Excerpt from The Iowa Handbook, for 1856: With a New and Correct MapThe springs are delightful air cleal and brac ing, gradually changing from winter's chilliness to summer' s warmth. The summers are free from the long scorching rays of a more southern sun, and'ou'r bluff homes and upland dales are contin ually fanned by the cool breeze, sweeping. Over the prairies, bearing health and rich perfume from the green Verdu're and brilliant flowers that clothe the earth like a fair vesture.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.