Iowa as it is in 1857 : a gazetteer for citizens, and a handbook for immigrants, embracing a full description of the state of Iowa: her agricultural, mineralogical, and geological character; her water courses, timber lands, soil and climate; the various railroad lines being built and those projected, with the distances on each; the number and condition of churches and schools in each county; population and business statistics of the most important cities and towns. Information for the immigrant respecting the selection, entry, and cultivation of prairie soil; a list of post-offices in the state, etc., etc. With numerous illustrations

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Iowa as it is in 1857 : a gazetteer for citizens, and a handbook for immigrants, embracing a full description of the state of Iowa: her agricultural, mineralogical, and geological character; her water courses, timber lands, soil and climate; the various railroad lines being built and those projected, with the distances on each; the number and condition of churches and schools in each county; population and business statistics of the most important cities and towns. Information for the immigrant respecting the selection, entry, and cultivation of prairie soil; a list of post-offices in the state, etc., etc. With numerous illustrations

By

Nathan Howe Parker

Publisher

Chicago : Keen & Lee

Published

1857

Kind of book

Guides, timetables and rule books

Country

United States

Pages in the PDF

312

Format

PDF with a searchable text layer

Scanned from the copy at

Harold B. Lee Library