. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . amed it Council Bluffs, it is one ofthe oldest towns iuAVestem Iowa. As earlyas 1846, it was known as a Mormon settle-ment, by the name of Kanesville, which itretained until 1853, when the legislaturegranted a charter designating the place asthe City of Council Bluffs. The surrounding country is rich in thechief Avealth of the nation— Bluds includes within her cor-porate limits 24 square mi
. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . amed it Council Bluffs, it is one ofthe oldest towns iuAVestem Iowa. As earlyas 1846, it was known as a Mormon settle-ment, by the name of Kanesville, which itretained until 1853, when the legislaturegranted a charter designating the place asthe City of Council Bluffs. The surrounding country is rich in thechief Avealth of the nation— Bluds includes within her cor-porate limits 24 square miles. The good; the town presents a neat, tasty,and, withal, a lively appearance; street-carstraverse the principal streets; churchesand schools are numerous. The State in-stitute for the Deaf and Dumb is locatednear the city, to the souibeast. The Ogden,is the principal hotel, and the Daily Non-pareil, and the Daily Globe, are the prin-cipal newspapers. By a decision of the United States Su-preme Court, the eastern bank of the Mis-souri River is the terminus of the UnionPacific railroad. The terminus is nowknoM-n as the Transfer Grounds. AND PACIFIC COAST Gtiue. 17. SIDNEY DILLON. Among the men of progress in Americathere will be found no name more dis-tinctly representative or more thoroughlyin unison with the spirit of the age, thanthat of Mr. Siduey Dillon, President oftlie Union Pacific railroad, iiorn in North-ampton, Montgomery county, New York,on the 7th of May, 1812 at which placehis father was a well-to-do farmer, hecame of sterling stock—his grandfatherhaving been a Revolutionary soldier. From early childhood his life has beenan active one, given almost wholly to the internal improvementsof his country. Whe;i a mere lad, he c m-menced his railroad life as an errand boy,on the Mohawk & Hudson railroad—the first railroad built in his nativeState—running from Albany to Schenec-tady. (AnnexNo. 7, i)ag-e56.) He nextentered the service
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