"What a tremendous business was that of the steamboat lines, in those times, in carrying pleasure-seekers from the south to Minnesota points!  What fine steamers loaded to capacity, were those of the Diamond Jo and the Packet Companies, rivals in trade!  And the river traffic in lumber was marvelous.  I have sat upon my porch, at my home fronting the river, Sunday afternoon for example, and there was scarcely a moment when the river, fronting and above and below Lansing for a short distance, was free from rafts, passing down stream, and always interesting to observe, aside from the fact of the immense interests in business which they represented.  Socially there were no finer, more generous folk than those of the old time in Lansing.  My life has not been uneventful, and I have mingled with people in every part of the country, but I have yet to know of a place were the residents were more social, more hospitable, more friendly to a stranger, than those of the town nestled at the foot of Mount Hosmer...(continued)"   

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The Lansing Area 
Chamber of Commerce  
PO Box 156 Lansing, IA 52151

563-538-4543 
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