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Title: Where to emigrate and why : describe the climate--soil--productions--minerals and general resources--amount of public lands--the quality and price of farm lands in nearly all sections of the United States; and contains a description of the Pacific railroad--the homestead and other land laws--rates of wages throughout the country, etc., etc.
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Goddard, Frederick B. (Frederick Bartlett), b. 1834
Subjects: United States -- Economic conditions 1865-1918 United States -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : Frederick B. Goddard
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ustrated in Nebraska than in any other State or Ter-ritory of the Union. From the margin of the magnificenttimber belt along the banks of the Missouri, to the extremewestern limits of the State, the country gradually rises in suc-cessive waves of vast grassy plains, Which roll in primevalsplendor to the very base of the Rocky Mountains. Thenatural vegetation of this region is strong and thrifty, except-ing the timber growth, which is confined to the margins ofthe streams. These in the summer are fringed with a densefoliage of green, but furnish only a limited supply of materialfor lumber and fuel. Vast stretches of upland intervene,upon which sometimes, for fifty miles in extent, not a tree isto be seen. Back from the broad bottom lands of the Upper Platte areoccasional sandy bluffs, pierced by deep ravines and water-courses, upon which the stunted red cedar has in some placesflourished extensively; but the supply is not adequate to therequirements of even a thinly populated district.
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n 1 t NEBRASKA. 193 The scarcity of timber parks and groves tlironghont cen-tral and western Nebraska is the only detect which mars tlieotherwise enchanting beauties of her LancJscapes. But thisdeficiencj can in time be supplied by a judicious system offorest planting, which, to a limited extent, has already receivedattention in some parts of the State. For the present, thelumber indispensable for building and fencing must necessarilycome from beyond the limits of the State; but the facilitiesfurnished by the Missouri River and the Pacific Railroad, andits constructing and projected l^ranches, will soon relieve set-tlers from any embarrassment in this respect. The readei will have already inferred that the soil of Ne-braska is remarkaljly rich and arable. Such fertility andluxuriance as we have described could only prevail wheregreat strength and depth of soil existed. With the exceptionof a few patches of drift-sand in the western part of the State,upon the borders of what has been e

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