A Guide To The Illinois Central Railroad Lands 900000 Acres Of The Best Farming Lands For Sale By The Illinois Central Railroad Co In Tracts To Suit Purchasers And At Low Prices

Author : Land Department Illinois Centr Company
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ISBN 13 : 9781332134083
Total Pages : 70 pages
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Download or read book Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands written by Land Department Illinois Centr Company and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands: 800, 000 Acres of the Best Farming Lands, for Sale by the Illinois Central Railroad Company, in Tracts to Suit Purchasers, and at Low Prices The rapid growth of Illinois, in population and in wealth, is the marvel of modern civilization. In 1830, this State contained only 157,455 inhabitants. In 1860, it had increased to 1,711,753; and at the present time the population is set down at 2,500,000. The real and personal property of its citizens, in 1850 valued at $150,000,000, is now estimated at $1,200,000,000. It contains more good farming-land than any other State. Its area is 56,000 square miles, or 35,840,000 acres, ninety per cent of which, it is estimated, is suited for the plow, and with scarcely a tract of any considerable extent that is unfit for cultivation. The productive resources of the State may safely be said to be twice as great as the same body of lands anywhere east of the Alleghany range. The whole circuit of Illinois is 1,176 miles; and the Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash Rivers form more than three-fourths its entire boundary. The numerous tributaries of these rivers penetrate every part of the interior, irrigating the soil, draining the low lands, and furnishing water-power for manufactories. The Illinois River runs for over two hundred miles through the State, affording, in connection with the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a water-way between the Mississippi and the lakes. Since 1850, thirty-two hundred miles of railroad have been constructed, at a total cost of $150,000,000. And thus, by railroads and rivers, there are easy means of communication and transportation both to the Gulf and the Atlantic seaboard. All the conditions favorable to prosperity are found here; and nowhere can the farmer, the mechanic, the manufacturer, and the laboring-man find surer rewards of industry. Climate. Illinois has between parallels of latitude 37 and 42 30'. The climate is salubrious, and the mortality is less than in almost any other part of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."