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Title: Life in the world's wonderland : a graphic description of the great Northwest, from the Mississippi River to the land of the midnight sun, including descriptions of Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Fremont, Lincoln, Kansas City, Ottumwa, Fort Madison, and all the wonders of the unrivaled Yellowstone Park, the mines and canons of the Rocky Mountains, the beauties fo the Oregon and Columbia Rivers, and the famous inland passage from Tacoma, Washington Territory, to Sitka, Alaska : descriptions of the old Indian battle fields, including the last battle field of General Custer on the Big Horn River, the stories of old trappers, freighters, miners, and Indian fighters, told in their own unique style
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Gerrish, Theodore, 1846-1923
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Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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nd a new fort was built, which was called Fort Edwards. After the burning of Fort Madison, the first whitesettler was Peter Williams, who built his cabin near theruins of the old fort in 1832. It was my good fortune to visit Fort Madison this sea-son. I had heard much of its enterprise, its manu-facturing interests, and the beauty of its location, butwas not fully prepared for all that I saw or for the kindreception which I received from the hands of all thecitizens with whom I came in contact. There was noperson in the city whom I had even enjoyed the pleas-ure of meeting before; but, when my visit was ended,and I took the express train for Chicago, I felt that Iwas leaving many friends in Fort Madison, whose kind-ness would ever be cherished in my memory. i6o FORT MADISON. Fort Madison is worthy a description at the hands ofevery person who may be fortunate enough to visit it. The Mississippi runs westerly at Fort Madison, andthe city is situated on the north side, on a plateau that
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Methodist Episcopal Church. is about ten feet above the highest water-mark. Thebluffs north of the city are about one hundred andseventy-five feet high, well sodded with grass or cov-ered with natural growth or planted trees and a few FORT MADISON. 16 I dwellings. The plateau, from the bluffs to the river,descends slightly, so that it makes surface or underdrainage easy and complete. The soil is sand andsandy loam, which insures dryness and freedom frommud. This, and from the fact that the river banks areentirely clear from swamps and marsh, makes FortMadison the most healthy city of the West. A gentlemanwho has lived there thirty years, pursuing the practice ofmedicine, assured me that during that time there had beenno severe epidemic of any disease. While other cities ofIowa, and even the farmers on the prairies surrounding,have had more or less serious epidemics of typhoid fever,scarlet fever, dysentery, diphtheria, etc.. Fort Madisonhas had only sporadic cases of these sometimes d

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