The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-09-05
KENOsHA WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER s. 1867
Correspondence from Nebraska.
CAMDEN AIrGa 10Th 1877

EDITORS TELEGRAPH:
AS many friends have requested me to writ
in regard to the countryfhere, I have waited un
til year spent in this Gland of PROMISE
should give me the. right to speak from per
sonal observation and experience. The har
vest is now nearly over and crops are looking
remarkably WE'LL I will send you a sample O
wheat grown upon my farm, which think al
handsome as any ever raised
| The climate is not so changeable as witt
you on the lake shore, and though the mercu
ry may range higher have not suffered with
the heat as have done there The usual range
| through this season has been from IS to loo
degrees above zero, during the day and about
%, at night; we have constantly a cool breeze,
and that together with the cool nights, makes
| the weather delightful. Indeed more beau
tiful country can hardly be imagined, than
these broad rolling prairies dotted here and
there, with fields of golden grain, and waving
| corn. have never seen corn or vegetables OF
any kind grow as rapidly or luxuriantly as
they do here, and the trees; 1 had heard and
read much of the quick growth of forest trees
here, but hardly conceived the reality. Near
nv house [ have piece of ground containing
some five or six acres which was broken up in
the latter part of May; now it will average a
tree to every square yard, from one to three
feet in height, of either Elm, Maple, Ash, Box
Elder or Cottonwood, all this years growth
and all selfsown. If the fires are kept off the
prairies and very little care taken to give the
trees start, in a few years we can have all
the timber we can have use for in this section
of country, and there is now plenty to supp ly
present necessities.
There is,just at present great immigration
to this part of Nebraska, and much land is be-
ing taken up in this vicinity and further east,
ON account of the location of the capital at
Lancaster or Lincoln city as it is now called,
some twenty miles east, from here on Salt
Creek. Not only the State House but all state
buildings, Asylums, Prisons, Colleges, and
every thing which comes directly und er the
supervision of the state, is to be located
there. OF course this greatly enhances the val
ue of the land near, yet now it can be had at
government price or as homestead There is
also an excellent opening for mechanics of all
classes, stone masons, carpenters, sc. The
public buildings and probably dwelling houses
Hotels &C., will be built of stone, of which a
good supply is found in the adjacent hills
Merchants too will do well there; in short any
and every honorable business can be made
profitable in the vicinity. Lincoln consists
now of half dozen houses, store and Post
Office In year from now according to pres
ent Indications and the preparations being
made for building and improving, it will be
quite village; while in two or three at the
furtherest it will merit the title it now bears Of
"city."
A branch of the N. P. R. R. will be common
ced this fall from Plattsmouth to that place,
another is in contemplation from Neb. City to
unite with the Plattsmouth branch, and from
there they are surveyed through this place to
connect with the main line of the road at
Kearney, thus making direct connection by
rail with both eastern and western markets.
The first hundred miles of the road west from
the Missouri River passes through the most
fertile and productive part of the state.
There is one more item of importarce which
will place before your readers. By the School
laws of the state, two sections of land in each
township are set apart as school lands; and
fines, penalties, and licences are also added to
the school funds. A growing interest in edu-
cation is exhibited, which seems to indicate
that at no far distant day, our young state may
be one of the first in intelligence among the
western states, and may successfully compete
with the older in educational Importance. l
will not further trespass upon your columns
now. Should any one desire further or more
explicit information 1 will cheerfully answer
all inquiries to the best of my ability.
Yours Respectfully,
?. j. HOOKER,