Year: 1871

prominence upon the strength Of their
own merits alone, yet such places are
few aud are found only here and there
throughout OUR comparatively new
commonwealth. L.......-..- ~.


Tipton may be numbered among that
class Of Iowa towns. No railroads have
served to puff up the place to unnatural
proportions, and no gigantic water pow
er has developed immense factories
which are the sole support of many
places. No mining wealth has been
discovered as yet which would serve to
attract surplus population, and no
great grain trade has grown up here.
Indeed, none Of those fortuitous circum-
stances which build up towns and cities
in barren places have been vouchsafed
to this location, yet the town has long
put off its swaddling clothes and stands
among the important cities aud towns
of Iowa on the true merits Of its most
fortunate location alone. Looking for
ward unto the dim and uncertain vista
Of the future, bright bow Of promise
appears, aud its welcome hues become
more bright and promising as the
months swiftly pass, and time shall no.
he long in recording the day when this
city may be reached by the magic iron
rail. Then shall Upton be placed upon
an equal footing with her more fortu-
nate sister cities and her motto "Onward
and upward" shall be all the more
brightly emblazoned upon its bright
escutcheon.


While the fortunes and history Of o
town are closely allied to those of its
county, yet in attempting to give a
sketch of the past and present Of Upton,
we can but lightly touch upon the
county at large. In order not to trans
cend the limits of q newspaper sketch
we must be comparatively brief, and
devote more time and space to the con-
sideration Of the present and future than
ofthe past, aud il we but briefly consid-
er any one subject, remember, reader,
there are many subjects which we must





must fill up the picture. Our design is
to here give o succinct account of the
past, and exhibit the present rs 1t Is
without aiming at flights Of rhetoric or
well rounded periods. We desire to
sketch Upton as it was and is that the
contrast shall show whatever growth
and development may have been arrived
at; and If our city does present any ad-
vantages or attractions to those seeking
new homes in the west, we desire to
group them here, believing that the
benefits naturally accruiug tho refronl
justifles the time and labor spent.


It is o fact well known to all who
observe the relation of cause to effect
that those sections of country WHICH
take pains to disseminate information
regarding their respective localities are
the most successful in inducing immi.
grafton; and as immigration means
wealth, they are becoming wealthy.


This being SO, may we not hope that d
home description Of Upton and its sur
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will be productive ofgood? May We not
believe that this resume, of our town may
like little lsavcn in bread, be instru
mental in infusing little more life and
energy into tho city and Its business.


We realize that town in an agricul
tural section is dependent in a grea
measure upon the surrounding country
Let US see then what can be said O
Cedar county that is OF interest; not o
its past but of its present and future.


The geographical location Of Ceda
county is most fortunate, it being jus
far enough removed from the Mississippi
river to avoid the breaks and untillabl'
land consequent upon near approach
to that stream. 1t is bounded on th'
north by Jones, on the east by Clinic,
and Scott on the south by Muscatine ant
west by johnson and Linn counties.


The population of Cedar county from
its earliest formation TO 1870 is as follows
We give this as q matter of record an,
are indebted to the State census repor
of 1860 for it: