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A March of Hopes and Railroads Through Cedar County
An 1857 Cedar County Chronicle recounts travel woes from a federated trip to Chicago, snowbound delays, and a return to Muscatine. It details local town growth Clinton and Tipton, notes county jail progress, Warrants, and a push for two rail lines the Great Western and Clinton Road. It also covers Christmas in slaveholding south, crime notes, schools, butter making tips, and local civic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besore
Wilton
Chiesto
Musentine
Irvine Bari
Chicago
Son
Muscatine
Witton
Devenport
Clinton Coty
Clinton
Tipton
Tiptin
Chicago, Iowa & Nebraska Railroad
Clinton Road
Crade
Interaeet
Chierar
Camanche
Chas Wolker
Te Clinton Company
Iowa & Nebraska Railroad
Lows City
Towa City
Froman Kastran