Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-04-03
From Iowa In 1868.
Black Hawk County.

This lies directly west OF Buchan
an, and like IL, Ii traversed by the
Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad.
az is well watered and timbered.- -
The principal streams are the Cedar
and Wapsipinicon, and their tribu.
taries. The former passes diagonally
through the centre of the county,
from northwest TO southeast; while
the latter passes through the north
eastern part. Both are well timber.
ed, The principal branches ofthese
are Crane Creek. in the northeast
Big Creek In the south. Black Hawk
Creek IN the centre, and West Fork
tShellrock, and Beaver I'm the north.
west. Several of these have good
Mill sites, while the Cedar has, al
Waterloo and Cedar Falls, as good
power as can be found anywhere In
the State. The Cedar is more uni.
form than any other river In Iowa
and this Is probably attributable to
the underlying limestone Of this re,
gion, which prevents the passage oi
the water downwartls, and gives rise
to numerous springs. Is
I Another characteristic Of the Cedar
and Wapsi, Is the low banks OF both
Neither Is bordered with bluffs, as
are nearly all other streams in the
State. Their beds are not much low
er than the high prairie land around
them, the underlying stone havlne
prevented them washing q deep chan
mel. i.ifIe
Timber Is abundant, forming about
one-seventh part OF the entire area O
the county. It Is pretty well dis,
trihnted, hut the largest body Hes ii
the northwest, where there are sew
eral forks to the Cedar, all Of which
being well timbercd from one solit
body of considerable extent.
The face of the country Is gentl,
undulating, but none OF H rough
The soil is unsurpassed in fertilit,
and ease of culture. The valley O
the Cedar is a rich, sandy soil. This
IL bordered, on the east. by a low
cambridge, back Of which lies ths
fertile prairie. There is seldom an,
sand on the west side OF the river.
Wild land In this county may b,
had at from So u $40 per acre, ava,
from the immediate vicinity of th,
towns, while improved farms arr
worth from Sl2 to $40. In the vicin.
ity of either Waterloo or Cedar Fnlll
the prices are considerably high
err. sgsySi
There are 35f, 1873 acres in the conn
ty, or which 9S, 1898 are enclosed, The
totol population Is 18,U2i. Orang,
Up. Is settled mainly by tn,
'Dunkardsp from Pennsylvania
the rest OF the population Is princi
pally from New York and New Eng
land. Black Hawk county Is one B
the best agricultural counties In ths
state Few, IL any, can boast of /,
better surface, better soil, better
farms, better towns, or moro intel
gent population. N
Abundant limestone Ia found ALONG
the Cedar, and I'm the vicinity Of Thu
towns it Ii easily quarried, and an
swers for all ordinary building pur
poses.
CcIa1. Falls.
This town has over 1900 inliabi
tants, possessing good natural adyan
tages, and wide-awalke, enterprisins
citizens has expended In labor anl
money on public improvements Al
much as, or more than any othel
town OF like size, far or near; ha.
more and better side walks than any
other town of its size In the State
has talked and tcoyked for the SLOW,
Central Railroad, more energeticaiI,
and with greater effect than any 9th
er town has rival 50 vigilant as Il
| necessitate the greatest caution ant
energy possesses d water power 'tin
surpassed In the State; and conf
IDENTIFY expects to become a manufac
turing and railroad town OF consider
able Importance.
Such In brief is the neat and pleas
antly located town before us. Let u
look into its present condition an,
see whether the expectations of tll,
citizens are well founded. The veal
as well as the strong points will be
come apparent, on closer inspection
You cannot help being pleased wit
the general appearances of the place
for its location Is all that could be de
sired, its buildings, yards, and street
present neat and cleanly appear
ance, and its eight miles of sidcwAll
costing So, ,00O--fully compensat
the citizens for the outlay. The tow
is situated on tiSe west side OF, and ad
joining the Cedar riyer--which i
spanned here by two very snbstan
tial bridges, one for the cars, the 9th
er for teams--oft dry land which rise
graduaily to O hight Of some $50 fee
In the rear of town, affording som
of the finest Imaginable resideDc
4 sites, the elevation being just suffl
cient to command a view OF the cen
trail portions of the town. Beyon
these s'swells,u q beautiful rollin
prairie extends southwark and wesl
ward, SO there need be no limit
outside residence property, and henc
no necessity for its attaining unrea4
enable prices. From this elevation
upwards Of $40 farm-houses can
seem around the town, and a ride III
to the country will show you som
very fine and well-kept farms, wit
Isuch farm-heuses and barns a. ind
cate very clearly the nativity or th
community York and Ne,
i England. In looking over the Cit
and its surroundings you perceiy
that considerable attention II bestov
ed upon ornamenting private yard
and upon fruit culture. And tetit
borne IN mind that excellent fruit
! rsfaaA hare as.d th~t s~~~c~~sy