Iowa As It is in 1855 a Gazetteer for Citizens And a Hand book for Immigrants
Iowa As It is in 1855 a Gazetteer for Citizens And a Hand book for Immigrants
Nathan H Nathan Howe Parker
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Painter. The first settlement was made soon after the removal of the Indians in 1848. The population of the county is estimated at about 5000. The climate of Winnesheik County resembles that of New York City, although the winters are much shorter, and the autumns very long, mild, and beautiful. The spring gene rally opens about the 15th of March. The summer is never excessively warm, except where the wind is shut out by the bluffs or timber. In soil, this county is not excelled. It is a rich bl...ack loam, and has a depth of from one to six feet. It has a very slight mixture of sand. Of course, the deepest soil is to be found upon the bottoms. The county is well tim bered ; about one-fourth of it is heavily timbered, one-third DESCRIPTION OP COUNTIES. 181 is prairie, and the balance is burr-oak openings, affording plenty of firewood and rails. The county is well watered by the Upper Iowa, Turkey, and Canoe Rivers, and numerous smaller streams. The Upper Iowa is a beautiful stream, with rock and gravel bed, good banks, swift current, and pure water.
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