. Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travel. A full and reliable guide ... to ... the United States and the British provinces. With careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists. ssis-sippi. The Missouri and the Great Siouxrivers form the entire western boundaryof Iowa. The Lake region of Southern Minne-sota extends into the upper part ofIowa, giving the State a little share ofthis most charming phase of naturalbeauty. Railways in Iowa.—Many greatlines of railways are projected here, andwill
. Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travel. A full and reliable guide ... to ... the United States and the British provinces. With careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists. ssis-sippi. The Missouri and the Great Siouxrivers form the entire western boundaryof Iowa. The Lake region of Southern Minne-sota extends into the upper part ofIowa, giving the State a little share ofthis most charming phase of naturalbeauty. Railways in Iowa.—Many greatlines of railways are projected here, andwill no doubt be soon in good routes are already in operation. The Mississippi and Missouri railwayextends from Davenport, opposite RockIsland (Illinois), on the Mississippi, 54miles to Iowa City, connecting the latterplace with the routes from the AtlanticStates to the West. The Burlington and Missouri railwayis another link between Iowa and thegreat routes of Illinois, and eastward tothe Atlantic. It is in operation, atpresent, 29 miles from Burlington, onthe Mississippi, opposite the westernterminus of railways from Chicago toMount Pleasant; will soon be openedto Ottumwa, on the Des Moines River. Dubuque.—To reach Dubuque from 354 IOWA. Dubuque—Iowa Eocky Towers, near Dubuque, Upper Mississippi. the Atlantic cities, follow either of theroutes thence to Chicago, Illinois. SeeChicago. Or, to St. Louis. See From Chicago, proceed by the Galenaand Chicago Union Railway, throughupper Illinois, via Galena, 184 miles, toDubuque. From St. Louis, take thesteamer up the Mississippi River, 450miles. Dubuque is upon the banks of theUpper Mississippi, in the midst of avery picturesque country. It is, indeed,if we possibly except Iowa City, themost beautiful town in the State. Itoccupies a broad, elevated terrace,which stretches along the great river formiles. Many fine buildings are to be seenhere. Numerous railways of the westfind their way to this point.
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