Des Moines, Iowa, USA
1916

Des Moines, a city and port of delivery, the capital of Iowa and of Polk oo., is situated on both sides of the Des Moines River (at the mouth of the Raccoon River), which affords abundant water-power and is crossed by numerous bridges. Lat. 41° 37' N. ; Lon. 93° 37' W. Des Moines occupies an elevated site, and is on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Chicago and Great- Western and other railroads, 340 miles W. of Chicago. The city, which has large shipping and manufacturing interests, has numerous attractive public parks and buildings, among the latter being the state capitol, erected at a cost of nearly $3,000,000, city-hall, United States government building, opera-houses, and state library (with 80,000 volumes). It is the seat of Drake University, Highland Park College (industrial), Des Moines College, and other oollegiate institutions. The city's industries comprise iron-foundries, planing- and flouring-mills, and manufactures of machinery, steam- and gas-engines, boilers, type-writers, bicycles, scales, electrical appliances, farming-implements, carriages, hosiery, starch, etc. There are also bridge-building works and important pork-packing establishments. Des Moines is surrounded by large deposits of good coal, and mining is conducted within the corporate limits. The city was one of the first to adopt the electric-car system. The seat of state government was established here in 1855. Pop. in 1870, 12,035 ; in 1880, 22.408; in 1890, 50,093; in 1900, 62.139.

Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher

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