Allamakee-Winneshiek-Clinton County IA Archives News.....Emigration to Lansing May 23, 1854
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The Mirror May 23, 1854
The Mirror, Lyons, Iowa, May 23, 1854

Emigration-North of Iowa- Extract of a letter, dated Lansing, Iowa, May 6th 1854:

"At this time there is a large emigration coming in here of farmers, mostly
eastern men, who are buying improved farms, at from $800 to $4000. These men
generally were well to do at the east, and bringing with them considerable money
and much to the advancement and improvement of the county. I do think that
Allamakee and Winnesheik counties will nearly, if not quite, double their
population this season. The rush into northern Iowa and Minnesota is
unparalleled in the history of the settlement of any part of the west.

One great thing is, that the great majority who come are intelligent,
industrious and public spirited men, who at once set to open fine farms, make
them comfortable houses, &c. So you can at a glance see, that the day is not far
distant, when our country will have the appearance of an old settled region. As
to the interests of this town, they are being and are to be, largely benefited
by this rapid improvement of this country interior. Also, it has now become a
settled thing, that Lansing is the home of northern Iowa. Trade here has opened
this season about four-fold larger than last year at the corresponding time. So
you can judge, that the growth of the town is a permanent one."

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