WELLS' HAND-BOOK OF IOWA; PAST, PRESENT, AND PROSPECTIVE.
Wells, John G.:
New York: John G. Wells, Publishing Agent, 1857. 136pp. plus colored folding map, 36.7 x 29.3 cm. Original brown embossed cloth, decoration and title in gilt on front cover. Cloth slightly faded. Very good. Provides excellent information on the preemption laws, forms, claims, description of land exempted, lands subject to government surveys, inducements held out by Iowa to emigrants, resources (soil, climate, crops, timber lands, minerals, fruit trees, etc.), rivers, lakes, and creeks, wool growing, stock raising, the dairy farm, etc. Information on the railroad system, various institutions (schools, libraries, colleges, lodges, various asylums, banking houses, land offices, etc.). Plus a chapter on government, finance, and holding elections. The colorful map of Iowa locates the cities, villages, railroad lines, proposed rail lines, rivers, and creeks. Many of the northwestern counties were still unsettled. An excellent guide to Iowa. HOWES W250, "aa." GRAFF 4583. STREETER SALE 1910. MOTT, IOWA, p.61.
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