Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-02-02
ONAwA cORREsPONDENCE.
OSAwA, January 18th, 1861.

sign Of abatement, has made us the vic
Tins Of an embargo utterly precluding
immediate progress in any direction
Making a virtue Of necessity therefore
improve the leisure which this unexpect-
ed imprisonment affords to CLEAN such
items Of information As may be Of interest
to your readers.
ONAwA is the county seat Of Monona
county. 1t is located on the prairie, q
miles from ths Missouri river, 6 miles from
the Little Sioux river, Is miles from Sioux
City, and 65 miles from Council Bluffs
1t was but recently located as a rival town
and has already so far out.run its compe.
ttors in the race for city fame as to have
siectually silenced all opposition. 1t is
really a beautiful and thriving town. The
buildings are very superior, mostly two
story frames, tastsfully and substantially
built. There is an excellent brick sch
house, well finished and supplied with a
irst class tescher; large two story court
house, completely finished and arranged
throughout with admirable taste as we'll
a. convenience. The Onawa House, kept
by MORRISON is widely known as combining
all those qualities which are calculated to
contribute to the comfort and qualification
Of the traveller. There are two good stores
we'll supplied with general assortment Of
merchandise, enc drug store, and no gro
Gerry.
There are few towns in the west Of equal
size containing more intelligence, enter.
prise aud morality than this few in which
the right kind Of men seeking q western
home will meot moro cordial greeting,
or more valuable aid in acquiring = desi
rabls situation. The town was located
and has been managed by company
whose chief object has been to encourage
the settlement of such men ~ would make
good citizens, aud add to the substantial
industrial interests Of the place. They
have carefully avoided the embarrassment
Of debts, have never sought speculation
prices for lots, and have therefore suffered
no material injury from the financial pan.
ic, which has proved shipwreck to so many
town enterprises Onawa is tho western
terminus Of the Iowa Central Air Line
Railroad, Of the construction Of which
there is no doubt so soon as we are favor
ed with return Of ordinary prosperity,
such as to justify more vigorous prose-
cution of tbs land grant roads, of which
this is one. 1t is also upon the line of the
projected road from St. Joseph up the
Missouri Valley.
MoNoNA COUNTY il very superior coun-
~. Besides the Missouri valley, which i.
some ten miles in width, there are the
valleys Of the Little Sioux, West Fork,
Maple, Boyer, Soldiers and Willows,
all Of which afford the most inviting loca-
tons for farm ers, and all Of which are ca
pabls Of sustaining large settlements
While there are ample opportunities for
thousands Of farmers to obtain choice To-
cations with small capital in either Of
these valleys, there are already to be found
large number Of we'll improved and
thoroughly cultivated farms. Among the
best and largest in the county may be
mentioned those of Judge WHITING, DR..
ORDwAY, Messrs WILsEys, MILroNs, DAYS,
AsHToNs and FLowERs, containing from
so to l50 acres each under cultivation
From the last years crop there was a large
surplus Of pork, wheat, corn, oats and po-
tatoes, all Of which demand cash at the
following prices pork 81 per hundred
gross weight; wheat 60 cents Per bushel;
corn and oats Is cents per busbel, and
potatoes 25 to So cents per bushel. The
county is much in need of a good Touring
mill, and l am informed that the citizens
offer bonus Of $1,000 to any person who
will erect one. There are certainly few in
vestments that would aft ord more remu
nerative profit. There is an abundant
supply Of choice timber to meet all neces-
sary demands. There are six good school
houses in the county, affording all needed
facilities for education in all the settle
ments. There are three religious societies
organized, viz: Methodist Episcopal, Con-
gregational and Baptist with regular sta.
ted preaching. There is a county paper,
having q good circulation, and conducted
with creditable ability.
The affairs of the county, under the
management Of Judges WHITING and
HAzELErr, have been conducted with re-
markable skill and economy. There are
few counties upon tho Missouri Slope in
which the same amount Of public improve.
men,s have been made-none in which
they have been better executed, nor is
there one in which the taxes are less bur
densome, or in which County Warrants
demand a better price. All things con-
sidsrsd, Farmers ind Mechanics seeking
q permanent home in the West with view
to better their condition, and dasirous to
secure at the same time good health, with
the advantages of society, church and
school privileges, would do we'll to make
au exploration Of this county before loca
ling elsewhere. S. p. Y.