Iowa as it is in 1855; 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 those projected, with the distances of each; the number and condition of churches and schools in each county; population and business statistics of the most important cities and towns; Information for the immigrant respecting the selection, entry, and cultivation of prairie soil: a list of unentered lands in the state, [etc.] with numerous illustrations
Parker, Nathan Howe