN
to them, the Threshold OF that valley, wi
furnish large portion Of those supple.
The Eastern markets are oponed 10 low,
by direct and competing lines of raiIroa
that bring purchasers of her .prodac,ion
to our very doors, and that have in te
years doubled ths value of her ANN,
crops. No less than twelve OF these caru
petlng lines approach tbs eastern boundo
ry OF the State. fire Of which are complel
ed and are in active operation.
Such IL hasty glance at the adyanta
ses OF the location of our State.
A brief view Of the Railroads rro;s.,. .
and finished will show tina. no State n n
Union can boast rs complete and. vbs
finished, as valuable system as Iowa !
the latitude in which Iowa is stus,ed--,l
business latitude OF the world !, ~,
ceded TINT eas. and west lines or rail,o,
are the best II not The only paying road
Assuming that will not be questioned
I denied which IS sustained by the expert
enes Of all railroad compauis. in II
country, No affirm tha, no State !, i
Union has - many Of paying rosds a.
ishsd aud projecled " the S.s.s of Ia.