Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-07-21


ciate good paper and know its val
ue. With the enterprise and GO
aheaditiveness of the Bros. Snyders,
surrounded as they are with a people
possessed with the same indomitable
perseverance,, it is no wonder that
they discovered necessity for an
enlargement of their paper. May
success attend all such laudable en-.
terprises, Ia our wish.-LdP Porte Pro.
lgress. 50 !.
/ Fort Dodge to Sioux City.
The country through which the
Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad
known as part of the Iowa Divi-
sion Of the Illinois Central) runs Is
truly new one. Certainly not one
acre of every one hundred of the
broad, level prairie, stretching far
away on either side of the road, has
yet been broken, and We might truth
fully state the proportion much
greater.
Leaving Fort Dodge, we pass up
the rough valley of the Lizard creek
some six miles, along side.the Des
Moines Valley road which has been
turned and built into Fort Dodge
from where the former junction was
made, We come upon the broad prai-
RE, too level to be well drained, but
rich, and only waiting for cultivation.
A number of houses are seen in either
direction but no station Is passed un-
I'll we reach Manson, Is miles OUT
Here Is good depot building and
some three buildings and two stores.
A school house Is seen about one
mile south, and several houses.
Pomeroy, eight miles farther con-
tains seven building besides the de-
pot. Small farm.hcuses or huts are
seen across the prairie. Marvin, 9
miles farther on, counts sixteen
buildings, and Newell, eight miles
still to the west, contains thirty
buildings some OF which contain
very fine looking store-rooms there
Is small eating house at which the
trains stop for meals, going east al d
west.
The well known town of Storm
Lake, located on the north bank of
the Lake, upon a beautiful plat of
ground sloping southwest, ten miles
from Newell and So miles west of Fl.
Dodge. Is fortunate In the fact that
when approaching, the view of the
beautiful sheet of water from which
1t takes its name adds novelty and
interest to the fine prairies surround
ing. There are about go buildings,
all told In the town, including the
large depot, two hotels, dwellings,
stores, offices, shops, etc. A first.
class weekly paper has been estab-
lished, also several church organiza.
tions. Great pains has been taken to
set out shade trees
Six miles west Alta Is the
point where the railroad reaches Its
greatest altitude, between the rivers,
being 9l5 feet, above the Mississip pi,
and 432 above the Missouri. The
prairie is rich aud beautiful. but
scarce a building Is seen until we
pass depot called Aurelia, and APP
proach the valley Of the Little Sioux
River. A number Of farms are seen.
small bluffs appear, and we arrive at
Cherokee, nineteen miles from Storm
Lake, the largest town and best point
on the line. 1t is county seat. has
a population of some five hundred,
newspaper, several church organs
cations, a fine hotel, etc. The
country around Is rapidly filling
up with fine class Of settlers. John
III. Roe, the agent for the railroad
lands, (which comprise about one
half Of the county has sold l2S farms
since February, the average price Of
which has been $500 per acre. The
lands selling, are, in almost every
case, their best and highest priced
lands. A few of the lands owned by
spectators are selling, but the long
time payments offered by the rail-
road companies carry the day, al
though the prices are higher.
Our former townsman, J. A. Cole,
Is selling drugs at Cherokee. ID. p.
Burr, formerly q teacher in our town
with Prof. Graves, is selling lumber
and Machinery, and Mr.. Beck with,
of New Hartford. is preparing to
buy grain. 4 a
Leaving Cherokee, we ride through
a beautiful prairie, passing Hazard,
Marcus and Remsen, and a ride of
81 mile brings us to lie Mars, q pleas
ant looking town of about 400 inhab-
itants, located In the beautiful valley
Of Floyd River, twenty five miles
east OF Sioux City. 1t Is expected
that the st. Paul and Sioux City rail.
road, which will he completed some
time next year, will follow down the
Floyd valley to this point. The
Railroad Company have large eat
Ing house and hotel a Touring mill
is in operation a newspaper is pub
lished, and the surrounding country
is unexcelled for beauty,
Passing down the Floyd valley,
the bluffs become high, but the
farms more numerous, until we reach
Sioux City the terminus of the road,
l34 miles from Fort Dodge, and, 225
from Cedar Falls, of which point we
will speak in next issue. 20 An