Iowa as it is in 1855 : a gazetteer for citizens, and a hand-book for immigrants, embracing a full description of the state of Iowa : her agricultural, mineralogical and geological character : her water courses, timber lands, soil and climate : the various railroad lines being built and those projected, with the distances of each : the number and condition of churches and schools in each county : population and business statistics of the most important cities and towns : information for the immigrant respecting the selection, entry, and cultivation of prairie soil : a list of unentered lands in the state, &c. / by N. Howe Parker.