The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-10-29
sI.ctter@f,foin Iowa.
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SspscnoIk IowAs act %. 1865. :
MIR. EDIToR :-It is truly surprising
to note the.yast amount of immigration
from your State. and even from your
county, to our Prairie State-Iowa.-
Daily, ind,iI might almost say hourly,
teams and str;ingers may be seen NOV
| ing either. .+westward or settling upon
our beautiful prairie here. Iowa is fill
ing up beyond any parallel of former
years. And | often wonder. as look
arohnd ne here, and see such fertile
and beautiful acres of prairie. yet un-
titled, aud selling from five to ten dol
lars per. acre. which require onlysa good
span of horses and steel plow to con-
vert into the most productive and beau
tiful farming land in the world; and
yet, despite these fair chances. hun
dreds of farmers, in Ohio and other
States. will content themselves plowins
and farming poor. low. wet, sticky,
tclayey lands, ftil of stanlps and stones.
and think themselves quite fortunate
if they ges half the crops the lands
average here, and which are grown
with one-fourth the labor and ex-
pense.
l had designed, in slsis letter, to give
| You Il brief description of our town and
county, in the hope that it might catch
the eyes of those in old Wyandot who
contemplate trip westward; and, by
the Way, allow me right here to state,
lparticuklrly, that Wyapdotlcounty ,an,l
Especially your city, need not feed
ashamed of her representative here
The most entefprising, energetic,
whole-souled, prosperous man in this
Lcounty, am proud to say, is from Up
/ per Sa ndGssy. refer to IL. G. Sigses,
formerly i merchahs in your: town.
He is sucee stully carrying on Bank
here, besides dealing largely in town
property and real estate. lie has done
more toward building up and improv-
ing the city than any other three men
here But must proceed with my de-
scription, lest / make this article too
slengthy.
| Clarke county is in the sounthern
central part of the State. being the
Eseventh west of the Mississippi river
1.-THE fifth east of the Missouri river, and
second north of the Missouri line. II
is direct on the same parallel west O.
your county, and hence enjoys about
1.-THE same climate. SgseS y@s.
! The general surface of the country il
|. high, rolling, undulating piairie,witl
a soil of a dark sandy loan, yielding il
abundance everything usually growr
in our climate. 1.a9s
| The county Is well watered witt
streams and springs, and contains suf
ficient timber for all purposes. Th'
timber consists mainly of Oak, Il ickory
+ Walnut. Maple and some Buckeye
Coal is found in different parts of tht
tcounty, but, as yet, little has been dug
fThe praikfcS, ftf their natural state, pro
sduce the most luxnriant growth 0
grass, which affords the best of pasture
las well as hay. even preferred by man,
farmers to Timothy. Cattle and hog
grow f;,t.here without the least care
Tie former are readily sold for tire
cents per pound, live weight, t,while hog
on the pl.airies bring seven cents pc
pound. They are shipped to Chicago
where they find ready market.
Most farmers prefer corn as tlei
-f.,Vs
readily cared for. There is, neyerthe
Hess, large quantity of wheat and oat
grown, for all of Which farmers find
ready market. Il
Experience has proven the utility Q
growing hedge fences. SO that ever.
farmer finds it TO his interest to cult
vate and grow fence instead of She la
borious MayIof building it. The Osag
) torange is the one chiefly cultivated.
Il Apple orchards, of the most thrift
kind, are frequently met with, an
grapes of the best variety are exten
sively raised.
Il Osceola, the A6ssffiIky seat, is beautiful
lily located, and is one of the most pros
iperous county towns i'll southern low;
1t is situated OH the Burlington an
Missouri River Railroad. which, wit
the Chicago and Burlington Railroad
form direct line with Chicago. Osct
ola contains 13 general stores, grocer
. les, drug stores, hotels, DC. Rebig
, iously, it is represented by the Metho
dist. [both prort stalsand NJ. E. Pres
byterians, Babtists and Christians. N
strong drinks of. any kind are allowe
Fto be Sold within the corporations
There is now in course Of erection on
: of the finest three-story brick schoe
houses to be fohfd in the West, at a
expense of twenty thousand dollars.-
The citizens. of'Osceola. as a class, yo
will find to be. generous, genial. an