Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-08-24

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tributaries flowing in on the north
side, the most important being Sal,
Creek, Otter Greek, Deer Greek and
Sugar Creek, all flowing in south
easterIy direction. Salt Crtek rises
in number of branches in the cen.
! trail and eastern parts of the county.
These brsnches uniting form a stream
of considerable sixe, which empties
into the river near the south. east
corner of the county. The next tribl
utary Of considerable size above Salt
Creek on the same side Of the River,
IS Otter Greek. This rises hear the
center of the county and flows south
east . portion Of its course being al
most parallel with the river, and on.
" short distance from it. 1t forms
It's junction in Salt Greek township a
short distance below the village and
railroad station Of Chelsea. Deer
Greek rises in the west part OF the
county and flows southeast until
within four or FIVE miles OF its juno
ton. where it changes to nearly
south, passing vest of Toledo and
Tama City to its junction, near the
latter place. Sugar Greek il in the
west part Of the county and flows
into the Iowa River nearly opposite
the village of Indisntown."
The north portion Of the county
,s watered by Wolf Creek and Its
tributaries. The main branch of this
stream enters Tama from that por-
tion of Grundy county which lies
west and thence flows few miles in
a south eastcrly course, and then
changes TO an easterly direction,
passing ont into Benton county and
thence to its junction as . tributary
OF Cedar River. On the north side
it receives several trlbutarias OF con-
sidera BILE size, the largest Of which is
called Twelve Mile Greek. These
streams water and drain some six or
seven townships. There is not .
township in the county through
which one or more Of the several
etreams mentioned does not pass, so
that it will be seen that the county
is we'll drained as we'll Is abundantly
watercd. There are many other
streams of considerable size and i'm
portance not mentioned, but which
afford excellent water for stock all
the the year round. The small
streams are supported BY springs,
many OF which are large and afford a
constant supply of pure living wa
ter"
Few counties are better supplied
with good timber than is tins. Along
the banks of nearly all the streams
are belts Of timber from q few rods
to two miles in width. In many
townships these belts Of timber form
the entire supply, and where the
streams are somewhat small and
scarce, a great lack is felt.
Quite large bodies of timber line
the banks Of the Iowa River, supply
ing in its thirty five miles Of meand-
ering in the county, all the timber
needed by the sections of country
tributary. Besides this supply .
large fores, lies just west and north
of Toledo. This body OF timber con-
tains at least ten square miles and
extends nearly to the western bound
ary Of the county. The greatest por.
ton OF the timber Of the county is
south Of the center OF it, yet the
northern part is very we'll supplied,
the present population considered
1t that part of the county should be-
come densely populated, artificial
groves will be necessary. However
with the present and prospective
| railroad facilities, coal will be afford
ed very low and fcnciug material will
be brought into the country at .
much lower rate than the timber car
can be got out of the woods for
The aggregate amount Of timber II
the county is estimated at 10000
acres. Mr.. Wieting's sketch informs
US that 1.-THE leading varieties Of tim
Der are white, black and burr oak
black walnut, hickory, cottonwood
linn and elm-oak predomlnating
Less plenteous may also be found
soft and hard maple, honey locust
ash, mulberry, and butternut. Ths
natural fruit bearing trees and shrub
are. thorn apple, crab apple, chok
cherry, plum and grape. Hazel nut
are very plenty"
/ SOIL.
| The soil Of the prAiries and partie
ularly Of the alluvial bottoms Is ez
tremsly rich and fertile. It is blac
vegetable mould, intermixed in man
localities with . sandy loan, easil
cultivated and stands drouyth remarl
ably we'll. The soil OF the uplan
prairies will average Is to "a inche
in depth. The surface is nearly blac
but becomes lighter in deccnding III