The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-08
CORRESPONDENCE.
Ietter Pron Nebraska.


LlNcoLs, ME-, Nov. 3, 1870.
To IN EaItOvssr u, IaEahIpaeR. n
PresumIng that 8 Letter from "a lEF,
Western country WIN prove d some In
tcrest " your reader, I yeltups 70 ftye
few rep6rtD upon Tie pEeseIl hfEtoTy III q
country but little known To the people d
West Virginia.
THE LAND.
/ confess that although have for many
yeSrs tried 70 keep posted in tho march
u civilization 10 the West, yet my inGor-
nation I Ind " be mere shadow
downright OOthingDess-in cOmpsT on
with the actual spread Of ciVilizssion 70.
wards the West Take The SA5te, OF Nc
brnSkh Is basis, Tie youpe statS ~
our National ElIAxy.-o1b three yC1n
State, and we find . c;''ouy |Llat = 3slns
developed and ope,9 W - exeLy u ~.
ti0n and Is now !oo.lli1g WIN 2, PtoJ ~
almost 70 the 6e9tern line, Take y y 9
Tbols ana 4 venture the assertion that 7
t,ontaiES more actual cnluvatable land
linn any State embracing the sEme
"a in lie American Union Along the
Missouri and Platte FivefA the land Of
COllrSe IA more or less tinduIAting, but
leaving those riVeEs and passing inlO the
interior, such vast fields Of tho most
beautiful rolling pruides, my eyes never
before beheld In iact, ron m eastern
stand point, one would never Imagine
that the State Of NebFaslca was an empire
OF llSelE, presenting such ample claims Iof
fortune 70 enlgranlS' from the East Bot
It IS nevertheless true.
have now tEaVeFSed the larger portion
OF tho State, and Iam fully satisfied that
Nebraska will, In Iess than ten Year,, be
the garden spot 81 the great West What
Is To hinder Il? Here arc millions Of acres
Of comparatively Level landS-uot flat,
ularshy prairles-but high rolling lands,
varying ID price from one 10 thirty dol.
lars per acre, which arc already being
cleckGtel with railroads that will furnish
home niaFkelSE for all their proddctlops, and
WhiChinthe course ten Year,, NJ the present
ratc Of development, Will liaveh railroad
tlirough every leading Or Important Sec
ton u the State. The soil Is cQpal 70 the
rich corn soil Of Illinois, and tue climate
Is even better, while these highlands
guarantee almost perpetual health. II
suffering with ague, Or pulmonary con-
sumption, the bracing atmosphere OE this
lOcaiilyis n sure cure, ut least am so In.
formed by men who have received imInc.
liate benefit, and SONIC Of whom, eilectllal
cures from the relentless archtf-eoii.
sumption
LOCATION.
NebrnskA Il located Immediately west
Of the Missouri River, latitude between
40 aud l3 dcgs, thug furnishing n climate
in winter even mildCr tlInn TINT Of the
two Yirginias. So all fears about tue
wind "blOwing tho buttons of mans
OyGrcont should Ut once besct aside for
ever t.e
wATEll
The water Uf Nebraska il Of u line.
stone character, and eau bc lOUnd On
any. Of the plains NJ a depth
Of forty 10. !. Any ieGt. There are
yary y y springs, tho most Of which ITc
braCktsh; Being old Buffalo herd clicks"
The principal river is the Platte or Ne.
bFRsk9 river that passes across the entire
State The North Branch taking It's rise
IN the Black Mountains Of Wyoming and
DHkOtah TGrritoriesAnd the South Branch
in Kansas. This river Ia not navlgnblc,
oven with skilIs or CANOES II Is Q very
wide tIHt river and Is intCrSpersed with
sand beds almost from shore ID shore, and
MN informed, from Its source toStts
mouth, There are also ~ vast number Of
creeks and branches, very narrow and
very deep, furnishing in many localities,
ample power for good machinery. Ono
OF theSC-Salt CreGk-I will notice In par.
tiCular. II u fully rs large rs Wheeling
creek; Is about so miles in length; lakes
It's rise in Lancaster county, IL short dis.
lance west d Lincoln, from large sGh
basin and emptiGs into the Plato n dis.
tuncC Of five miles cast Of Ashland. Its
water from head TO mouths almost rs &lIty
asthc ocean. It was at tho head Of this
creek, or more properly u river, that the
pioneers Of all the surrounding States, in
Tho early settlement Of the country, came
every iall to "boil" their winters salt,
THIS "b0llIng Of salt" accounts for the NIB.
sencc Of all the timber for miles around
the city OE Lincoln. As the history oFthc
Missouri river, which forms the eastern
boundary Of the StGtclis 50 well known, |
viii not discuss any OF Its pccuEnritcs IN
this communication,
TTMRER AND COAL
These two very important articles for
tls I~i'...!... - 'oE,liitty1 Sure very.
scarce, but still In some localities there Is
large supplies Of timber Of tho following
varieties: oak, walnut, red elm, cotton
wood, asll and hack6ury, all Of which are.
used for building purposes Sawed lum:
Der Is worth from $40 to 800 per thousand
feet, hoard measure, delivered. Q, il We
could Just transplant Il mile square Of
some IT our West Virginia forests to these
plains, wouldn'tit 10 d "big thing?" sord
wood Is worth from 800 TO $1,000 deliv-
cred in your wool piles. ar
Coal Is being discovered in majority
Of the counties Of the State and will be
very soon mined so as to satisfy the
demand, at somGthing near Eastern prices;
II Is now worth from $500 10 1890 per
ton delivered. ~
Blue limestone and black sandstone
arc tho principal kinds Of rock thNt are
found IN the State. Quite number Of