Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-05-23
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Fort SCOTT, Kansas,(
.4. Nav 9Th 1897 (


EDITOR HERALD;-This city is
situated in the Southeast corner OF
the State, four miles fromthe Mis-
souri, line, so miles South Of Kan
sasG City, and f25 miles South of
Leayenworth, and is CONSEQUENTLY
the centre of trade and business for
! largePart' 'of Kansas and Western
Missouri. tits The county seat OF
Bourbon county, and the third city
in size in the State. The county
buildings are in process of cree
ton, and in beauty of design and
finish will compare favorably with
most of Eastern institutions of the
kind particularly "green-colored'
institution which you gaze upon ev-
cry day. Handsome and commo-
dious churches have been erected
BY nearly al the denominations
and the institutions of learning are
second to none in the West The
public schools are conducted upon
the graded plan, as in Ohio, and
appear to be in very fourishing
condition. The Presbytemans and
Baptists are preparing to establish
Colleges Of their respective creeds
here so that}inl educational facili-
ties there, will be no lack A, school
for Freedmen is in successful ope-
ration HIT hi So ia
Although not yet blessed with q
railroad, several are in contempla-
tion, and two have, been surveyed,
and work commenced on the Mis-
souri, River, Fort Scott and Gulf
Railroad,'1 The counties along the
line of this road have voted stock
to the amount of over a million
dollars, and 1t is contemplated to
put an, additional force of one thou
sand men at work as soon as the
season win admit. The road is ex-
pected to be completed from Kansas
City ION the Missouri river J to Fort
Scott in eighteen months, when it
will be pushed South to the Texas
line. The Sedalia q Fort Scott
Railroad will soon be put under
contract. 1t is intended to run
from. Sedalia, Mo, vta Fort Scott,
to5Sapta Fe3 New Mexico, II
Bourbon county is fourth in pop.
ulption. in the State. The taxable
property is valued at over five mil
lion dollars The climate is extra
ordinarily healthy from the fact Chat
there is not a swamp or marsh in
the county-a' very unusual phe-
nomena for the West. Water is
fine and abundant, and can be had
at depth of 25 to40 feet. Almost
every acre in the county can be cul-
tivated,I The face Of the country is
high rolling prairie, dotted with
groves of Timber. The nature OF
the soil is limestone and is adapted
to all the cereals,-wheat yielding
as high as fifty bushels to the acre.
IT. is especially adapted to- stock
raising-the boundless grass Of the
prairies and the mild winters ma
kingthis branch of husbandry very
asa8 H4 ilsM H-a ~ ~. Mst'
profitable. Coal, iron ore and mar
Bile arc found in great abundance,
and companies are organizing for
their development. g 8a
The season is some four weeks
later than usual in this section, but
Nature is at last beginning to as
sumo herJholiday attire, and yester
day the thermometer rose to 70
in the shade. Although the winter
has been unusually severe, from the
'luxyriant blossoms, | judge that the
fruit has not been at all injured and
that there will be an abundant crop,
especially of peaches, which are the
most extensively cultivated. - b
The Cherokee Neutral lands com
ing to within a few miles of this
city, are being rapidly filled up
with a hardy, entcrprising class Of