Mechanicsville Advertiser 1867 Railroads and Agriculture
Mechanicsville Iowa July 4 1867 letter outlines Chicago and Northwestern Railway progress from 1855 to Boone and Council Bluffs, Union Pacific link, and prefaces local growth. Reports grain and lumber shipments, new grain elevator, local merchants, churches, schools and a Van Amburg natural history exhibit, with vivid rural scenes and agricultural fairs notes. Includes poems and political notes on Merrill nomination and Democratic opposition, plus an agricultural society premium list and fair program for October 1867.
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Mechanicsville
Iowa
Chicago & Northwestern
Boone
Clinton
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Union Pacific
Omaha
Pacific
Tilton
N. Y
Congress
Great Platte
Plains
Black Hills
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Atlantic and
United States
W. H. Sharp
Jose
Brown
Illinois
Princeton
Wood
Bain
Henry Sherwood
Eugene T. Rigby
Emma Snyder
Culver
van Amburg
Van
Union District Agricultural Society
Weat Liberty
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