. The North and West illustrated for tourist, business and pleasure travel : The popular resorts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Minnesota. A guide to the lakes and rivers, to the plains and mountains, to the resorts of birds, game animals and fishes; and hints for the commercial traveler, the theatre manager, the land hunter and the emigrant . cres,of which one-fourthis forest; from the roof of the buildings the adjoiningcountry for 30 or 40 miles around can be seen withits towns and villages. T
. The North and West illustrated for tourist, business and pleasure travel : The popular resorts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Minnesota. A guide to the lakes and rivers, to the plains and mountains, to the resorts of birds, game animals and fishes; and hints for the commercial traveler, the theatre manager, the land hunter and the emigrant . cres,of which one-fourthis forest; from the roof of the buildings the adjoiningcountry for 30 or 40 miles around can be seen withits towns and villages. The college has 20 prof es- 18 The North and West Illustrated. sors and over 500 students; the buildings are beingenlarged to accommodate 1,000 pupils. It has amilitary department, presided over by a regulararmy officer, detailed by the War Department forthis purpose. The United States has furnishedarms for the students, and a battery of artillery fordrill. The chapel was built by the Iowa MethodistConference when the institution was called TheIowa Conference Seminary. Bertram, 210 miles from Chicago, is a villageof 200 people; it is built on nearly level prairie, butis surrounded by high and somewhat brokenground. It has one school, cne church, and a sawand flour mill. It needs a grain buyer. The Ameri-can House, by H. A. Berry, with 10 rooms, at $1per day, accommodates the transient guests. Linn County. We have, since we passed Lis-. The Chapel, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa Page 17. bon, been in Linn county. It was organized in1837, when Iowa was yet a portion of WisconsinTerritory, and was named after U. S. Senator LewisLinn, of Missouri. The county seat is at Marion,5 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids. Population in1875, 37,000. The county contains 460,000 acres ofland, of which 195,000 acres wire covered withheavy oak, walnut, maple, and other hard ,000 acres in the county are cultivated, and lastyear produced 5,250,COO bushels of grain. Linncounty was celebrat
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