The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-30
South West Missouri.

& fWe publish below Special Report
rom Prof Swallow, State Geologist Of
on certain lands situated in the
county of Barton, in that State. AS will
be seen by the letter of Prof s. this Re-
port was prepared at the request of Mes
srs. VIM. Frazier & Co., No. 81 Fourth
street. Pittsburgh, who are the Agents
for the sale of large body of lands in
that county. As the object of this Re-
port is to furnish reliable informasion to
those who may contemplate investing in
that portion of the South it is hoped
that it will receive from all such careful
perusal:l
GEoLoGicAL Rooms, s. UNIVERSITY d y
Columbia, Mo-. Nov. IL. 1885, { 4
Messrs. Nm. Frazier + Co.. ~ .sbie2 !
Your letter requesting me to report TO
you the character Of climate, surface Of
the country. soil and other natural resour,
ccs Of Township 33, in Ranges 33. 80
and 80; Township 80, in Ranges 33, 80
and 80, Township 81, in Range 33. in
Barton county in this State is at band
As have before stated, it. will be impose
sible for me to give you minute descrip.,
tion Of each township. as that county has
not yet been surveyed. ! have passed
through it, in making our preliminary SUR
veys. Ny knowledge, however, of il and
the adjoining counties, is such as to ena.
ble me to speak with certainty of the to-
pography Of the county, the climate and
the soil, and with tolefable certainty Of
the mineral wealth Of the country.
49, TopooRArHY,
Your lands in Barton county are on
the western extremity of the Missouri ta-
ble. lands, which I have thus described in
my Report (aoy in press) on the South
western krsnch of the Pacific Rail aill
road:
That portion Of Southern Missouri ex-
tending from Barton county in the South.
west to St. Genevieve in the South east,
usually represented as the eastern ex-
trsm ity Of the Ozark mountains, is in fact
: table.lsild, varying from one thousapd
to fifteen hundred feet above the OCEAN
7 IN the west it is sufficiently anaula.ing't to
be well drained, whiles in the south and
east it sometimes rises into ridges aai
knobs of, moderate elevation.
From this table land the country de
, scends. BY moderate slopes, II every al
rection. Onithez aorthern slope are sth,
!. hesdwaters of the Drywood. Sac, 5Pomm'
de Terre, Manga aud Gasconade. flow
: ing into the Missouri; on the east, tn
Meramee and the Big. flowing into tn
n Mississippi; on the south. the waters D
!, the st. Francois, the Current isa and til
White and its tributaries.o desceadinggto
wards Arkansas; aud Spriqg river, Shoe
Icrsek. aud Neosho on it the wester
slope. ~ N''.,'
,ff The valleys of the numerous stream
!, which How from this table land are i
:. first but little depressed below. the rgener.
= level; but the farther they descend th
N deeper aud wider they become, until the
J. expand into broad alluvia1 bot, oms, bour
!. ded BY bluffs more or less precipitous.s a
= The table land presents "a. surface .su
: : 1iciently undulsting to- be well draine,
and stil level enough for agriculturr'
e. purposes. ,.., h., :. a., ...o...,, :.
ae .srs3 AT ~ CLIMATE 10 ,.,.f.,.4t.
e. This table-land, as above stated, has q
o,l elevation Of some twelve or fifteen hui
'. dred feet above the ocean. Ithas . 70
I. ling surface. and gentle slopes, Of sou
. four or Eve feet to the mile, towards n
= Usage, the Mississippi, the Arkansas al
ut the Neosho or Grand river; and no Shil
rs mountains or arid plains to disturb Il
hol equable and agreeable temperature Whit
usually prevails Htothis altitude ahdefst
:. 18th pasaiei of northdatitade! siThsrea
!. = nc, I,svAmps OF acoseraowed 10 slendp,sd.e
q, xhich nexious -exhalsti9psI fsn, srisef. j
effect sny considerable ss,lp pertisese9 pf 81 81
n. country. ' DH'
!. The climate, as thsseifacts indicate, 4,
. as our meteorological observations clear
~ show, is most agreeable and salabriops.'
(The Census report for 1850 shows th
lSouth-west Missouri is one Of the me
healthy regions in the United States.)
The summers are long. temperate and idi
VI - The winters short and mild mo china,
in short. is better 6tted. to secure beall
'er and . luxurious growth of the staple ps
q ducts of the temperate ,zops. .I,r,yys
,Tfqgs GEOLOGY. Yass ON q.
"A So far as observed, the boundary Of 7
i great western coal field passes throd,
Is Barton county from she east 70 The sou
=, west. It is certain THAR q large parto
nj the country, particularly gthasuorthe
"a land the western, is undsrlaid with syalp
~ thle GOAL beds. In other sections {
q limestone and .sandsto1es of the loN
,ve fsasboniferous rocks come to tue 81
ill sseo. SIT, 10 55sba.Sss51co sat.ntIssTy
hoti The loose surface .deposit belongs
.r tthsi qusternary system. The valleys
nc @the streams are covered with fi6h, ailav
y: deposits. end theo highilands .byaheafi
II; Silicieus maris Of the uffformsfiomM
'orFSa: gaGq7o 1DolsoansI III vi boi
4. isA As ono weuid expect from tue gs0lol
= cal characters above stated, The soil.