Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-05-26

woodward, VIM. "A. Jones, Charlie
F. Herrick, Henry p. Henshaw AM
.. H. p. Roszell, our present Mayor
The present officers are Mayor
O. II. P. Roszell; Clerk, J. M
Weart; Marshall, T. NJ. Hunt
Treasurer, j. p. Sampson; Assessor
I. S. Freeman; Street Commission
or, II. Birmingham and Trustees, J
J. Travis, Jed Lake, III. A. King
G. w. Taylor, E. Cobb, A. II. Fonda
C. M. Durham and G. B. Handy.
Since her incorporation our youns
city has grown with steady, SOLE
advancement, each year showing
better record than the proceeding
one in substantial improvements
public enterprises Of "pith ano
moment" and accessions of intelli
gent and energetic population
This sure and stable development
has been characteristic of oul
city's progress from the first. W.
owe nothing of our standing or repr,
tation abroad to sensational or spec
ulative efforts to assume an impor
lance which our advantages and 10
cation will not warrant. In fact oul
city has steadily kept growing ant
prospecting in spite ola too Otter
inexcusible neglect on the part O
her citizens to improve the opportu
mites presented them for her moro
rapid advancement. The entrepo
and market town Of a rich agricul
tural country, Independence has
grown with the farming community
about her, and In her business
houses, workshops and manufac
tories affords a very fair index OF
the prosperity, enterprise and wealth
of the county.
Now having in brief and cur.
sorry manner sketched the career OF
independence from its infancy to
the present time, it becomes oul
pleasant duty to mention the most
prominent of its advantages and at
fractions as existing at the present,
and in doing this we must touch but
briefly upon each subject as they are
too numerous to admit of extended
mention. Among the advantages
and inducements which our city
holds out to the strangers seeking a
home, may be named a healthful
and attractive location and climate;
society moral, intelligent and re-
fined: ample and very superior edu-
;ational, religious and social privi-
feges; unsurpassed facilities for
business, especially in the line Of
manufactures; steady apprecia-
lion in values Of real estate, and a
future bright with promise of pros
oerity. These advantages we will
speak of briefly in detail.
LOCATION.
independence is situated on the
Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad, the
lorthernmost of the great trunk
ines, which, stretching across the
State of Iowa, link the older civiliza-
ion of the East with the progressive
development ofthe West. 1t is sixty
line miles from Dubuque, and two
hundred and sixty from Sioux City,
md in easy communication with
markets in both directions.
The town has decided advantages
II beauty of surroundings, and in
sanitary conditions. 1t is upon
moderately high ground, perfectly
Trained, and large portion of it is
quilt in the midst Of Il grove of
beautiful oaks, which by their CRATE
ul shade and outrageous beauty
i'd much to the attractiveness Of
is many tasteful homes. 1t occu-
lies both banks Of the river, here
,bout $50 feet in width. 1t is well
provided with parks and its streets
ire wide and elegant. On every
;ide OF the town stretch out high
>rairies, now clad in billowy ver-
lure, diversified with patchwork of
fruitful field and farm, clumps OF
hade, and gurgling brooks, while
through the fair scene with many q
.eyious turn and dash,
Above the golden gravel
.lidcs the classic ''Wapsie" to the
,reat river.
THE CLIMATE.
We have cold winters. The mer-
ury in the thermometer is sure to
,e at least once in the winter as
ow as Is degrees below zero. But
he pure, crisp atmosphere, plenty
mt not too much snow, the absence
f fog and damp which characterize
he winter season i'll this latitude,
lakc it more agreeable and health
ul than those Of ''morc indulgent
lines" Invalids, especially those
roubled with lung diseases, find
t much better adapted to their con-
ition. But if q compensation Is
eedcd for the severity of our frosty
cason it is amply afforded by our
elightful summers and autumns.
he heat Of the summer day is al
Jays tempered by delightful breezes
rhich sweep over the prairies, and
he nights are invariably so cool
hat covering is necessary. But the
utumn is the browning glory Of the
ear; the balmy, sensuous Indian
ummcr weather, with yelled sun
nd smoky air, often extending from
eptcnber far into December. Sick
ess there is, and death in our
lidst, but no new county and very
cw old ones can show a more
Acagre bill Of mortality than that
f Northern Iowa.
EDUCATIONAL.
No institution Of independence is
source Of more. pride and satisfac-
ion to her citizens, and there is
one upon the possession Of which
hey may plume themselves with
norc appropriateness than her pub
ic schools. In efficiency, in organ
zation, in the qualifications of
eachcrs, in discipline and in noble
chool cdificcs the schools of indie
,cndcncc may safely challenge com
,arison with those Of any other
own Of the same population, east
r west. Two splendid brick build
ngs, one OH each side of the river,
,uilt at cost Of about 5000, and
apable of accommodating about
Il,