Pre-Fire Chicago Imprint
Rare early guidebook for Iowa settlers, first issued in 1855.
The work was published in Chicago by Keen & Lee and in Philadelphia by Charles Desilver.
The full title is:
A Gazetteer for Citizens, and a Hand-book 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 thos projected, with the distances on each; the number and condition of churches and schools in each country; population and business statistics of the most import 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.