Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-07-01

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The portion ives, of the Cascades.
and north Of the Columbia river. is
divided into tour parts. consisting of
that lying between the Columbia and
Chehalis rivers, that lying between
the Sound and the Cascade Noun
tains, that between the coast and the
Coast Range, and that between the
Sound and the Coast Range. Each
of these are considerable tracts of
country, and more or less adapted to
agriculture. That between the Co.
lumbia and Chehalis rivers, is hilly,
with now and then a valley, usually
timbercd, but so far as known the
soil is strong, and will be durable.
On the western slope, from the Coast
Range to the Coast, there smuch
dense forest Of spruce and other tim.
ber, and it is interspersed with
streams, lakes, and small valleys of
rich land. The quality of the soil is
supposed to begenerally good. That
on the eastern slope, from the Coast
Range to the Sound is narrow, irreg-
ular and spotted. The western slope,
from the Cascade Mountains to the
Sound, contains, so far as known to
US at present, the largest and most
valuable portion of agricultural
country. There is a belt Of good ag-
ricultural land running along the
mountain slope, back from the Sound,
interrupted however by an occa-
sional forest, spur from the noun
tains, swamp, lake, or perhaps gray
ely ridge. Next to the shore, OH
the southern or upper part of the
Sound, the country consists of light
sandy plains, intorspersed with strips
Of timber, lakes, &c., but to the
north, there are many streams flow
ing in from the Cascade mountains,
forming large and fertile bottoms,
the most productive and the most
conveniently situated for market, of
any country we ever saw. White,
Black, Cedar and Puyallup rivers are
oil tributaries oftwo streams flowing
into the Sound between Steilacoom
and Seattle, forming rich bottom
land, susceptible of being converted
into farms of great value. Below this
there arc other rivers, flowing from
the same range, larger and of more
Importance. Snohomish affords an
opportunity for good settlement
from its mouth up, widening as it
reaches it's tributaries towards the
mountains, some of which are also
important. Scaget, still further
north, is perhaps the most important
of these rivers. After passing one or
two drifts, some ten miles from its
mouth the water is said to be deep,
and navigable for fifty or seventy
five miles, running in a serpentine
course along the mountain range.
The bottoms are wide and rich.
Considerable attention is now di.
rected to this part Of the country.
To our mind, it affords the most fa-
vorable inducements for large set
tlement of any of which we have
knowledge. Below the Skaget, is g
said the to be some 18, 200 acres OF
tide prairie, which promises we'll tor
the future. aud for large range may
be of much service to first Settlers
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