Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-12-01
SIOUX CITY.


SIOUX CITY.
4 Thriring Torn-Adrontaqes offered
10 Lmmiorants-Some Account Of the
Place Price and Quality Of Land
A Point for the Montana Tade-Ad-
rdntages Of tins Route ocer the Platte
p Rirer Route.
Special Correspondence of the Dubuque Herald.
Sioux CRY, Nov. Is, 1866.
l desire, through your valuable circu-
isting medium, to call attention to the
future prosperity Of our advantagsously
situated and growing city. At present we
number about 1000 inhabitants, with six
churches and the best Of schools, and with
the Dubuque { Sioux City, and ST. Paul
and Sioux City railroads in construction,
aud the certainty Of the Sioux City branch
Of the Pacific railroad being completed
within two years, We are confident that
our town will rapidly increase 10 wealth
aud population. At present labor 10 high
and remunerative, aud living compare
lively cheap. Common labor commands
$500 per day, aud mechanical labor from
$3 to 81, and great deal more required.
Much improvement has been made this
last summer, aud our necessities will re-
quire a great deal more next spring and
summer. To tue industrial classes We
say, come one and al, and you wilfnd
profitable employment, a good soil aud
remarkably healthy climate; So much 60.
that the medical fraternity are hardly ever
Inquired Tor. We have = splendid saw
mill, aid need another, two hotels aud
need another. We have also nearly COM
pleted what will be one of the fuest Hour.
ing mills in northwestern Iowa, propelled
by water power. We have eight large
stores, aud all employing from t~o to tour
clerks each, aud their p,oprstors growing
rapidly rich. We need more, fer comp--
,ition IS the life of trade
Tributary to our city Tor supplies we
have the southern part OF Dakota, north
western part of Nebraska, with large
scope Of country now rapidly filing up
with the settlers Of the soil, extending
from this county through Plymouth, Che.
rokee, O'Brien Clay, Dickinson and other
counties in Iowa We ara now 80 miles
from the Cedar Rapids and Missouri river
and have daily line Of stages
to the road, time now to Chicago, thirty
eight hours. Our merchants this fall
have reaped golden bsrves. from the
hundreds Of Mackinaw boats laden with
thousands Of miners and millions OF
treasure from the golden fields OF Mou,a-
ma AID Idaho, nearly NJ! stopping at this
po,ut and purchasing their outfits Every
/. IN that could be had and our mes Of
stages have been csow.,d ia Transporting
to the railroad the returning miners
Now is the time for those $, ekiny naw
homes to come aud secure lots for build
ing purposes, for in one year from this
time they will command much higher
prices There is much vacant land ia
Lyon and Osceola counties that ran now
be taken under The pre-empt,on and
homestead laws There Is also some in
Sioux and Plymouth counties. Ia the
immediate vicinity the land is all taken
up. In the LiuIe Sioux Valley choice
land cnn be purchased at from 81, so TO
81. 90 per acre.
When the Sioux City branch Of the p r
X. ia completed there is 10, Il shadow of
doubt but we will have lines Of steamers
from here to the head of navi CATION on the
NJ ssouri in transporting government
stores TO our military pests, merchandise
aud pa sengers 70 aud from he gold fields,
thus cutting OFF 1000 miles Of difficult aud
dangerous steam boat navigation between
here aud St. Louis To ell desirous 1T
seeking their fortunes in Montana and
Idaho, we say that To $ is un1nes,ionabiy
the most desirable point to start from
either overland or by water. The writer
having this summer accompanied Co.
Sawyer on the Niobrara and Virginia
City wagon road expedition, has no hest
tation in saying, and without fear Of con-
radiction that this route far surpasses that
up the Platte, in every particular, for on
the entire rou, there is with the exception
of one march OF IS miles, grea, album
dance Of grass wood and water. Distance
from here to the mouth Of the Niobrara
100 miles, from there to Virginia City
962 miles, which wa accomplished in II
days not star,iug on Sundays, losing 5 days
besides and performing a vest amount Of
work in grading and bridging. The en-
tire ront is Of good grade, aud with bu.
little sand to travel through. Here also
can be purchased everything tha, is re-
auisite for trip overland.