WELLS' POCKET HAND-BOOK OF IOWA; PAST, PRESENT, AND PROSPECTIVE....
Wells, John G.:
New York: John G. Wells, Publishing Agent, 1857. 136pp. plus colored folding map, 11 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches. 16mo. Modern plain wrappers. Some tanning. Neat, expert repairs to verso of map with no loss. Very good overall. In a marbled board slipcase. 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, creeks, growing wool, raising stock, dairy farming, etc. With information on the railroad system and 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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