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Transcript for "Emigrants Directory," Frontier Guardian, 27 Jan. 1853, p. 4

EMIGRANTS DIRECTORY.
NORTHERN ROAD,

FROM BUBUQUE TO FORT DES MOINES, KANESVILLE AND COUNCIL BLUFFS.
To Alexander's, 7
To Funson's, 3
To Garner's, 10
To Rockville, 8
To Plumb Creek, 5
To Helms' Hotel, 6
To Hartwick, 21/2
To Erin, 12
To Quasqueton, 9
To Bear Creek, 16
To Brisson's, 5
To Vinton, 9
To Holms' Grove, 3
To Mitchell's, 2
To Banks', 3
To Osborne's, 12
To Marietta, 20
To Lacy's Grove, 4
To Stephens' Grove, 8
To H. Mitchell's, 12
To Woods', 12
To Fairview, 3
To South Skunk River Bridge, 3
To Walker Cory's, 2
To Daniel Justice, 6
To Fort Des Moines, 4
Here the Des Moines Valley and the Iowa City roads intersect the Northern road. Supplies of all kinds are plenty at Fort Des Moines.

FROM FORT DES MOINES.
To Jordan's. 6
To Boon's Ferry, 8
To Clark's, 3
To Pilot Grove, 12
To Summit Grove, 10
To Wah-ta-wah, 14
To Sargent's Grove, 15
To Campbell's do, 12
To Chapman's, 10
To Campbell's, 8
To Mount Scott, 8
To Anderson's, 1
To Myer's Mill, 5
To Silver Creek, 7
To Keg Creek, 3
To Highland Grove, 2
To Forbes', 2
To Carterville, 2
To Kanesville, 2
To Council Bluffs, 7
Where emigrants can be supplied with everything necessary for the trip across the Plains, or to make farms in the most salubrious and fertile portion of the great West.

FROM DUBUQUE TO FORT DES MOINES, KANEVILLE AND COUNCIL BLUFFS.
To Litton, 12
To Hitchen's, 6
To Price's, 5
To Cascade, 1
To S. Bridge, 10
To Spencer's, 7
To Anamosa, 5
To Fairview, 4
To Col Butler's, 6
To Marion, 6
To Cedar Rapids, 5
To Scotch Grove, 13
To Henche's, 15
To Talbot's, nearly 20
To Lattimer's Grove 18
To Hammer's Mill, 12
To Newton, 5
To Parker's Ferry, 7
To Tom Mitchell's, 12
To Ft. Des Moines, 13
To Camp Luce, 12
To Brown's Ford, 6
To Sherman's, 3
To Happy Grove, 3
To Claim Jumper's Grove, 6
To Wah-ta-Wah, 15
To Sargent's Grove,13
To Campbell's do, 14
To Indian Town, 12
To Mount Scott, 15
To Myer's Mill, 5
To Silver Creek, 7
To Keg Creek, 4
To Bullock's Farm 2
To Forbes', 2
To Carterville, 2
To Kanesville, 2
To Council Bluffs, 7
This will be found very correct as to distance, and feed for man and team can be had at nearly all the places mentioned. The same remark is applicable to all routes which we publish, unless otherwise stated.

FROM BELLVUE (WARREN'S FERRY,) TO IOWA CITY.
To Kiester's, 6
To Jenks, 10
To Andrew, 6
To Bridgeport, 5
To Maquoketa, 2
To Bloomfield, 4
To Brophy's, 8
To Dewit, 9
To Jenks, 10
To Jenk's Ferry, 12
To Tipton, 16
To Gower's Ferry, 10
To Morse's, 7
To Iowa City, 8
CAMANCHE TO IOWA CITY.
To Denizon's Half Way House, 8
To Tipton, 8
Here the road intersects the Bellevue and Iowa City road

DAVENPORT TO IOWA CITY.
To Poston's Grove, 15
To Tipton, 16
To Overman's Ferry, 10
To West Liberty, 14
To Gower's Ferry, 10
To Iowa City, 15
MUSCATINE TO IOWA CITY.
To Iowa City, 11

BURLINGTON TO FORT DES MOINES.
To Hartford, 18
To Mount Pleasant, 9
To Rome, 8
To Fairfield, 16
To Ottumwa, 25
To Eddyville, 15
To Oskaloosa, 13
To Pilla, 18
To Tool's Point, 13
To Tom Mitchell's, 12
To Ft Des Moine, 13
The road from Keokuk intersects this road on the divide between Skunk and Des Moine rivers.

FROM IOWA CITY.
The various roads above Muscatine unite at Iowa City, thence
To Douglas', 12
To B Hutchenson's Trading House, 13
To Chase's old Store 10
To Snooks' Grove, 16
To Talbot's, 4
Here the road intersects the Dubuque road.

FROM OSKALOOSA
To Tally's Ford, 12
To Knoxville, 16
To Indianola, 32
To Winterset, 25
To Junction Clark'sRoad, 10
To Alcorn's, 15
To Sargent's Grove, 16
To Campbell's do, 15
To Indian Town, 12
Junction Clark's road and Mormon trail.

OLD MORMON TRAIL FROM NAUVOO TO KANESVILLE AND COUNCIL BLUFFS.
(Loomis & McLennan's Steam Ferry)
To Montrose, 2
To New Boston, 5
To Charleston, 3
To Farmington, 12
To Bonaparte, 6
To String Town, 30
To Drakesville, 20
To Soap Creek, 15
To Dodge's Point, 20
To Wilson's, 6
To Chariten, 8
To Garden Grove, 20
To Lost Camp, 15
To Pisgah, 25
To Twelve Mile Creek, 12
To Evan's Camp, 15
To West Fork Nodaway, 8
To Indian Town, 7
To Walnut Creek, 7
To Mount Scott, 8
To Myers' Mill, 5
To Silver Creek, 7
To Keg Creek, 4
To Highland Grove, 2
To Forbes', 2
To Carterville, 2
To Kanesville, 2
To Council Bluffs, 7

FROM KEOKUK TO JUNCTION WITH OLD MORMON TRAIL AT CHARITON.
(Good Steam Ferry across Mississippi River.)
To Brown's, 11
To Charleston, 7
To Primrose, 10
To Nixon's, 12
To Winchester, 8
To Burmingham, 3
To Libertyville, 8
To Ashland, 10
To Agency City, 9
To Ottumwa, 6
To Blakesburgh, 12
To Albia, 13
To Clark's Point, 3
To Prothers, 15
To Chariton, 15
Here the road intersects the old Mormon Trail

FROM EDDYVILLE.
To Clark's Point, 13
To Prothers, 12
To Chariton, 15

SOUTHERN ROAD.
FROM ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.
To Savannah, 14
To Newark, 11
To Hollister's Mill, 2
To Jackson's Point, 12
To Sharp's Grove, 10
To English do, 9
To Lindon 10
To Austin, 12
To Sidney, 7
To Gaylord's, 6
To Gaston's, 2
To Coonville, 14
To Hareford's, 11
To Council Bluffs, 2
To Kanesville, 7

FROM QUINCY, ILLINOIS, TO COUNCIL BLUFFS AND KANESVILLE.(A good Steam Ferry across Mississippi river.)To Wakedaws river, 12
To Philadelphia, 12
To Berwick, nearly 40
To Gallatin, 35
To Marysville, 45
To Lindon, 35
To Sidney, 20
To Coonville, 22
To Council Bluffs, 11
To Kanesville, 7
[Illegible] on these routes are well [illegible] or have good Ferries across them. [Illegible] taverns or stopping places, at convenient distances, not over ten or twelve [illegible].