Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-15
Letter from lowe
FoRT DODan, april Sd, 1863,
Edltgrs Fanelts C0untr Herald,

!. If l may have q little pace tc
talk to those who contom ,ato pull
ing up from the old "Buckey'
State" and casting their lines IN
other places, / shall be very much
obliged to you, There are many
with you who are looking with
wondering eyes toward theprogress
of the great Northwest, with hope
to share in its future to such have
a word to say.
The lack Of railroads has left d
portion Of Iowa almost wholly neg
lected, until the last two or three
years THIS portion, known as
Northwestern Iowa, embraces the
finest prairie lands of the State. -
The soil is uniformly a rich black
loan, equal in fertility to the finest
bottom lands of Fayette county
To make a farm simply consists in
breaking, and putting a wire fence
around, without ditching or clear
ing, There is a slight intermixture
of sand in the soil, which prevents
it from holding water like the clay
subsoils Of Ohio and Missouri. N
The lands are,peculiarly favorable
to dry weather, and never suffer
from a drouth, two or three rains
being all that Is necessary to ma
ture crop.
Iowa is the next agricultural
State, ] believe, 10 Illinois, and
with more arabic lands than any
other in the Union, she is striding
forward like young giant to the
supremacy, Lying, as she does, in
the arms of the two greatest rivers
on the continent, and spanned With
fourteen hundred miles of railroad,
and in the very path of the great
trade which the Pacific road shall
carry across the continent, with six
roads projected across The entire
State; with traverse lines running
toward st. Louis and the markets
of the South; with hardy, free
dom loving, intelligent people, with |
over S5,000,000 Of a permanent
School Fund, and the finest School,
system In tho world; with the
broadcast ptairles, tho finest soil,
the hardest sons, and the hand.
somcst daughters who can predict
5he future Of this fairuyoung State,
which was married to the Union
only Is years agop There are still
a million and half acres in North,
western Iowa liable to homestead
and preemption.iThere are four
lines ofrailrOad being built across
them, which will give an outlet to
market to tho millions Of bushels
Of grain which must be produced
therein. .N'f
Lands can be bought near this
place, and in the beautiful valley of
lhe Des Moines, at from S2 to 85
per acre. We have here, as a part P
If the resources Of this town, lum
yer, coal, limestone, marble, sand.
toRe, gypsum, mineral paint, and i
,otter's clay, In the soil in mex I
IapstabIc quantities. These are the
iaterial elements Of wealth to a I
ountry, and they will build up !
urs. H39 l N. ~
The Dubuque h Sioux City Road, !
cnnccting with the Union Pacific
Chicago, will reach us in June,
The Des Moines Valley Road, con. q
Getting us with ST, Louis, will reach
IS in November. These roads will h
Increase the tide Of immigration c
'hich is already immense, and
ouble the value Of every acre of n
ur prairie. n
If any Of my Fayotte County
lends want cheap homes and fer a.
le lands and homesteads fornoth. Z
g, and want more particular in :,
rmation, letthemaddress me here 4,
/ i am, very truly, Wy f E'a +"
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