Iowa Leaves: Six ChaptersIllinois printing and binding Company, 1891 - 451 էջ |
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Adams county banks beautiful Black Hawk Black Hawk Purchase block blue grass palace blue grass pastures blue grass regions booth brick building Burlington & Quincy cabin cattle Chicago chief churches coal palace corn palace Council Bluffs county seat Creston crops dairy decorations display east eastern elegant enterprise excellent exhibit facilities factory farm farmers feet fertile finest forests fruits furnish gaze grain grass palace city handsome horses Indians industry interest Keokuk Keokuk county land located look lovely magnificent manufacturing miles Mills Mills county mines Mississippi Missouri river Moines river northwest oats occupies Ottumwa palace of 1890 passed portion prairies Quincy railroad rich section of country seen settlers Sioux City soil southwest Iowa southwestern Iowa streams street Taylor county territory timber tion town trade Union county valleys vegetables village Wapello Wapello county western wheat wonderful
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Էջ 38 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Էջ 413 - Of these fair solitudes once stir with life And burn with passion? Let the mighty mounds That overlook the rivers, or that rise In the dim forest crowded with old oaks, Answer.
Էջ 352 - According to universal belief, the founder of the nation was a snail, passing a quiet existence along the banks of the Osage, till a high flood swept him down to the Missouri, and left him exposed on the shore. The heat of the sun at length ripened him into a man, but with the change of his nature, he had not forgotten his native seats on the Osage, towards which he immediately bent his way.
Էջ 70 - I thank thee, Blackgown, and thee, Frenchman,' addressing M. Jollyet, 'for taking so much pains to come and visit us; never has the earth been so beautiful, nor the sun so bright, as today; never has our river been so calm, nor so free from rocks, which your canoes have removed as they passed; never has our tobacco had so fine a flavor, nor our corn appeared so beautiful as we behold it today. Here is my son, that I give thee, that thou mayest know my heart.
Էջ 18 - When it is understood that all this vast extent of surface, except that which is occupied by our rivers, lakes and peat beds of the northern counties, is susceptible of the highest cultivation, some idea may be formed of the immense agricultural resources of the State. Iowa is nearly as large as England, and twice as large as Scotland : but when we consider the relative area of surface which may be made to yield to the wants of man, those countries of the Old World will bear no comparison with Iowa.
Էջ 37 - ... residence was Mrs. Noble F. Dean, in the Fall of "1832. The first family that lived in this part of Iowa was that of Hosea T. Camp', in 1832. The first meeting house was built by the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Dubuque, in 1834. The first newspaper in Iowa was the Dubuque Visitor, issued May llth, 1836. John King, afterward Judge King, was editor, and William C. Jones, printer. The pioneers of Iowa, as a class, were brave, hardy, intelligent and enterprising people.
Էջ 413 - Hunts in their meadows, and his fresh-dug den Yawns by my path. The gopher mines the ground Where stood their swarming cities.
Էջ 308 - ... which he admitted the justice of their complaints against the Americans. To seek redress was a noble aspiration of their nature. The blood of their brethren had been shed by the white man, and the spirits of their braves, slain in battle, called loudly for vengeance. "I am your chief...
Էջ 22 - All of these afford water-power for machinery, and present splendid valleys of rich farming lands. We have above only mentioned the streams that have been designated as rivers, but there are many other streams of great importance and value to different portions of the State, draining the country, furnishing mill-sites, and adding to the variety and beauty of the scenery. So admirable is the natural drainage of almost the entire State, that the farmer who has not a stream of living water on his premises...
Էջ 53 - ... holiday celebrations or camp-meetings, it was nothing unusual for a few settlers who lived in the immediate neighborhood of the meeting to entertain scores of those who had come from a distance. Rough and rude though the surroundings may have been, the pioneers were none the less honest, sincere, hospitable and kind in their relations. It is true as a rule, and of universal application, that there is a greater degree of real humanity among the pioneers of any country than there is when the country...