Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-10-30

is the case also on the intervening prairiss on
tho natural meadows surrounded BY The lar
ger spaces Of good grain land. Most cf the
Northern portion Of this county 10 gently
prairie plain, mostly dry, Of the
best quality ef soil, etoxnding also into Palo
Alto and Kossuth Counties. Tie advanta-
gcs Of this body OF lsnd has recently attrac-
ted the attention. Of number Of stock grow
ers in Illinois, who, with others, have enter.
cd more land in this county than has been
entered In the past year in all the other coun.
ties in the State. Tho College lands are
partly on the East side Of the East fork, ten
to fifteen miles from Dscota. tho county seat.
and the rest nearer the West fork and about
tracts within tvc miles OF the finA limestone
lodges on the West fork in the adjoinin:
township. 81 tsisa59 f.S 4
sai5yI b xossrrn cotHrf. t39i
This is another Of the choice cot.nties, q.
pccially its Southern. bali, equal in natusa!
advantages to those older settled counties or
the Cedar, Iowa or Wapsipinicon fivers.-
Over 20, 600 acres werp selected, OF which
5000 ara between tho East fork and Bocer
river. in that township only sssen miles
apart; nearly 1000 acres from three to Eve
miles from lrvington about ton Of ~ 900
acres North Of Agona, tho County seat. and
six to twelve miles distant and on both sides
Of the East fork and few thousand acres
about the same distance West and South.
west Of Algona. This town, like Trvineton,
is on beautiful site, partly surrounded
by timber aud with wide expanss Of the
best quality of prairis East and West Of Il.
The fine crops Of corn and wheat this
year in this county, As well as in Webster,
Humboldt, Pochahontas and Palo Alto couu.
ties, indicate the good Judgment OF the pic
ncer farmers in selecting such district for
their operations, even il they are obliged to
wait for a railroad market to come nearer 10
thcm before they can make grain growing
profitable, Stock raising is also found to bs
particularly successful, and no where on my
route did SEQ horses and cattle in better
condition than in this valley
Tho district OF country between the forks
OF the Des Moines, aud particularly on both
sides OF the West fork, embracing in all
about twenty townships, is fully equal to any
district of that size in the State Like IN oss
Of the valley Of this river, the soil is . dark
rich mold one or two feet deep, except a few
gravclly knolls occasionally near the river
rie streams. A few roundish boulieys, Of
tho kind scattered over the whole Northeast.
ern portion Of the State, appear on the pra
ries. Some Of tho best selections were n,ade
along road recently surveyed from Algons
Northward to the Minnesota line, and others
along road from Algona West ward toward
Medium Lake and the West Fork.
..rt. PALo ALTO couHTY. E u#
The road referred 10 running West from
Agona, extends across the Eastern part Of
this county to Medium Lake and to Paoli the
county seat, about two miles from the South
end Of the lake and near the river. The
lake is about three miles long, over a fourth
OF mile wide, Is partly bordered by tinbe.
and surrounded by beautiful land. Near the
head OF It a thousand acres Of land were 10.
lected and some near the road East Of il.
Several thousand acres are within three or
four miles Of timber, on the West Fork, irf
the Southeastern port Of the county soma
eight thousand acres in three townships on
the West side Of the river, aud over 1000
in the North part Of the county. The gentle
slopes OF the prairie towards tho river
through six townships Of this county arc az
beautiful if not more so, than along nny
other river in Iowa, or any other part eY
the West. The soil is mostly dry, very
slightly sandy on some portions of the Iv.
er bottoms, and on the prairies it ap.
pears to possess the desirable qualities ,has
make it adapted to both grass and grain.
,-.s EsarrT COUNTY. .-
This county consists Of only twelve town.
ships, is mostly good farming land, and has a
number Of beautiful lakes Both forks Of the
Dcs Moines flow through it from twelve to
thirteen miles apart, and both have strips o.
ti'nhSs. Abo'a Flo ,6sv as~-s Of land we're
selected, mostly near thc riye.s. Il is said
that about Que third of tho sounty has becn
selected as swamp lands," but that she ukl
not he considered rcproach to the character
OF the soil, for 10 some counties tie selecting
Agents appear to have carefully omitted tbs
neitish land in some places, and selected the
dry rolling prairie and the timber along the
rivers. 4a 80
...g. PocAnoSrAs COUNTY.
Nearly nine thousand acres of Railroad
lands were selected OH South Lizard Greek,
near tho line OF the road, and fifteen To
twenty five miles West Of Fort Dodge. -
They are similar to those described in Web.
ster county, good land, portions Of then,
better adapted to grass than grain, and soms
Of them in locations where the railroad sta.
tons Will occur upon or very near them
This portion Of the State will be abundantly
supplied with lime from Fort Dodge and the
quarrics and kilns on Lizard Greek, a few
miles West OF tho town. or from quarries re-
Gently discovered on tho prairie between ths
North Lizard Creek and the West Fork Of
the Des Moines. ~ la vE
. CALHOUN COUNTY. ..s
The nvo thousand acres selected in this
county arc upon aud near the line of tbs
Railroad in the Northeast township, from
fourteen TO twenty miles from Fort DODGE;
and like those in the neghboring countios,
are good grass and grain lands. The near.
est timber to most OF them is several milos
distant ON tho Lizard Creeks. The market
at Fort Dodge will be within range of l2
TO 20 miles Of about 5000 acres of the rail.
road lands in Webster, Pocahon,as aud Cal.
houn Counties.
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